• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.71-95
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• 2012

Nowadays, the big issues on mathematics education are mathematical modeling, mathematization, and problem solving. So, this paper looks about these issues. First, after 1990's, the researchers interested in mathematical model and mathematical modeling. So, this paper looks about mathematical model and mathematical modeling. Second, it looks about Freudenthal' mathematization after 1970's. And then, it compared with mathematical modeling. Also, it looks about that problem solving focused on mathematics education since 1980's. And it compared with mathematical modeling.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.111-136
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• 2018

This study suggests a framework for analyzing items based on the characteristics, and shows the relationship among the characteristics, difficulty, percentage of correct answers, academic achievement and the actual mathematical problem solving competency. Three mathematics educators' classification of 30 items of Mathematics 'Ga' type, on 2017 College Scholastic Ability Test, and the responses given by 148 high school students on the survey examining mathematical problem solving competency were statistically analyzed. The results show that there are only few items satisfying the characteristics for mathematical problem solving competency, and students feel ill-defined and non-routine items difficult, but in actual percentage of correct answers, routineness alone has an effect. For the items satisfying the characteristics, low-achieving group has difficulty in understanding problem, and low and intermediate-achieving group have difficulty in mathematical modelling. The findings can suggest criteria for mathematics teachers to use when developing mathematics questions evaluating problem solving competency.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.40 no.3_4
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• pp.675-694
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• 2022

In this article, we investigate the solution of the inverse problem for one dimensional heat equation with Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, that is, we determine the temperature and source term with given initial and boundary conditions. Three radial basis functions(RBFs) have been used for numerical solution, and Homotopy perturbation method for analytic solution. Numerical solutions which are obtained by considering each of the three RBFs are compared to the exact solution. For appropriate value of shape parameter c, numerical solutions best approximates exact solutions. Furthermore, we have shown the impact of noisy data on the numerical solution of u and f.

• School Mathematics
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.353-373
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• 2005

The purpose of this paper is to analysis the basic network problem which can be applied to the mathematically gifted students in elementary school. Mainly, we discuss didactic transpositions of the double counting principle, the game of sprouts, Eulerian graph problem, and the minimum connector problem. Here the double counting principle is related to the handshaking lemma; in any graph, the sum of all the vertex-degree is equal to the number of edges. The selection of these subjects are based on the viewpoint; to familiar to graph theory, to raise algorithmic thinking, to apply to the real-world problem. The theoretical background of didactic transpositions of these subjects are based on the Polya's mathematical heuristics and Lakatos's philosophy of mathematics; quasi-empirical, proofs and refutations as a logic of mathematical discovery.

• Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.23-44
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• 2003

The purpose of the study is to examine the phenomenon presented the process of problem solving activities of students with the mathematical context information accompanied problem based on Freudenthal's mathematizing theory and Realistic Mathematics Educations about cognitive and emotional aspects. In conclusion, taking a look at the results of study, open-ended contextual problem was had to offer in order to pull out various solutions. Teachers should help students develop their own methods, discuss their methods with others' and reinvent formal mathematics and its constructive process under the guidance of the teachers.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.173-181
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• 1998

The local behaviors of the Hopf bifurcation in the free boundary problem satisfying the zero flux boundary condition was examined in [3]. In this paper, we shall examine the global behaviors for this problem and shall apply the center-index theory to show the globality.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.925-935
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• 2023

In this paper, we consider a boundary value problem for a sixth order difference equation. We prove the monotone behavior of the eigenvalue of the problem as the coefficients in the difference equation change values and the existence of a positive solution for a class of problems.

• Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.237-249
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• 1998

Calculators can be instructional instruments to be used specially in problem situations which need calculations through calculators. A calculator-calculations is one of the various calculation methods. As there are problem situations for each method, there are problem situations for a calculator-calculation, too. Basically, calculator-calculations can be admitted in any cases which need not paper-and-pencil calculations, estimations, mental calculations, and computer-calculations. In this paper, some basic knowledges on how to use calculators in elementary mathematics education are offered. Students learn concepts easier by doing complex and tedious calculations through calculators than through paper-and-pencil calculations. And, by doing complex and tedious calculations in problem solving, they can focus on understanding problems, planning, and looking back. Calculator can be used directly in phases of understanding and planning. Calculators can be used to practice guess and check strategies. Problems which contain calculations beyond students' paper-and-pencil calculations abilities. So, as a result, students' experiences on problem solving can be extended. Calculators experiences can affect students' persistences, confidences, enthusiasms, self-esteems positively.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.35 no.5_6
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• pp.439-447
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• 2017

This paper investigates the inverse problem of determining an unknown heat radiative coefficient, which is only time-dependent. This is an ill-posed problem, that is, small errors in data may cause huge deviations in determining solution. In this paper, the existence and uniqueness of the problem is established by the second Volterra integral equation theory, and the method of trace-type functional formulation combined with finite difference scheme is studied. One typical numerical example using the proposed method is illustrated and discussed.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.15 no.1_2
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• pp.173-184
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• 2004

In this paper, we find the approximate solution of a second order nonlinear partial differential equation on a simple connected region in $R^2$. We transfer this problem to a new problem of second order nonlinear partial differential equation on a rectangle. Then, we transformed the later one to an equivalent optimization problem. Then we consider the optimization problem as a distributed parameter system with artificial controls. Finally, by using the theory of measure, we obtain the approximate solution of the original problem. In this paper also the global error in $L_1$ is controlled.