Paul Trow's Math Page

"Philosophy is written in this grand book - I mean the Universe - which stands continually open to our gaze, but it cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and interpret the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it." Galileo

I am interested in ways to make mathematics more accessible to the general public. The following are links to some of my math articles, interactive Web pages, and math software, which are intended for a general audience.

Articles

Interactive Web Pages and Math Software

Modular Arithmetic Calculator - Perform arithmetic and find square roots modulo an integer.
Graph solutions of the Lotka-Volterra equations, a model for predator-prey interactions.
Plot the trajectory of a cannonball for a given muzzle velocity and angle of elevation.
Draw graphs of ellipses with different parameters.
Convert angles between radians and degrees.
Graph pro basketball statistics - a Perl interface to a MySQL database of professional basketball stats.

Note: The following C# applications require Microsoft .NET Version 2.0 and Internet Explorer.

Poly Grapher - Draw graphs of polynomials and their derivatives.
Equation Solver - Draw graphs of two linear equations and their solution.

Here is a list of my math research articles in symbolic dynamics.