Jason Corley: The Past

The Past

"The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only more expensive." ---John Sladek

My Family

My relatives are all teachers, it seems. My mother teaches first grade and is the webmaster of Garden Lakes Elementary School in Phoenix. My father teaches mathematics at Glendale Community College. (You can see a rather good picture of him at The Math Department Faculty Page, just look for Dr. Ted Corley.) My grandparents on my mother's side were teachers at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix. (You can see a picture of them at My Mom's old page about them, although links from there are a bit dodgy. You can also follow the progress of my grandfather's golf team (he is still the golf coach) at The Grand Canyon University Sports Page.) My grandparents on my father's side were also teachers, though in the pre-Web days so they don't have any links.

I have a sister, Sharon, who is working in the political field at the moment. She recently graduated from Arizona State University, but we won't hold that against her. She is of no relation to Sharron Corley, an actress who was in "The Substitute" and "New Jersey Drive".

My cousin Kenny Corley holds the UA homerun record! He hopes to be entering law school next year. Read about the homeruns at collegesportnews.com.

My Education

I attended Tolleson Union High School (now just plain Tolleson High School), which is in a little town on the west side of Phoenix. I had a great time.

From there I went to The University of Arizona, where I studied mathematics and philosophy, with a particular specialization in logic. I also studied physics and astronomy, but changed majors a few times around them.

Mathematics Links

The University of Arizona Mathematics Department Page has all sorts of interesting things about the program there.
The Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota has lots and lots of fun stuff, including the Interactive Geometry Gallery, which allows you to fool around with neat geometric images generated by mathematical formulae. (The Gallery is only good for people with graphical browsers, though.)
Check through the Math Quotations Server for lots of humorous and thought-provoking thoughts on mathematics. (The quote at the top of the page came from this place!)
The American Mathematical Society's WWW site is chock full of useful information about it's activities.
For those of you in Europe, the European Mathematical Information Service waits to serve you! USA-ers, see what you're missing!
A huge list of other mathematics departments can often times be useful if you need to know about mathematics resources in your area.
If you're interested in the history of mathematics, there is a fine resource at Clark University for this sort of subject.

Philosophy Links

For cool pictures of your favorite action-hero philosophers, check out the Philosopher's Gallery!

Logic Links

Boole's masterwork, the "Calculus Of Logic", has been put online by someone far more ambitious than me. You can go look at it now.
The Bulletin of the International Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logic has an online presence. United States users be prepared for a delay.

My own Logic Work

My abortive attempt to create an online History of Logic can be viewed here. Someday I may return to this project, as it is still outlined and planned, and I think it would be valuable.

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