scholarly journals Attitudes and Experiences in Liberal Arts Mathematics

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Clinkenbeard
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Mathematics

Grammarmathically Speaking

1966 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 640-645
Author(s):  
King W. Jamison
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Liberal Arts Mathematics

Much has been said which identifies mathematics as an art. Few students, teachers of mathematics, and laymen would deny the esthetic value of mathematics, and tradition labels mathematics as an art. As one example, the curriculum of the medieval university included mathematics among the seven liberal arts. Mathematics has also been thought of as a science for a long time. Now, aided by modern communications, even the most uninterested person associates mathematics with science and scientists. It is therefore comparatively easy to accept the notion that mathematics is an art and that mathematics is a science.

The Origins of Liberal Arts Mathematics

PRIMUS ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 684-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael George
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Mathematics

A Generalization Of The Fibonacci Formulae

1982 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 664-667
Author(s):  
Lucille A. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Fibonacci Numbers ◽  
Recursive Sequences ◽  
Triangular Numbers ◽  
Mathematics Class ◽  
Liberal Arts Mathematics

Students are surprised by the magic within the Fibonacci numbers, and they find that with some experimentation they can discover some of this magic. The following generalization arose from a discussion in a liberal arts mathematics class that had been learning about patterns in sets of numbers such as the counting numbers, even numbers, odd numbers, and the square and triangular numbers and finally forming recursive sequences by creating recursive formulae.

Functions of Number Theory in Music

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (8) ◽  
pp. 700-707
Author(s):  
Craig J. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Number Theory ◽  
General Education ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Music Theory ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Mathematics Courses ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Liberal Arts Mathematics

Connecting mathematics with other disciplines is one of the major goals of many general-education mathematics courses taught at universities and colleges across the nation. Of course, from kindergarten to calculus, good teachers demonstrate and explore these connections as a means of making clear the relevance and importance of mathematics to every person. In particular, I have cheerfully noticed a renewed interest in the relationships between mathematics and music. This article examines several fundamental notions of number theory as they arise in music theory, and in the process, develops several music-related functions. I see an added pedagogical benefit in emphasizing the importance of functions in mathematics with examples from a different arena than the usual function pool. Middle school and high school teachers might find that a subset of these topics are handy nuggets of material that can show examples of applications of mathematics outside the mainstream uses in science and engineering. I created this article as notes for the liberal-arts mathematics course that I teach at my college and have consistently found this topic to be one of the students' favorites.

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