• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.61-70
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• 2007

Combinatorics, often called the 21 st century mathematics, has turned out a very important subject for the present information era. Modern combinatorics has started from some mathematical works, for example, Pascal's triangle and the binomial coefficients, and Euler's problems on the partitions of integers and Konigsberg's bridge problem, and so on. In this paper, we investigate the origin of combinatorics by looking over some interesting ancient combinatorial problems and some important problems which have started various subfields of combinatorics. We also discuss a little on the role of combinatorics in mathematics and mathematics education.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.111-128
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• 2002

This study concentrates on investigating teaching methods with which students of a commercial high school, located in a rural district, can improve their attitude toward mathematics. To begin with, this study examines the causes which make the students take negative views against it through a survey of their current attitude toward mathematics; offers a special class for them to develop a positive attitude toward it: and then, figure out how much they change their academic attitude within the class and how much they improve their academic achievement as well. The results can be summarized as follows: First, the experimental groups showed terribly negative attitudes toward mathematics, and their academic achievements were very low compared with students of academic high schools nearby, Second, thanks to the special class given to improve their attitude toward mathematics, the experimental groups ended up taking a meaningful positive attitude toward it and developing their academic achievements in the subject. On the other hand, the controlled groups without any chance to receive special lessons remained unchanged. Therefore, it is indicated that a special lesson, properly provided, would play an important role to improve students' positive attitude toward mathematics and develop their basic academic achievements.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.53 no.3
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• pp.357-381
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• 2014

This study analyzed the cases of three teacher communities participating in an innovative professional development program and clarified the characteristics and the process of lessons for mathematics-oriented convergence that were developed and applied during the program. Each of the teacher communities designed and implemented lessons according to the context of each community and the concept of lessons for mathematics-oriented convergence were developed and refined. The lessons developed by the three teacher communities were characterized as convergence problem posing lessons using technology, convergence of various subject content focused on mathematical concepts through team teaching, and convergence lessons according to students' achievement levels. The program contributed to teacher community activities by proving sustainable professional development in the area of convergence education, a connection between the content of their professional development and the context of the field, and opportunities for active participation in the process of developing and implementing the convergence lessons.

• Research in Mathematical Education
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.327-340
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• 2011

In this paper we propose an inquiry task on the subject of congruent triangles. The task deals with conditions that are sufficient for congruency, and conditions that are insufficient. The aim of the task is to find the minimal number of identical components in two triangles that is sufficient to ensure congruency.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.327-335
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• 2012

We study half lightlike submanifolds M of semi-Riemannian manifolds $\widetilde{M}$ of quasi-constant curvatures. The main result is a characterization theorem for screen homothetic Einstein half lightlike submanifolds of a Lorentzian manifold of quasi-constant curvature subject to the conditions; (1) the curvature vector field of $\widetilde{M}$ is tangent to M, and (2) the co-screen distribution is a conformal Killing one.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.31 no.1_2
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• pp.285-297
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• 2013

This paper deals with parabolic equations coupled via nonstandard growth sources, subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. Three kinds of necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained, which determine the complete classifications for non-simultaneous and simultaneous blowup phenomena. Moreover, blowup rates are given.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

In this paper, we study the curvature of locally symmetric or semi-symmetric half lightlike submanifolds M of an indefinite Kenmotsu manifold $\bar{M}$, whose structure vector field is tangent to M. After that, we study the existence of the totally geodesic screen distribution of half lightlike submanifolds of indefinite Kenmotsu manifolds with parallel co-screen distribution subject to the conditions: (1) M is locally symmetric, or (2) the lightlike transversal connection is flat.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.793-803
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• 2000

An impulsive semilinear parabolic equation subject to Robin boundary condition is considered. We prove that for certain classes of impulsive sources and continuous initial data, the solutions of the problem under consideration blow up in the desired time interval.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.113-125
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• 2015

We study half lightlike submanifolds M of an indefinite trans-Sasakian manifold of quasi-constant curvature subject to the condition that the 1-form θ and the vector field ζ, defined by (1.1), are identical with the 1-form θ and the vector field ζ of the indefinite trans-Sasakian structure { J, θ, ζ } of .

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.3-10
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• 1995

Nonlinear hyperbolic differenctial equations have been a subject of intense research in the field of gas dynamics due to many engineering problems associated with high-speed airplanes missiles materials processing etc. Recently phenomena known from gas dy-namics are found to occur also in the microeletronic devices such as MOSFET. Here a few interesting mathematical problems are presented along with future areas of research.