My Home Page: S. S. de Silva
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Welcome to my home page!
 

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Courses I Teach (*=This Semester)

   Math 112: Finite Mathematics *
   Math 127: PreCalculus

 
 Math 128: Calculus
   Math 129: Calculus 2 *
   Math 130: Matrix Algebra
  
Math 216: Discrete Mathematics
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   Math 330: Geometry *
   Math 234: Foundations
   Math 231: Differential Equations

   Math 321: Numerical Analysis
   Math 432 Real Analysis
 

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My Interests

  • Geometry--
    • Differential
    • algebraic
    • synthetic (e.g. High School geometry)
    • analytical
  • Theoretical Physics of all sorts, including
    • classical mechanics
    • fluid mechanics
    • quantum mechanics
    • analytical dynamics
  • Computer programming
  • Analysis, including real, complex, and functional analysis
  • Topology, mainly point-set and analytical

Links to Useful Sites

Here are some sites I have found useful:

Dr Math, at the Drexel Math Forum site
MAA, the Mathematical Association of America
AMS, the American Mathematical Society
NCTM, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
PCTM, the Pennsylvania affiliate of NCTM

Here are some sites I just enjoy visiting:

Classical Net, Dave Lampson's Classical Music page
The Classical MIDI archives, your source for MIDI data, 
     by Pierre Schwob
Creating Net Sites  Netscape's Web Building ideas place,
     from where I stole the design for this page.
Dr. David Joyce's page at Clark University
 
 
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My Background

I was raised in Sri Lanka, 
attended Wesley College, Colombo, 
and St. Sylvester's College, Kandy.
I earned a B.Sc. in mathematics from Peradeniya University,
M.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh,
and have taught at Lycoming since 1983

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