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Denitza Straub

Lecturer

School of Mathematics and Statistics
College of Science

585-475-4351
Office Hours
FALL 2025 (at Bates Study Center) Monday: 10:45-11:30am; Tuesday: 9:45-10:30am; Wednesday: 10:45-11:30am; Thursday: 9:45-10:30am; And by appointment
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Denitza Straub

Lecturer

School of Mathematics and Statistics
College of Science

Education

BA, Colgate University; MS, Ph.D., University of Rochester

585-475-4351

Currently Teaching

MATH-185
3 Credits
This is the first part of a two course sequence that aims at providing the mathematical tools needed to manipulate graphical objects and to model and simulate the physical properties of these objects. Topics from linear algebra, primarily in two and three dimensional space, analytic geometry, and calculus will be presented. The emphasis is on linear algebra, particularly its application to problems in geometry and graphical systems.
MATH-221
4 Credits
This course is principally a study of the calculus of functions of two or more variables, but also includes a study of vectors, vector-valued functions and their derivatives. The course covers limits, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, Stokes' Theorem, Green's Theorem, the Divergence Theorem, and applications in physics. Credit cannot be granted for both this course and MATH-219.
MATH-241
3 Credits
This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of linear algebra, and techniques of matrix manipulation. Topics include linear transformations, Gaussian elimination, matrix arithmetic, determinants, vector spaces, linear independence, basis, null space, row space, and column space of a matrix, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, change of basis, similarity and diagonalization. Various applications are studied throughout the course.