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Courses Fall 2004: Math 240, Statistics for Law (Law 749/ Math 475), Math 628: Homological Algebra
Course Spring 2005: Math 170
Courses Fall 2005: Math 170 (Ideas in Mathematics), Math 361 (Advanced Calculus)
Courses Spring 2006: Math 180

<>COURSES FALL 2006: Math 180 (Analytical Methods ...) Math 370 (Algebra) Law 744 (Statistics for Law)
Here is a link to M. Finkelstein, Introduction to Basic Concepts of Probability and Statistics in the Law
For Math 180 students:
    Here are links to the take-home midterm
                        and to the take-home final
Here are links to some notes on Bayes' Theorem prepared for some earlier courses:
        1) An overview prepared in 2004 for a course in statistics for lawyers, and
        2) The "jewel theft" case discussed in class on 1/172006.
   Here is a link to a lecture on "Statistics in the Courts" presented at a meeting
        of the American Assocition for the Advancement of Science in Anaheim, California, in 1999
   The following may help to explain the fallacious use of the
        Poisson distribution in the statistical appendix to the Collins case.
   For the segment on "evidence based medicine", here are links to two
        articles of interest: bias and number needed to treat.

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Address:
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Mathematics
209 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395
Email:
mgersten AT math.upenn.edu
Office/Phone/Fax:

Office: 4N40 DRL

Office Telephone: 215-898-8460

Math Department Telephone (messages): 215-898-8178
Math Department Fax: 215-573-4063

Research Specialties:
Algebraic Deformation Theory, Structure of Algebras, Quantum Groups, Statistics for Law.