Harold Reiter
Professor of Mathematics
University of North
Carolina at Charlotte
Contact Information
Department of
Mathematics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Office: Fretwell 345A
Office Hours for Fall 2006:
Mondays and Wednesday mornings, 10-12 and by appointment
Telephone: (704)-364-5699 home
(704) 687-4561 office
FAX: (704) 687-6415
Electronic Mail: hbreiter@email.uncc.edu
Index
to this web site:
- Math 1120, Business Calculus (Section 6, 8 am TTh, Fretwell 128)
- Math 1165, Discrete Math (Section 1, Fretwell 128, TTh at 11 am)
- The Charlotte Teacher’s Circle began in September 2006.
- Registration form for 1960 C. E. Byrd High graduates.
- Buy my book The Contest Problem Book VII for $43.95 (MAA Member price. $35.50). You can buy it from the MAA or at The Art of Problem Solving Website
- American Mathematics Competitions AMC 8, AMC 10, and AMC 12
- Other Current Activities
- Mathematical Things to do
- Websites of Mathematical Organizations
- Websites of Mathematical Interest
- Websites with Mathematical Problems
- The UNC Charlotte Math Competition
- Summer Opportunities for Pre-College Students
- Mathematics and other programs for university students
- Newspapers and other web sites of general interest
- Websites of Philatelic Interest
- General Information about me
Other Current Activities
- I founded and currently volunteer at meetings of The Charlotte Math Club
- I founded and currently volunteer at meetings of The Mecklenburg Math Club
- In 2004 The Union County Math Club was founded by Ruth Rowe.
- In 2005 The Cabarrus County Math Club was founded by Cathy Whelan.
- My
daughter Ashley Ahlin and I have agreed to co-edit the problems section of
The Pi Mu Epsilon journal. Your
undergraduate level problems are hereby solicited.
- Fall 2004 Problems.
- Spring 2005 Problems.
- Fall 2005 Problems.
- Spring 2006 Problems.
- Fall 2006 Problems.
- Spring 2007 problems. Solution deadline, March 1, 2007
- The North Carolina AHSME home page
- The UNCC Math Contest.
- A paper by Dan Kennedy that pretty well sums up the way I feel about teaching and testing. It appeared recently in Mathematics Teacher
- Papers I wrote from August 2000 to August 2001 about
teaching and learning. Its mainly intended for Math 1100 students, but
also applies to other classes My philosophy of teaching, part
1 and
My philosophy of teaching, part 2 - I have recently taught the following courses:
- Math 1100, College Algebra (Fall 1999; Spring 2000; Fall 2000; Fall 2001; Fall 2002)
- Math 1102, Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, (Spring 2002, Fall 2006)
- Math 1120, Business Calculus (Spring 2002; Spring 2003; Summer 2003; Spring 2004, Summer 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006)
- Math 1165, Discrete Math (Fall 2002; Spring 2003, Fall 2005)
- Math 1241, Calculus 1 (Spring 2004)
- Math 1242, Calculus 2 (Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006)
- Math 3166, Combinatorics (Spring 1999)
- Math 6105, Problem Solving in Discrete Mathematics Summer Workshop in Discrete Math for CMS Teachers, summers, 2001-2006.
- Combinatorial Games, (Summers, 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99) Summer Ventures in Science and Math
- I completed my term as past president of the National
High School and Two-year College Honor Society (after serving as president
for the two years 2001-2003) in July 2004 Mu
Alpha Theta. I thoroughly enjoyed representing
MAO at the International Science and Engineering Fair ISEF
in May 2004. For a picture of me
with the 2004 ISEF-MAO Scholarship winner, Andrew "Drew"
Matteson of
- In 2005 I wrote the Autumn Math Challenge, a contest for college in the Midwest. Click here to access the scores and here to access the test. The solutions are here.
- In 2006 Arthur Holshouser and I wrote the Autumn Math
Challenge, a team contest for undergraduates in the
- You can access my problems published in the Sunday (London) Times Problems
- In May 2003, and again in 2005, I was appointed to the Presidential Awards Selection Committee.
- In July 2003, I was appointed to the College Board CLEP Mathematics Committee.
- In August 2002, I was awarded the Paul Erdos Award by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions at its biennial meeting. The WFNMC brings together mathematicians who use mathematical problems and challenges to stimulate learning at the pre-college level. For pictures I took on my August 2002 trip, check Australia Trip
- In June 2005, Betty and I took a Grand Circle Cruise of
the lower Danube from
- I completed my second term as a MathCounts question writer and as chair of the QWC in 2003-2004.
- I have served on the State (of NC) Contest Committee for many years.
- I completed my duties as chair of the AMC 12 (and AMC 10 for 2000) Contest in 1999. See American Math Competitions.
- I completed my term as the chair of SAT II Mathematics committee of the Educational Testing Service in August 1999. I have been a 'Reader' for the AP Calculus papers in 1978. To find out more about the College Board and ETS, see their websites. I especially enjoyed the 2004 reading. Click here for two photos taken at the reading in Fort Collins, CO. The whole table of readers and Just me.
- I am currently serving on the ETS/College Board CLEP (College-Level Examination
Program) Pre-calculus Committee, Sept
2002-present.
- In my spare time I like domestic and international travel, jogging, racket sports, staring at Stereograms from Magic Eye. and Optical Illusions. Also, I like playing mathematical games like SET, chess, and bridge.
- I presented My Favorite Problems at the 27th annual meeting of the American
Mathematical Association for Two-Year Colleges in
- I have begun writing a regular column called My Favorite Problems. in the journal Mathematics and Informatics
Quarterly.
