Aaron Cinzori's Information Page

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1:00--1:50 p.m. These are times when I will be in my office and available to help you. You may drop in at these times without an appointment. I am also available at many other times by appointment. You may set up an appointment by phone, email, or in person. Finally, if you see me in my office, feel free to pop in. I'll be happy to help you if I can or schedule a mutually agreeable meeting time.

Contact Information:

Email: cinzori@hope.edu

Webpage: http://www.math.hope.edu/cinzori

Phone: 395-7528 (my office), 395-7530 (math department)

Fax: 616-395-7123

Mailing Address: Department of Mathematics, Hope College, P.O. Box 9000, Holland, MI 49422-9000

Other links of interest:

• Hope College Department of Mathematics home page.
• A listing of the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sites. Go see what it's like to do a little research during the summer.
• If you are interested in math competitions, consider
  • The Michigan Autumn Take-Home (MATH) Challenge takes place in October. In this competition, students work in teams of two or three solving a set of ten challenging mathematics problems. Teams complete at their home institutions. Hope has won this competition several times.
  • The official Putnam Competition site. This is a national competition among individuals in pure mathematics that takes place in early December.
  • Archive of recent Putnam exams and solutions.
  • The Mathematical Contest in Modeling is sponsored by COMAP, the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications. This is a national, team competition in applied mathematics in February.
  • The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling is also sponsored by COMAP. This is a national, team competition in applied mathematics in which teams consist of members from mathematics as well as other disciplines. It takes place in February.
  • The Lower Michigan Mathematics Challenge takes place in April at a different college somewhere in Michigan each year. In this competition, students work in teams of two or three solving a set of ten challenging mathematics problems. Hope has taken home the coveted Klein Bottle Trophy many times over the years.
• All there is to know about Hope at KnowHope
• The wonderful world of mathematics as organized by Eric Weisstein at MathWorld.
• Do you have a favorite integer sequence? If so, find out more about it at the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.
• For an extensive catalog of functions check out Wolfram's Mathematical Functions page.
• The MAA student page has information on summer research opportunities, mathematical careers, competitions, meetings, etc.
• You can also find out about more mathematics and mathematical careers from the various professional societies for mathematicians:
  • The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM),
  • The American Mathematical Society (AMS),
  • The Mathematical Association of America (MAA),
  • The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
• Some of my mathematical poetry:
  • A poem I wrote for the Week of Math at Hope College back in 2002 titled The Definition of the Definite Integral. It was published in The College Mathematics Journal, volume 37, January 2006, page 42.
  • A poem I wrote in response to a Problem of the Fortnight from Friday, December 10, 2004 that asked for the answer to be given in verse form. It's called 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + ... + 1/2003 - 1/2004 = 1/1003 + 1/1004 + ... + 1/2004: A Fortnight of Induction and Verse.
  • A song entitled Matrix Representations of Linear Transformations that I wrote and performed for my Multivariable Mathematics 1 students Fall Semester 2008. I'll try to get the music up soon.
• Finally, we find the Board Game Geek, home of one of my hobbies. Here are some games that I've played recently: