Research Interests
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Error-correcting codes
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Finite groups
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Packing and covering problems in geometry
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History and philosophy of mathematics
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Mathematics Education
Publications
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T. M. Thompson and K. L. Wiggins, The treatment of limits in the Calculus:
are we becoming careless?, Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Technol.
21
(1990), 235-242.
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T. M. Thompson and K. L. Wiggins, Multivariate limits and continuity:
A survey of calculus textbooks, U.S. Educational Resources Information
Center, ERIC Document ED (1988) 291 607.
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D. Crowe and T. M. Thompson, Some Modern Uses of Geometry, Learning
and Teaching Geometry, K-12, 1987 Yearbook, NCTM, Reston, VA.
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T. M. Thompson, From Error-Correcting Codes through Sphere Packings
to Simple Groups, Carus Monograph #21, Math. Assoc. Amer., Washington,
D.C., 1983.
Presentations
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" 'O Great Calculator:' Calculator and Software Accuracy," Summer Meeting,
Pacific Northwest Section, Math. Assoc. Amer., 1995.
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"Apollonius, Heron, Kepler, and Spreadsheets: Old Ideas, New Technology,
New Applications," Summer Meeting, Pacific Northwest Section, Math. Assoc.
Amer., 1995.
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"Hamming and Golay," Invited address, International Gauss Symposium on
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Guarujá, São Paulo,
Brasil, 1989.
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"Error-Correcting Codes: The Beginnings," Invited Science Seminar presentation,
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, 1989.
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"Error-Correcting Codes and Beyond," Invited MAA Short Course, Pacific
Northwest Section, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada,
1988.
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"Limits and Continuity," International Congress of Mathematicians, Berkeley,
CA, 1986.
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"The Early History of Error-Correcting Codes," Invited Colloquium talk,
Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA, 1985.
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"Error-Correcting Codes: The Beginnings," International Congress of Mathematicians,
Warsaw, Poland, 1983.
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"Error-Correcting Codes: The Beginnings," Canadian Society for History
and Philosophy of Mathematics/SCHPM, Learned Societies Conference, Montréal,
Qué., Canada, 1980.