Alfred Friedland
Adj Lecturer
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences
- Biography
- Teaching
- Research and Creative Activity
- Grants
- Honors and Awards
- Service
Education
M.A., Mathematics, Brooklyn College
B.A., Mathematics, Brooklyn College
Journal Articles
(1966). High Points: Abstract Algebra in High School - a Curriculum with Applications to the Traditional Curriculum. The Board of Education of the City of New York, 19-30.
Presentations
Friedland, A. (2004, October 13). Euclid: Was He Right?.
Friedland, A. (2004, April 28). Why You Can't Divide by Zero and Other Mathematical Proofs.
Friedland, A. (2003, March 3). Mathematics Mysteries of Infinity (Part One).
Friedland, A. (2003, October 15). Mathematical Mysteries of Infinity (Part Two).
Friedland, A. (2003, May 19). Logical Consistency of Noneuclidean Geometrics. third annual induction ceremony for Mathematics Honor Society.
Friedland, A. (2002, September 20). Geometry and Space.
Friedland, A. (2002, March 13). How Calculators Round Numbers; The Bracket Function.
Friedland, A. (2001, October 12). The Number of Digits in a Number.
Friedland, A. (2001, February 9). Large Numbers, Unsolved Problems, and Patterns That Don't Continue.
Friedland, A. (2000, April 17). Exploring Complex Numbers.
Friedland, A. (2000, September 15). Mathematical Induction.
Friedland, A. (1999, November 19). Demystifying Imaginary Numbers.
Friedland, A. (1999, March 3). The Arithmetic and Algebra of Matrices.
Friedland, A. (1998, April 1). Bayes' Theorem.
Friedland, A. (1998, October 14). Bayesian Analysis of Voting Power and Salary Disparity.
Friedland, A. (1997, October 20). Mathematical Oddities.
Friedland, A. (1997, April 16). Partially-Cooperative Games.
Friedland, A. (1996, October 18). The Mathematics Behind Arithmetic, and the Set-Theoretic Foundations of Transfinite Numbers.
Friedland, A. (1996, May 3). Adversarial Games.
Friedland, A. (1995, April 7). How to Figure Annuities.
Friedland, A. (1995, November 10). Zeno's Paradox and Other Problems.
Friedland, A. (1994, March 25). The Paradoxes of Infinity.
Friedland, A. (1994, October 21). Mathematics of Finance.
Friedland, A. (1993, February 10). How Einstein Knew That Time Can Slow Down: Special and General Relativity.
Friedland, A. (1993, September 24). Generating Extremely Large Numbers.
Friedland, A. (1992, May 8). Computer Arithmetic.
Friedland, A. (1992, December 16). The College Mathematics Curriculum.
Friedland, A. (1991, December 6). Logic: How Computers Reason.
Friedland, A. (1991, May 3). Boolean Algebra.
Friedland, A. (1991, March 8). . Geomety and the Structure of the Universe.
Friedland, A. (1990, December 14). . Logical Fallacies.
Friedland, A. . Saturday lecture series in mathematics. : Baruch College.
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Service Award of the Alumni Association | Baruch College | 1976 |
Department
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department committees on graduate studies, honors, calculus, actuarial science, final examinations at various times | Present | ||
| Evening-session | Supervisor | Present | |
| mathematics major | Advisor | Present | |
| Panel of classroom observers and partner to new members of department | Present | ||
| Revised faculty evaluation form for classroom observations | Present | ||
| Wrote plan for mathematics "capstone" course | Present | ||
| Transcript evaluation for transfer students | Present | ||
| mathematics for the Academic Consulting Center (SACC) | Coordinator | 1/1/1999 | 12/31/2002 |
| Wrote script for and appeared as speaker in videotape on mathematics classes presented to entering students | 4/30/2000 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (I.R.B.) | Present | ||
| Transcript evaluation for transfer students | Present | ||
| Secretary and member of executive committee and all standing committees of the Baruch College Faculty Senate at various times | Present | ||
| Evening-session | Supervisor | Present | |
| Department committees on graduate studies, honors, calculus, actuarial science, final examinations at various times | Present | ||
| Panel of classroom observers and partner to new members of department | Present | ||
| mathematics major | Advisor | Present | |
| Revised faculty evaluation form for classroom observations | Present | ||
| Committee on undergraduate curriculum | Present | ||
| Submitted written analysis of The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley for adoption for freshman-year reading | Present | ||
| Freshman seminar leader for several years | Present | ||
| Committee to rewrite Senate by laws | Committee Member | Present | |
| Basic Skills Appeal committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Advisor at in-person class registration | Present | ||
| Wrote plan for mathematics "capstone" course | Present | ||
| mathematics for the Academic Consulting Center (SACC) | Coordinator | 12/31/2002 | |
| Wrote script for and appeared as speaker in videotape on mathematics classes presented to entering students | 4/30/2000 | ||
| Author of report for the dean on long- and short-term assessment of academic and professional programs | 12/31/1997 | ||
| Author of proposal for new approaches to required classes pursuant to the 120-credit degree program | 12/31/1997 | ||
| Wrote poropsal for honors program in mathematics for the provost and the curriculum committee | 12/31/1997 | ||
| Compiled comprehensive survey of classes applicable to the American Studies program for the provost | 12/31/1996 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNY special baccalaureate program for several years | Faculty Advisor | Present |
Public
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| radio station WNYC | Member of Community Advisory Board | 1/1/2000 | Present | |||
| mathematics and physics annual New York Academy of Sciences City-Wide Science and technology expositions at CCNY | Judge | 1/1/1990 | Present | |||
| Referee and editorial work for articles submitted for publication in "The Mathematics Teacher" [journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] | 1/1/1985 | Present | ||||
| calculus at school for Russian immigrants | Volunteer teacher | 1/1/1994 | 12/31/1995 | |||
| Prepared mathematics questions for science/mathematic quiz on National Public Radio's Science Friday program; also appeared as a contestant in a live nationwide broadcast of a science quiz on NPR's Science Friday program | 5/5/1995 | |||||
| Created, wrote, produced, and presented a series of live call-in academic radio quiz programs | 1/1/1986 | 12/31/1987 | ||||
| mathematics team of Stuyvesant High School on the logical foundations of geometry | Lecturer | 12/31/1980 |