Michael Ratliff

"Elementary Number Theory" MAT 318,
- Seq. No.-6226 @ 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m., MWF, AMB - 164.
"Mathematics of Financial Modeling" MAT 480,
- Seq.No.-6232 @ 1:50 p.m. - 2:40 p.m., MWF, AMB - 164.
Link to MathClasses (Remember for students the Domain is "NAU-STUDENTS")

Open Computer Lab Hours in AMB - 222

AMB-222- Open 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. MTWTh

Education:

University of Colorado at Boulder, Ph.D. 1976
Colorado State University, M.S. 1969
Pacific Union College, B.A., B.S. 1967

Recent Scholastic Activities:

"Mandelbrot's Functional Iteration and Continued Fractions," Fibonacci Quarterly, vol 31, no. 3 Aug. 1993 pp. 263-267
"Using Mathematica to find Minimal Length Confidence Intervals," The Pentagon , vol. 53, no. 2, pp.25-39, Spring 1994, (with Robert Mone'student).
"Effects of Incentive Based Education Program on Breast Feeding Rates," Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol 3 - March 1995, pp 1-10,(with John Sciacca).
"Effects of Incentive Based Education Program on Breast Feeding, Knowledge, and Attitudes",Journal of Community Health, pp. 475-490, December 95, Vol. 20, No. 6, (with John Sciacca).
"Qualitative Influence in Simple Linear Regression," Mathematics with Vision, pp. 309-316, Computational Mechanics, Boston, 1995.
"Calculus Reform and the SOA Examinations", Society of Actuaries: Conversations, p.3, Winter, 1997.
"Prohibiting Smoking in Restaurants: Effects on Restaurant Sales," American Journal of Health Promotion, pp. 178-184, Jan./Feb. 1998, (with John Sciacca).
"Beyond Modeling World Records with a Graphing Calculator: Assessing the Appropriateness of Models," Mathematics and Computer Education, pp.143-153, Spring,1998, (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
"Where do I use that? Applications with the TI-83 Financial Menu", Proceedings of the Vii Simposio Internacional en Educacion Mathematica, p. 268, October, 1999.
"Factors Influencing Breast-feeding Rates Among Arizona WIC Participants", American Journal of Health Behavior,pp-243-253, vol.24, no. 4, July/August 2000, (with Sebastien Haneuse (student) and John Sciacca).
"Meet Ya' at the Diner. Probably...", Mathematics and Computer Education, pp. 74-82, Winter, 2000, (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
"Intelligent Agent Modeling for Simulating and Evaluating River Trip Scheduling Scenarios for the Grand Canyon National Park", Intelligents for Modeling Natural Resources, Oxford Press, pp. 245-275,2000. (with Catherine Roberts) et al.
"Problem Solving, Problem Posing, and Technology in Geometry", Proceedings of the Conferencia Internacional Sobre Uso de Tecnologia en la Ensenanza de las Matematicas, pp. 191-196, January 2001. (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
"La Investigacion de un Problema Numerico Abierto con una Calculadora con Manipulacion Simbolica", Proceedings of the Conferencia Internacional Sobre Uso de Tecnologia en la Ensenanza de las Matematicas, pp. 145-150, January 2001. (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
"Dice Distributions using Combinatorics, Recursion, and Generating Functions", vol.34, No.5, pp. 370-376, November 2003, The College Mathematics Journal (with Janet McShane)
"Stochastic Tip-Off: Simulating the NBA Playoff with a Graphing Calculator", Mathematics and Computer Education, pp.261-270, Fall, 2002 (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
"Technology Illustrations of Four Solutions to the Problem of Apollonius", Mathematics and Computer Education, pp. 193 - 205, Spring, 2003 (with Janet McShane) and with Armando Martinez-Cruz.
"Fibonacci-Like Sequences of Apollonian Circle Packings", 19 pages, to appear in Proceedings of the 11^thFibonacci Conference, (with Janet McShane)
"It's a Holiday", 10 pages,to appear in Teaching Statistics, (with Janet McShane)
"Introduction to Financial Mathematics", with Hassett and Steeby, ACTEX Publications, Winsted, CT, 2007
"Study Manual for SOA Exam FM/CAS Exam 2", with Hassett and Steeby,ACTEX Publications, Winsted, CT, 2007

Recent Funded Grants:

Enhancing Quantative Reasoning Using Visualization, an NSF-CCLI Grant, (with John Hagood), PI, and (with Janet McShane), co-PI.
Grand Canyon River Trip Simulation, a National Park Service Grant (with Catherine Roberts)
Professional Development for Science and Mathematics Teachers Through Statistics and Technology: Developing Case Studies of the Colorado Plateau, an Eisenhower Grant (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
Meeting the New Face of Algebra: From Data to Functional Models with Statistics and Technology, an Eisenhower Grant (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
Secondary School Geometry for a New Millennium: Constructions, Investigations and Problem Solving with Dynamic Software, an Eisenhower Grant (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).
Interactive Precalculus: Algebra, Geometry and Applications of Functions with Interactive Software, an Eisenhower Grant (with Armando Martinez-Cruz).