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Connexions, later known as OpenStax CNX [1] was a global repository of educational content provided by volunteers. The open source platform was provided and maintained by OpenStax, which is based at Rice University. The collection was available free of charge, can be remixed and edited, and was available for download in various digital formats. [2]
Richard G. Baraniuk is the C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University, the founder and Director of the open education initiative OpenStax (formerly called Connexions), and the founder and Director of the learning science and education research infrastructure SafeInsights.
The scope of a logical connective occurring within a formula is the smallest well-formed formula that contains the connective in question. [2] [6] [8] The connective with the largest scope in a formula is called its dominant connective, [9] [10] main connective, [6] [8] [7] main operator, [2] major connective, [4] or principal connective; [4] a connective within the scope of another connective ...
OpenStax textbooks follow a traditional peer review process aimed at ensuring they meet a high quality standard before publication. Textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators in an attempt to ensure they are readable and accurate, meet the scope and sequence requirements of each course, are supported by instructor ancillaries, and are available with the latest technology-based ...
Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel born 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, is an American mathematician who has dedicated his career to mathematics education.Since 1980, he has served as the executive director of the award-winning non-profit organization "Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications", [1] working with teachers, students, and business people to create learning environments where mathematics ...
[10] [11] The volume 756 in the Contemporary Mathematics series, published by the American Mathematical Society, is dedicated to Chen Bang-yen, and it includes many contributions presented in the Ann Arbor event. [12] The volume is edited by Joeri Van der Veken, Alfonso Carriazo, Ivko Dimitrić, Yun Myung Oh, Bogdan Suceavă, and Luc Vrancken.
Errett Albert Bishop (July 14, 1928 – April 14, 1983) [1] was an American mathematician known for his work on analysis. He is best known for developing constructive analysis in his 1967 Foundations of Constructive Analysis, where he proved most of the important theorems in real analysis using "constructivist" methods.
Michael Makkai (Hungarian: Makkai Mihály; 24 June 1939 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Canadian mathematician of Hungarian origin, specializing in mathematical logic. [1] He works in model theory , category theory , algebraic logic , type theory and the theory of topoi .