Math Study Group
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The Math Study Group is currently discussing Information Retrieval Models. During February 2006, we will be focusing on "Keith" van Rijsbergen's The Geometry of Information Retrieval.
[van Rijsbergen, 2004]
C. J. van Rijsbergen. The Geometry of Information Retrieval. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2004.
[Bookstein and Cooper, 1976]
Abraham Bookstein and William Cooper. "A general mathematical model for information retrieval systems." Library Quarterly, 46(2):153-167, 1976.
[Salton, 1968]
Gerard Salton. Automatic Information Organization and Retrieval, chapter Chapter 6, beginning on page 514. McGraw-Hill, 1968.
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[edit] Meeting Times
The Math Study Group meets Tuesdays from 1-3pm in Room 340 LIS. Interested gslis students, staff, and faculty are invited to join.
[edit] For Further Information
Contact Dave Dubin, Chulin Meng, or Karen Medina.
[edit] Past Semesters:
Our first meeting was on April 5th, 2005. During the Spring and Fall 2005 semesters, we focused on techniques of the proof, starting out with Ulrich Daepp and Pamela Gorkin's Reading, Writing, and Proving (Springer 2003) as a text. From there we looked at using our new skills in Library and Information Science research.
[edit] Original Purpose of the Group
Math Study Group was started as a research methods exercise. GSLIS students, staff, and faculty unite for an infusion of logic. While the research methods courses available in this department and others at UIUC vary widely in their coverage of methodology topics and writing assignments, all can be complemented with a good logical development of an argument. We, the Math Study Group, decided to plunge into logic by studying the mathematical proof.
The Math Study Group currently (2006) consists of a small group of students and their fearless instigator, Dave Dubin. We meet on a regular or semi-regular basis to discuss the method of the logical proof.
Come as you are. Leave less confused.
[edit] Texts and Resourses We Have Used
[Daepp and Gorkin, 2003]
Ulrich Daepp and Pamela Gorkin. Reading, Writing, and Proving: A Closer Look at Mathematics. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2003.
[Bloch, 1999]
Ethan D. Bloch. Proofs and Fundamentals: A First Course in Abstract Mathematics. Birkhauser Verlag, 1999.
[D'Anglo and West, 1996]
John D'Anglo and Douglas West. Mathematical Thinking: Problem Solving and Proofs. Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 1996.
[Gerstein, 1996]
Larry J. Gerstein. Introduction to Mathematical Structures and Proofs. Springer-Verlag, 1996.
