Tom Scofield's Home Page

OFFICE: NH 281
EMAIL: scofield, then the "at" symbol, then institutional domain name
(use instead of phone if possible)
PHONE: x66856

Courses

Current: MATH 232 | 362
Some past ones: MATH W80 | 100 | 110 | 132 | 143 | 161 | 162 | 190 | 231 | 243 | 256 | 333 | 335 | 362 | 391

Links

Local (Calvin) sites
Campus map and map of surrounding area | Trip routes at MapsOnUs or MapQuest
Math department homepage
Academic Calendar, 2001-02
Useful CIT sites: KnightVision | Authenticator | People search | Class pictures | Mail Lists
Hekman library and its online catalog
Search Calvin

Math societies/organizations
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Young Mathematician’s Network
The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (CoMAp)

Math related
Some essays on topics like infinity | the fourth dimension | Gödel's proof and the halting problem
Make money finding the next Mersenne prime number
Mega Mathematics at Los Alamos National Labs
Network-Enabled Optimization System at the Optimization Technology Center
Euclid’s Elements page
Furman University's Math Quotes Server
Math in the Movies
FSU’s Mathematics WWW Virtual Library
Conrad Lotze’s list of interactive mathematics Web pages
Discrete, Experimental & Applied Mathematics at the University of Nebraska
The game of life

Computing
C/C++: tutorial
Perl Quick Reference
Java: An online course | Java Components for Mathematics at Hobart & Smith Colleges
Web programming (general): PageResource.com | SeriousProgramming.com
HTML: Primers | Style sheets
Linux: Linux Documentation Project | Ubuntu
First Guide to postscript
Mac OS X Hints
R statistical package
teTeX: TeTeX Documentation Guide | CTAN
Matlab Central
Octave main page | a tutorial | full documentation | Octave vs. Matlab
General: Source code at RocketAware.com and SourceBank.com

Non-mathematical
Libraries: Hekman (direct to online catalog) | MSU (also via telnet) | WMU | GVSU | U of M | GR Public
The Perseus Project, offering classics at Tufts University
Oxford University's Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
The National Gallery of the Spoken Word
A Satellite tracking site
The Interactive Paper Project
A Literature/Authors page maintained at City Honors College in Buffalo, NY
Building the Digital Earth at Cornell University
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
The Electronic Poetry Center at SUNY-Buffalo

Books
Books I recommend
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
A list of academic book publishers
Textbook comparison shopping at directtextbook.com and chambal.com
Find out-of-print books at BiblioFind.com, BookFinder.com or FetchBook.Info

Personal

My CV in postscript or dvi format
Seminars/Workshops I've participated in:
STATS 99 Workshop at Hope College
Project NExT (general) and brown dots (specific to ’99 participants)
Early pictures of Benjamin Thomas Scofield, born Aug. 25, 2002.
Family Album since the birth of Alexander Willem Scofield, Aug. 14, 2005.

Publications/Research Resources


Disclaimer

The links provided here are in no way sanctioned by Calvin College. They are provided as a convenience (and for entertainment value) to those browsing this site (including myself). I have no control over these sites — which can disappear without notice — and have not perused them carefully as to their content.


Last Revised 06/21/00