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S.O.S Mathematics and Some Other Math Help Sites on the and Some Other Math Help Sites on the
Internet Internet
Helmut Knaust
Co-Owner, Math Medics LLCChair, Department of Mathematical Sciences, UTEP
Math Medics, LLC P.O. Box 12395 El Paso TX � �79913
October 20, 2007
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Contents
An Overview of the Web Site Itself Philosophy & Design The Building Blocks A Short Visit The “S.O.S. CyberBoard”
A Brief History of Sosmath.com From www.math.utep.edu/sosmath
… to www.sosmath.com Publishing on a Commercial Server
What Do You Need to Get Started? The Users of Sosmath.com
Usage and User Statistics Other Math Help Sites
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Other People Involved Mohamed A. Khamsi,
• Co-owner, Math Medics LLC• Professor, UTEP
Nancy Marcus • Co-owner, Math Medics LLC• Associate Dean, UTEP
Michael O’Neill• Associate Professor, Claremont
McKenna College Luis Valdez-Sanchez
• Associate Professor, UTEP
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Original PhilosophyOriginal Philosophy
“S.O.S. Math is the website at the University of Texas at El Paso, where you can work with material to help you:
Do your homework Prepare for a test Get ready for class”
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High School Students in their Junior and Senior Year
University Freshmen and Sophomores
Target AudienceTarget Audience
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Design ChoicesDesign Choices
Make the browsing experience as easy for the users as possible: No frames, no plug-ins Maximal browser compatibility Easy navigation Uniform look of the pages Keep bandwidth requirements low Allow for user feedback
S.O.S.Math started in 1996 Netscape 2.02 had just been released!
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Subjects on Our SiteSubjects on Our Site
1 – High School Mathematics
AlgebraTrigonometry
2 – College MathematicsCalculusMatrix AlgebraDifferential Equations
3 – Miscellaneous Add-Ons“CyberExams” (Practice Tests) Tables and Formulas “S.O.S CyberBoard” (Bulletin Board)
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A Short Visit toA Short Visit to www. www.sosmath.com
Homepage Algebra
Solving equations with radicals
Solving polynomial inequalities
The “Cubic Formula” The Bouncing Ball
Calculus Integration of Rational F
unctions Differential Equations
Bifurcations
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The “S.O.S. CyberBoard”The “S.O.S. CyberBoard”
Provides a valuable service to our users Helps us interact with our users Helps us to improve our site by
accommodating user suggestions
Visit the S.O.S. CyberBoard
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A Brief HistoryA Brief History
Summer 1996 Planning; First pages written
August 21, 1996 Launch of www.math.utep.edu/sosmath
Spring 1999 Negotiations with UTEP to start S.O.S. Mathematics as a commercial enterprise.
May 14, 1999 Launch of www.sosmath.com on a shared web server
July 5, 1999 Start of the S.O.S. Mathematics CyberBoard
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To Get Started…To Get Started…
A prudent design A sensible plan Time, More time, … And more time! A wonderful team! Some knowledge of
technology
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To Get Started on a Shoe String BudgetTo Get Started on a Shoe String Budget
Web Hosting Service, $10-30 per month for a shared host
Domain Name, about $35 or less per year Software
FTP client, $0-45 Computer algebra system?, $0-1,500 Graphics editing software, $70-1,000 Back-Up capability, $0-100
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Web HostingWeb Hosting
Remote Web Host:• Usually on a PC with Linux-OS• May host 100s of web sites
Local Computer:• Preferably a PC with Windows-OS• Fast internet connection
File Upload and Host Management:
• FTP protocol, using WSftp etc.• Telnet protocol
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The Math Forum@Drexel All(?) Math Faculty at Drexel University
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Purplemath Elizabeth Stapel,
Math Instructor atWestern International University, Phoenix, AZ
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Cut the Knot Alexander Bogomolny,
Former Associate Professor of
Mathematics at the University of Iowa
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History of Mathematics John O'Connor and Edmund Robertson,University of St Andrews, Scotland
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Math World Eric Weisstein, Wolfram Research
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Contact info:
http://www.sosmath.com/mail.php
This presentation can be found at:
www.math-medics.com/GEPCTM.pps
Math Medics, LLC P.O. Box 12395 El Paso TX 79913� �
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