Robert A. Beeler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

East Tennessee State University


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Job Information

My Vita

Teaching Statement

Research Statement

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Education:

Doctor of Philosophy:                                     Clemson University (2007, Mathematical Sciences)

Master of Science:                                          University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2002,  Mathematics )

Bachelor of Science:                                       University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2001,  Mathematics  and  Statistics )

Associate of Arts and Science:                       Pellissippi State Technical Community College (1999, Mathematics) 

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Research Interests:

Graph Theory/Combinatorics:

            Labelings and Valuations on Graphs

            Edge Decompositions of Graphs

            Enumerative Combinatorics

            Combinatorial Games

            Combinatorial Designs

Other:

History of Mathematics

Philosophy of Mathematics

Pedagogy

Number Theory

Seminar Talks


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Courses I Teach (Fall 2012):  

 Math 1920 - Calculus 2

 Math 4217 –Intro to Modern Algebra

 Homework guidelines (I didn’t make this site, but I agree with it wholeheartedly, nonetheless)

 Desire 2 Learn
 
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Resources (Math Links)

 Peg Solitaire (An Applet written by Hal Norwood)

  MathSciNet

  Wolfram – The World of Mathematics (an On-line Math Encyclopedia)

  SageMath

  The Grammar According to West

The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Khan Academy (A collection of YouTube videos that teach various math skills – From Algebra to Differential Equations)

Planet Math (Another math encyclopedia)

Mathematician Biographies (Yet another encyclopedia)

The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (A good resource for lower level courses)

CAUSEweb (A good resource for teaching undergraduate statistics)

Graph Database (A nice site by Jason Grout)

Mathematical Resources on the Web (A list created by Art Gorka)

Success in Mathematics (A great guide for success in math put together by St. Louis University)


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Freebies

  Getting Started with Latex (A free guide to Latex from David Wilkins)

  Not So Short Introduction to Latex (A longer free guide to Latex from Tobias Oetikier et al.)

  Print Free Graph Paper

Free Math Books (Yet more free stuff)

Dynamic Surveys in Combinatorics


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Fun Stuff

  My Ten Favorite Math Equations

  The Pi-Search Page (Search through or print out the digits of pi)

Conway's Game of Life (A nice emulator, plus links to other Life related sites)

Salvador Dali (One of my favorite artists)

M. C. Escher (Another of my favorite artist)

Mathematicians on Cracked.com (WARNING: some R-rated language)

  50 Fun Things for Professors to do the First Day of Class   (Humor)

  36 Methods of Mathematical Proof   (Humor)

Dorks are greatly under-appreciated in society (Humor)

Here are a few of my favorite things


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Other

The Mathematician Genealogy Project

Graph Theory White Pages

Wikipedia (A free on-line general use encyclopedia with articles written by anyone perverse enough to write on the subject)

Facebook (A Social Networking graph)

Email Me


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