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 Mathematics

The courses offered by the Department of Mathematics serve several purposes; they supply the mathematical preparation necessary for students specializing in the physical, life or social sciences, in business administration, in engineering, and in education; they provide a route by which students may achieve a level of competence to do research in any of several special mathematical areas; they allow students to prepare themselves for work as mathematicians and statisticians in industry and government; and they give an opportunity to all inquisitive students to learn something about modern mathematical ideas. 

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Joseph Weizenbaum
Joseph Weizenbaum, creator of Eliza, an early conversational computer program, has died at age 85.  ...

Distinguished Professor
Professor Boris Mordukhovich has been named Distinguished Professor by Wayne State University. ...

Owens Lecture
Fields Medalist Stephen Smale will visit the department in March to give the Seventeenth Annual Owen ...