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Department of Mathematics
MCT 250
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, PA 17257
Phone: (717) 477-1431
Fax: (717) 477-4009
math@ship.edu

 
 

Department of Mathematics Faculty

Marc Renault

Ph.D., Mathematics, Temple University
M.A., Mathematics, Wake Forest University
B.S., Mathematics, Wake Forest University

Office: MCT287
Phone: (717) 477-1234
E-mail: msrenault@ship.edu

Personal web page: http://webspace.ship.edu/msrenault/

Recent courses

  • Math for Liberal Studies
  • Basic Math Models
  • Finite Math
  • Calculus I
  • Multivariate Calculus
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Introduction to Abstract Algebra
  • Abstract Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Linear Algebra
  • Number Theory

  Recent projects and activities

  • Recent talk at GeoGebra Conference on "Using GeoGebra's Randomization and JavaScript to Create Interactive Randomized Student Exercises"
  • Recent talk at MathFest on "GeoGebra and the Fermat-Torricelli Point"
  • Sabbatical leave project to create a library of GeoGebra applets for Calculus I
  • Currently doing undergraduate research with Josh Ide on the Fibonacci sequence mod m
Articles
  • "Four Proofs of the Ballot Theorem," Mathematics Magazine, December 2007
  • “Lost (and Found) in Translation: André’s Actual Method and its Application to the Generalized Ballot Problem,” The American Mathematical Monthly, April 2008
  • “Stupid Divisibility Tricks,” Math Horizons, November 2006.