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James Lowdermilk
Mathematician / Teacher / Tutor
EDUCATION
BA Applied Mathematics Colorado State University, 1990
MA Applied Mathematics University of Montana, 1993
Thesis: “Pyramids and Whirlpools: Mathematical Models of Pyramid Building Techniques”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 1994–December 1994: Land Info Inc. – Computer mapping/scanning/programming
March 1995 – present: Mathemagician Tutoring – Owner/operator
Fall 1998 – Fall 2009: Arapahoe Community College – Adjunct teaching including:
Preliminary Mathematics – Add/Subtract/Multiply/Divide/Fractions/Decimals
Finite Mathematics Intermediate Algebra College Algebra
Trigonometry Calculus
March 1999: Ancient Egypt Research Associates – Ground Penetrating Radar in Giza, Egypt
2008–2009: Vice President of Egyptian Study Society
2010–2011: President of Egyptian Study Society
2012–present: Member-at-Large on Board of Egyptian Study Society
SCHOLARLY PAPERS
Published in the Ostracon: Journal of the Egyptian Study Society
The Monuments of Sneferu: The Bend in the Bent Pyramid and The Collapse of the Meydum Pyramid, Spring 1999, volume 9, number 4
The Inner-workings of the Egyptian Civil Calendar, Summer 2000, volume 11, number 2
Unit Fractions Inception and Use, Summer 2003, vol. 14, number 2
The Phoenix and the Benben: The Start of the Egyptian Calendar as the First Time, Summer 2007, volume 18, number 1
Year Counts in the Egyptian Calendar, Winter 2012, volume 22, number 1
PRESENTATIONS
University of Montana Dept. of Mathematics, December 9, 1993: “Pyramids and Whirlpools: Mathematical Models of Pyramid Building Techniques”
Egyptian Study Society (ESS), February 22, 1994: “Pyramids and Whirlpools: Mathematical Models of Pyramid Building Techniques”
ESS, July 21, 1998: “Egyptian Mathematics: A Search for Early Mathematicians”
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) annual conference, April 23, 1999: “Calendrics and the Egyptian Unit Fraction”
ESS, October 19, 1999: “Libraries and Study in Ancient Egypt”
Arapahoe Community College, May 18, 2000: “Writing and Mathematics: The Chicken or the Egg”
ARCE annual conference, April 28, 2001: “A Commentary on the Study of Ancient Egyptian Mathematics”
ESS, October 15, 2001: “Sacred Knowledge”
ARCE annual conference, April 23, 2005: “The Development of the Egyptian Civil Calendar and its Effects on Society”
ESS, October 16, 2006: “On the Egyptian Calendar “
Mathematical Association of America, April 19, 2009: “From Pebbles to Precession”
ESS, June 16, 2008: “Greek Philosophers in Egypt”
ESS, February 16, 2010: “How to Create the 365-day Calendar”
ESS, November 19, 2012: “The Egyptian Calendar: A Simple Timeline”
INTERESTS
Mathematics and Astronomy / Egypt and Greece / Qi Gong / Tae Kwon Do
Telemark Skiing / Mountain Biking / Hiking / Family
Jim Lowdermilk has been the owner/operator of Mathemagician since 1995.
Established 1975.
Mathemagician offers professional tutoring for all levels of math including SAT/ACT/GRE preparation and Math, Algegra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus.
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