Spring 2025 Volume 16, Number 3

MAE cover 16 3

A refereed publication of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Editor: Johanna Debrecht, Red Rocks CC, Northern Virginia CC
Review Editor: George Alexander, Madison Area Technical College
Production Manager: Keith Nabb, Piedmont Virginia CC

 
AMATYC Members can download the entire issue by clicking on the button below.
 
Download Articles

This Issue's Features

Generalizing the Beauty of Symmetry in Optimization Problems
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, WilkesBarre Campus (retired)

Limit-Free Methods for Finding Slopes of Tangent Lines
Elaine A. Terry, Saint Joseph's University

"Buffonery" in the Mathematics Classroom
Sheldon Gordon, Farmingdale State College (retired)
Florence Gordon, New York Institute of Technology (retired)

Pythagorean Expectation: A Precalculus Introduction to Sports Analytics
Filippo Posta, Phoenix College

Representing Radical Functions by Infinite Series of Rational Expressions in Calculus Classes
Philippe Savoye, Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaMansfield, Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Al Lehnen, Madison Area Technical College (retired)

MathAMATYC Educator's Departments


Use It Now

Exploring the Charm of 2025: Patterns, Proofs, and Visualizations
Xiaoyan Hu Chase, Middle Georgia State University

 Euler's Proof of the Sum of Reciprocal Squares
Keith Nabb, Piedmont Virginia Community College

Multiple Methods for Calculating the Area of an Ellipse: A Teaching Project Integrating Historical and Modern Mathematical Approaches
Yutong Liu, East Los Angeles College

Incorporating Prerequisite Skills into Active Learning Activities in a Second Semester Calculus Course
Nicholas Wong, Virginia Commonwealth University

 Averaging Averages: What "Means" Means (The Importance of Definitions)
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, WilkesBarre Campus (retired)


The Problem Section


The Problem Section
Michael W. Ecker, Problem Section Editor