- Column 1 March, 2002.
- Column2 Column 2, June, 2002
- Column 3, March, 2004 >
- Column 4, June, 2004
- Column 5, January, 2005
- Column 6, March, 2005
- Column 7, to Sept-December 2005
- Column 8, to December, 2005
- Column 9, to appear in early 2006
- Column 10,
- University of Delaware program for students in grades 4 to 8.
- Math Stories for Children
- Word Problems at
- International Math Talent Search contains problems from the IMTS program.
- MathCounts for students in grades 7 and 8.
- MathPath for students in grades 6 through 8.
- Math Olympiad for Elementary Schools for students in grades 4-6.
- Brain twisters - interactive tutorial K-12.
- Brain Teasers - grades 3-8.
- Mastery of skills - games - strategy building
- Cyber challenge - daily brains - grades 3-8.
- Hot topics - ex. Math Olympics activities and materials - membership information.
- Problem of the Week - interactive - help pages - all topics.
- "Mudd Math Fun Facts" - enrichment - upper elementary plus.
· During the summer of 2000, my daughter and I gave a workshop at Iolani School for MathCounts coaches.
· I organized a collection of three minicourses and workshops for the annual NCTM, April 5-7, 2001.
· My research papers since 1989.
American Mathematics Competitions
· North Carolina AHSME home page
·
American Mathematics Competitions at the
·
For a paper by about the history of the American
High School
Mathematics Exam and the new (February, 2000) AMC 10, see
The American High School Mathematics
Examination: A 50 year Retrospective
The following exams were produced by the AHSME committee during the years
1994-2000 of my chairmanship.
o
The 50th Anniversary AHSME consisting of one
problem from each of the first 50 years of the exam.
o A sample of the AMC 10 contest that started February 2000.
o The 1995 AHSME and The 1995 AHSME Solutions
o The 1996 AHSME and The 1996 AHSME Solutions
o The 1997 AHSME and The 1997 AHSME Solutions
o The 1998 AHSME and The 1998 AHSME Solutions
o The 1999 AHSME and The 1999 AHSME Solutions
o The 2000 AMC10 and The 2000 AMC10 Solutions
o The 2000 AMC12 and The 2000 AMC12 Solutions
o The 2001 AMC12 and The 2001 AMC12 Solutions
o The 2001 AMC10 and The 2001 AMC10 Solutions
·
My wife Betty and I enjoyed very much our work
on the IMO2001 Local Arrangements Committee. See IMO
2001 hosted by the
Mathematical Things to do
· A great website for learning mathematics and mathematical humor
· Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
·
A great way to learn trigonometry
· Jim Propp's SELF-REFERENTIAL APTITUDE TEST
· Kevin Brown's great website of mathematical papers MathPages
· Daniel Scher's Java Sketchpad Page
· Harold Reiter's Summer Ventures In Science and Mathematics- Combinatorial Games
· David Levine's site for Game Theory
· Jeff Erickson's Games Website
· David Eppstein's Combinatorial Game Theory
· Websites for Combinatorial Games Combinatorial Games Page
· Roger A. McCain's Strategy and Conflict: An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory
· Martin J. Osborne's What Is Game Theory?
· Can you figure out how this works? Fido Challenge.
· Can you figure out how this works? The Mind Reading Crystal Ball.
Websites
of Mathematical Organizations
· I highly recommend The Art of Problem Solving
· The Mathematical Association of America
· The American Math Society's E-math
· For an index of US Universities University Home Pages
· The World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions for mathematicians who use mathematical problems and challenges to stimulate learning at the pre-college level.
·
NRich from the
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·
The
· The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM
Websites of Mathematical Interest to Students and
Teachers
· I highly recommend The Art of Problem Solving including the online courses.
· Stanley Rabinowitz's MathPro Press has an incredible index of published problems.
· United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
· Simon Singh's Website is full of interesting mathematical ideas.
· A great site for high school and undergraduate level problems by Nick Hobson.
·
· The Mathematics Forum at Swarthmore
· At UNC Charlotte, I directed and taught in the program Summer Ventures in Science and Math, a state (of NC) funded four week residential program for high school juniors and seniors.
· Mathematics On Stamps, Philamath
· Jim Kuzmanovich's Math and Mathematicians on Stamps
· The North Carolina SDPI math website and calendar of events
· The US Department of Education's list of Math related web sites
· The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is a two year residential magnet high school for science and mathematics.
· Canadian Mathematical Society's KaBoL
· Financial Aid Information for college students.
· Index to Mathematicians Biographies
· Letter to parents of home-schooled kids by Vicky Kaseorg.
Websites
with Mathematical Problems
· I highly recommend The Art of Problem Solving including the online courses.
· Geometry Step by Step from the Land of the Incas by Antonio Gutierrez. This is a lovely award-winning website.
·
· The UNCC Math Contest. If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can see each of the past seven years contest problems. The entire database of problems is available. See EducAide Software web site.
· Math Competitions Archive is a great network of Olympiad and Putnam problems, maintained by Kiran Kedlaya
· A great site for high school and undergraduate level problems by Nick Hobson.
· Results and Problems from recent International Math Olympiads
· The Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Contest Competitions Archive has problems and solutions for most of its years of existence.
· Results and Problems from recent South African Mathematics Olympiad
· John Scholes' Problems Website including university problems from the Putnam, IMO, and Eotvos competitions
· You can access my problems published in the Sunday (London) Times Problems
· International Math Talent Search
· Wisconsin Math Talent Search contains problems from the WMTS program.
· Great Plains Math League contains problems from the GPML program.
· For more problem sites see Math contests for high school and pre-high school students below.