Electronic Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Boston, Massachusetts, February 15-18, 2007

Paper S096

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-55846-4, Copyright (C) 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Generating Undergraduate Research Problems In Difference Equations With Computer Algebra

M. R. S. Kulenovic


University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
USA

Orlando Merino


University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
USA


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ABSTRACT

One of the challenges an instructor of a senior level difference equations course faces is generating enough problems with interesting characteristics for a relatively large class. We present examples of the use of Computer Algebra Systems to develop undergraduate research problems in difference equations.

Keyword(s): student research, computer algebra systems