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1. The Legacy of Peter Wynn

Author

Claude Brezinski, F. Alexander Norman, and Michela Redivo-Zaglia

Subjects
orthogonal polynomials, extrapolation methods, Padé approximation, continued fractions, rational interpolation, complex analysis, Mathematics, QA1-939
Abstract

After the death of Peter Wynn in December 2017, manuscript documents he left came to our knowledge. They concern continued fractions, rational (Padé) approximation, Thiele interpolation, orthogonal polynomials, moment problems, series, and abstract algebra. The purpose of this paper is to analyze them and to make them available to the mathematical community. Some of them are in quite good shape, almost finished, and ready to be published by anyone willing to check and complete them. Others are rough notes, and need to be reworked. Anyway, we think that these works are valuable additions to the literature on these topics and that they cannot be left unknown since they contain ideas that were never exploited. They can lead to new research and results. Two unpublished papers are also mentioned here for the first time.

Published
2021
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2. Figurate Numbers in the Classroom

Author

F. Alexander Norman

Subjects
Teaching method, Pattern recognition (psychology), Connected Mathematics, ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION, Primary education, Mathematics education, Integrated mathematics, Mathematics, Figurate number
Abstract

Students today are exposed to a more and more compartmentalized mathematics curriculum. The effect has been to offer fewer opportunities that require the integration of different mathematical skills. Yet we need to give our students opportunities to develop an awareness of mathematics as an integrated endeavor.

Published
1991

3. Parameter-generated Loci of Critical Points of Polynomials

Author

F. Alexander Norman

Subjects
General Mathematics, media_common.quotation_subject, Mathematics education, Wife, Algebra over a field, Education, Mathematics, media_common
Abstract

F. Alexander (Sandy) Norman is presently an Assistant Pro? fessor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte?a position only recently attained. Over the preceding dozen years, he has taught mathematics in sec? ondary school and lectured in mathematics and mathe? matics education at the University of Georgia (while pursu? ing his doctorate). His current research interests include psycholinguistic perspectives of mathematics, algebra learn? ing, and the use of microcomputers in classroom investigations of a variety of mathematical topics. Professor Norman received his B.A. in mathematics from the University of Virginia, and his M.A. in mathematics and doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Georgia. He lives with his wife, Carla, in rural North Carolina, surrounded by woods, farmland, eight dogs, two cats, and assorted other critters.

Published
1988

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