Allen (Al) Strand

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Allen (Al) Strand

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Department/Office Information

Mathematics

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Degree

BA, Jamestown College, 1963; MA (1965), PhD (1969), Washington State University

Teaching Experience
  • Muskingum College
  • SUNY College of Technology
  • Vassar College
  • Hamilton College
  • Bard College
Specialties

Applied mathematics for the physical sciences; analysis (real, complex and numerical); problem solving

Interests

Finite difference equations, numerical analysis, problem solving, teaching of mathematics

Publications

Vol. I and II, Lecture Guide and Student Notes for Stewart's Calculus (Brooks/Cole, 1992); Vol. I, Lecture Guide and Student Notes for Hungerford's Contemporary Precalculus (Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994)

Professional Experience

Adjunct course director, National Science Foundation Chautauqua-type short course program; consultant, Borland International Inc.

Distinctions
  • Included in the Princeton Review's The Best 300 Professors, 2012
  • Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year Award 1992-93