Summary
Crista Arangala (née Crista Lynn Coles) is an American mathematician and textbook author, specializing in numerical analysis. She is a professor of mathematics and chair of the department of mathematics and statistics at Elon University,[1] and a Fulbright Scholar.
Education edit
Arangala graduated from Allegheny College in 1993.[1][2] She earned her Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Cincinnati, with a dissertation on Numerical Identification of Parameters in Inverse Heat Conduction and Inverse Euler Bernoulli Beam Theory supervised by Diego Antonio Murio.[1][3]
International work edit
Arangala has regularly taken her Elon mathematics classes to India and Sri Lanka, where they have participated in elementary-school mathematics education.[4][5][6] In 2013–2014 she was a Fulbright Scholar in Sri Lanka.[4][7]
Books edit
Arangala's books include:
- Arangala, Crista (2014). Exploring Linear Algebra : Labs and Projects with Mathematica ®. Hoboken: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4822-4150-1. OCLC 908079421.[8]
- Arangala, Crista (2017). Exploring calculus : labs and projects with Mathematica. Karen A. Yokley. Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-4987-7104-7. OCLC 954480489.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)</ref> - Arangala, Crista (2017). Mathematical modeling : branching beyond calculus. Nick Luke, Karen A. Yokley. Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-315-12064-5. OCLC 1021174066.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Arangala, Crista (2019). Exploring linear algebra : labs and projects with Matlab. Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-351-66407-3. OCLC 1089729073.
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References edit
- ^ a b c "Crista Arangala", Faculty & Staff Profiles, Elon University, retrieved May 26, 2019
- ^ The Kaldron, Allegheny College, 1993, p. 27, hdl:10456/35113
- ^ Crista Lynn Coles at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b "Crista Arangala promoted" (PDF), A slice of π, vol. 18, Elon University Department of Mathematics & Statistics, p. 1, June 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2015, retrieved May 26, 2019
- ^ Unnithan, Sangeetha (February 8, 2010), "School notes", The Hindu
- ^ Coleman, Kellye (April 13, 2011), "Math professor by day, social activist by inspiration", The Pendulum, Elon University, p. 13
- ^ Crista Arangala, Fulbright Scholar Program, retrieved May 26, 2019
- ^ Reviews of Exploring Linear Algebra: Labs and Projects with Mathematica:
- Fischer, Cyril, "Review", Zentralblatt MATH[permanent dead link]
- Strong, David (January 2016), Watkins, David S. (ed.), Book Reviews, SIAM Review, 58 (1): 169–171, doi:10.1137/16n974048
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- ^ Review of Exploring Linear Algebra: Labs and Projects Using Matlab:
- Hunacek, Mark (May 2019), "Review", MAA Reviews