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“This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sail the unshadowed main,--”
“The Chambered Nautilus” by Oliver Wendell Holmes
complete text available at http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Chambered.htm
  


The above is a graph of the logarithmic spiral r = ae(bx) where a=1 and b=0.1

  Welcome to the Department of Mathematics at Three Rivers Community College. Our courses provide the foundation for a four year degree in mathematics, serve as prerequisites for many science and technology courses, and train students in problem solving and logical thinking.
       
       
     
 

News
 Right triangle trig handout for Intermediate Algebra (Math 137) now available. Click here. Also available on your WebCT Vista course.

FREE TI Calculator workshops taught by Matt Burbine
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Fun Math Links

Math humor on The Simpsons’ tv show:
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/simpsonsmath/

Graph Paper
Free on the web (do a search on “graph paper”) or try:
http://mathpc04.plymouth.edu/gpaper.html
http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com/

For more information about logarithmic spirals and golden rectangles see http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ma2mrm/logarithmicspiral.html

* Golden rectangle and shell graphics courtesy of Mr. Mark McCormack, Undergraduate, University of Bath, United Kingdom

  

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