Oscar Levin, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Teaching:

This summer I am teaching Calculus 1 (Math 160) in Summer Session 2.

In Spring 2010, I taught sections 3, 6, and 9 of Math 131 - Trigonometry, and the only section of Math 173 - Discrete Math for Middle School Teachers. Webpages for these classes are available through Blackboard or directly by clicking on the link below:

• Math 131, section 3
• Math 131, section 6
• Math 131, section 9
• Math 173

In Fall 2009, I taught section 4 of Calculus 1 (Math 160) and sections 3 and E1 of Basic Concepts in Contemporary Mathematics (Math 139). Course materials were only available through blackboard.

Webpages for classes I have taught at the University of Connecticut, should still be available. For the list, try here.

Research

My primary interests lie in effective algebra, computability theory, reverse mathematics, and mathematical logic. Effective algebra endeavors to understand results of algebra and combinatorics from a viewpoint of computability theory. My Ph.D. dissertation concerns the effective content of ordered fields. My thesis, along with some other papers I've worked on, are available on my research page

Mathematical Puzzles

I am a big proponent of using mathematical puzzles in teaching. I have started a collection of the best of these puzzles on what I'm calling the Math Puzzle Wiki. If you are a math teacher looking for a good extra credit problem, or simply a puzzle enthusiest, please check it out. You can even contribute your own puzzles or add to ones already there.

LaTeX

Thanks to jsMath, the following should look like math, and not code: \[\exists c \in (a,b) \left(f'(c) = \frac{f(b) - f(a)}{b-a}\right)\]