Department of Mathematics Faculty
Marc Renault
Ph.D. Mathematics
Temple 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
- Introduction to Abstract Algebra
- Abstract Algebra
- Linear Algebra
- Number Theory
Recent projects and activities
Department Seminar Talks
- “Termites, Flocks of Birds, Sunflower Seeds, and the Formation of Opinions: Modeling Emerging Order with NetLogo Software” 3/19/09
- “Three Elegant Proofs of the Ballot Theorem” 3/1/07
- “The Ballot Problem” 11/2/06
- “Generalized Catalan Numbers, Lattice Paths, and the Cycle Lemma” 2/23/06
- “Catalan Numbers and Lattice Paths” 3/24/05
- “Counting Paths” 9/23/04
- “Stupid Divisibility Tricks” 2/26/04
- “What are Gröbner Bases?” 9/25/03
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.
Interest in enumerative combinatorics. Current research on Catalan numbers, lattice paths, and the ballot problem.
Interest in using GeoGebra applets for mathematical demonstration. See my personal web page for some examples.
