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Editor's Notes, October 2004

Update from the Editor on the latest materials published in JOMA

Seashells: the Plainness and Beauty of Their Mathematical Description

In this article, a very simple model is used to describe and generate many types of seashell shapes.

A Biological ESTEEM module in the Phylogenetics Category. This worksheet performs split decomposition on a set of four DNA sequences and their associated amino acid sequences.

Dealing with Data: A 'Simple' Linear Fit

A module for exploring the best linear fit to a set of two-dimensional data

Google-opoly

This article uses a game, called Google-opoly, played on a small directed graph to describe and model the Google PageRank algorithm.

MathDL Flash Forum Learning Center

This site is a companion site to the MathDL Flash Forum. Flash Forum articles provide source code, libraries of custom classes, and PDF user guides. This site offers tutorials, ranging from basic to advanced, in video as well as in PDF format.

Flash Tools for Developers: Matching Formulas to Data

This Flash Forum developer's article includes source code and instructions for building an applet that allows the user to enter expressions with up to four parameters and then to vary the parameters in order to fit the curve to user data.

PascGalois Abstract Algebra Classroom Resources

This collection of resources is designed to supplement a modern algebra course. They are designed to help students visualize many of the important concepts from a first semester undergraduate abstract algebra course.

A Primer on Reuse

A Developers' Area article on reusability and its benefits, particularly with regard to Java applets.

Napier's Bones

This interactive Flash application illustrates the multiplication technique popularized by John Napier (1550-1610) and known as "Napier's Bones."