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Jim Hartman

Professor of Mathematics

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Department/Affiliation: Mathematics and Computer Science
Phone: 330-263-2239
Office Address: 305 Taylor
Email: hartman@wooster.edu

Degrees

  • B.S., Manchester College 1975
  • M.S., Michigan State University 1981
  • Ph.D., Michigan State University 1981

Courses Taught

  • Calculus with Analytic Geometry
  • Calculus with Algebra A
  • Linear Algebra
  • Complex Analysis
  • Probability and Statistics I and II
  • Basic Statistics
  • Real Analysis I and II

Recently Advised Senior Theses

  • Is Efficiency Optional? A study regarding the binomial options pricing model, transactions costs, and the implications of options on market efficiency (Andrew Licking, Math and Business Economics, 2012)
  • Data Mining and Its Applications (Yanlong Hu, Math and CS, 2012)
  • Two-person Zero-sum Game Theory: Batter vs. Pitcher (Josh Stidham, 2012)
  • Multivariate Statistics (Joshua Dailey, 2012)
  • Monte Carlo Simulations of the Clumpy Torus in Active Galactic Nuclei (Joshua Dailey, 2012)
  • Fish On: A Study of Nonlinear Elasticity and Tensors (Noah Hartley-Shepherd, 2011)
  • Bayesian Statistics: An Alternative Method to Insurance Pricing Practice (Wenyuan Wu, Math and Economics, 2011)
  • What are the Chances?  A Study of Probability Functions and Their Theory (Andrew Sage, 2007)
  • Option Valuation and The Binomial Approach (Daniel Tzonev, 2004)

Recent Publications

  • "Powers of Magic Matrices" with Edwards, Bianca, The Mathematical Gazette, Volume 95, No. 533, July 2011, 284-292.
  • Preservers of eigenvalue inclusion sets, with Herman, Aaron and Li, Chi-Kwong, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Volume 433, issue 5, October 15, 2010, 1038-1051.
  • Computing Definite integrals using the Definition, The College Mathematics Journal, Volume 41, Number 1, January 2010.
  • Frozen in Time, APCentral, July 2004.
  • Some Thoughts on 2003 Calculus AB Question 6, with Riddle, Larry, APCentral, June 2003.
  • Problem #726 Solution, The College Mathematics Journal, Volume 34, No. 3, May 2003.

Awards and Professional Memberships

  • Sigma Pi Sigma
  • Kappa Mu Epsilon
  • Mathematical Association of America

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