MBA Mathematics Helpfrom A. Selby, 1983 Ph. D. in mathsAuthor: www.whyslopes.com Live Help by chance or appointment : MBA Mathematics Helpfrom A. Selby, 1983 Ph. D. in mathsAuthor: www.whyslopes.com Live Help by chance or appointment Aim is to provide a full service
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When and How : When and How In a WiZiQ virtual Classroom. Meetings by chance or appointment. Very Easy to Set Up. 12 .00 GMT to 4.00 GMT ( 7 am to 11 am EST).
Equipment:
For talking, if you have speakers, you need a face-carried microphone, but if you listening with a headset, you may use any microphone. That is to avoid a feedback loop where sound from speakers is fed back into the microphone.
For your writing in the virtual classroom, mouse and key board ok in the first instance
For correction of work and discussion of problems: Scan text and writtenwork into pdf files for uploading. Uploading can be done during a sessionbut is best done in advance. Best Practice: Send me information in advance. That may include scanned text of questions, scanned form of class notes – every course is different, and your written work – so I can see your format.
Qualifications : Qualifications 1983 McGill Ph. D. in Mathematics – Studied Analysis, Optimization Theory, Differential Equations, Some Statistics. Back ground in pure and applied math second to none in 1983.
College Instructor: 1979 – 89. Remedial Math to Advanced Calculus and some engineering mathematics.
Educational Writer: The 1200 page mathematics education website: www.whyslopes.com is the reason why I did not become an actuary.
Magellan, the McKinley Internet Directory, 1996:
Mathphobics, this site may ease your fears of the subject, perhaps even help you enjoy it. The tone of the little lessons .. on math and logic is unintimidating, sometimes funny and very clear. There are a number of different angles offered, and you do not need to follow any linear lesson plan. Just pick and peck. The site also offers some reflections on teaching, so that teachers can not only use the site as part of their lesson, but also learn from it. (Magellan is no longer online)
My Backup: Home Library with say 300 hundred books spanning mathematics and its applications in many disciplines. Willing to purchase the advance math texts used by MBAs.
Anticipation : Anticipation Knowledge of Mathematics sufficient to answer most questions either immediately, or after some research.
Over time, I will record answers to common questions and post them online as webpages or webvideos.
Service will be better if you provide pdf file of your written work, or the text of interest before we talk. Scan and forward or upload written material, text of problems and even notes so that I can see the context, how you are being taught and where your course is heading.
Group Service: Take turns submitting the foregoing.
Possible Uses of WiZiQ : Possible Uses of WiZiQ One to One Meetings: An MBA student and I discuss skills and concepts for individual or group purposes - with say the aid of uploaded material - questions, course notes, written work. Could set the stage for a group meeting.
PROBLEM SOLVING SESSION (1:1 or group) : Problems are solved one at a time, one after another, with a focus on how, but not why. Discussion of theory avoided. Those session that go well may be left online. Pre-Requisite: One to one set-up meeting with an MBA student.
Theory Review or Summary Sessions (1:1 or group) : These may identify what is certain and what is intriguing, but speculative. Pre-Requisite: One to one setup meeting with an MBA student.
General Advice on How to Present Work (1:1 or group) : Good format helps mathematical steps to be done and recorded in a manner that the doer and others may follow and check. If you have children, here some advice you can repeat to them.
Limitations : Limitations I am a mathematician
Will need to map (translate) your problems into clear mathematical terms so that I can help
Some of the mathematics (calculus, math of finance, accounting) is sharp and clear. Some is impressive, but also speculative and not certain