This will be an informal seminar-discussion around the idea of mathematics expressed in the form of computer programming languages. Kirby will discuss his work on using the object-oriented language, Python, as part of an alternative, computer science-informed mathematics curriculum for K-12 schools.

Some background reading:

• Kirby Urner, Trends in Early Mathematics Learning: Looking Beyond Y2K (first published 1999, latest version): http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/trends2000.html
• Kirby Urner, Pythonic Mathematics (June 2005): http://www.4dsolutions.net/presentations/urner_europython4.pdf
• PDF slides used during the presentation in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2005: http://www.4dsolutions.net/presentations/pythonicmath.pdf
• Kirby Urner, Another Alien Curriculum (2003): http://www.4dsolutions.net/ocn/alien.html

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