April is Math Awareness Month!  April is Mathematics Awareness Month, and the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics announced this years theme is "What Makes Your Vote Matter?". Click here for more information on Math Awareness Month. Riemann Hypothesis One of 7 Millennium Problems The Clay Mathematics Institute selected seven mathematical problems as their Millennium Problems. The institute is offering a prize of $1 million for a correct solution or proof to each problem. Included in the list is the Riemann Hypothesis. The Riemann Hypothesis has been mentioned in A Beautiful Mind, as well as a recent episode of NUMB3RS. College Algebra/Introduction to Chemistry Learning Community to be Offered Spring 2010!! “The Laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics,” attributed to Galileo.  As the spirit of Galileo’s statement implies, mathematics plays a crucial role in describing relationships within all of the sciences, whether modeling a falling object in physics or describing the chance of inheriting a certain trait in biology. In chemistry, mathematics is used to describe and model a variety of phenomena including: summarizing mass relationships in chemical reactions, expressing energy relationships between reactants and products, modeling the behavior of gases/liquids/solids/solutions, modeling systems in chemical equilibrium, and measuring physical properties such as pH. In 2000, the National Academy of Sciences published the report Strengthening the Linkage Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences and one of their recommendations was that institutions implement “. . .  cooperative programs between the sciences and the mathematical sciences.” This learning community will integrate the language of mathematics (specifically algebra) with the fundamental theories of chemical science to explain and model chemical phenomena. This learning community will be especially appealing to students that have no prior chemistry background (and thus must take CHEM 1405 – Introduction to Chemistry I) and that must also take MATH 1314 – College Algebra (the prerequisite for taking CHEM 1411 – General Chemistry I). This Learning Community will be offered at the Preston Ridge Campus this Spring  at 10:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday/Thursday. This Learning Community combines MATH 1314 - College Algebra and CHEM 1405 - Introduction to Chemistry. For more information concerning this Learning Community contact Bill Ardis (Mathematics) or Jon Hardesty (Chemistry).     HOME | FACULTY | MATH LAB | COURSE SYLLABI | TECHNOLOGY & LABS | MATH LINKS | CCCCD