teaching

Courses taught at SUNY Korea (Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2017–present), with selected earlier teaching at Vietnamese-German University and Wayne State University.

2026

AMS 326 — Numerical Analysis

Spring Prof. Tan H. Cao

Numerical methods for the standard problems of scientific computing: root finding, interpolation, quadrature, linear systems, and ordinary differential equations.

AMS 261 — Applied Calculus III: Multivariable Calculus

Spring Prof. Tan H. Cao

Vector geometry, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, and the classical theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss.

2025

AMS 361 — Applied Calculus IV: Differential Equations

Fall Prof. Tan H. Cao

First- and second-order ordinary differential equations, linear systems, Laplace transforms, and series solutions, with engineering applications.

AMS 261 — Applied Calculus III

Fall Prof. Tan H. Cao

Multivariable calculus — partial derivatives, multiple integrals, vector calculus, and Green/Stokes/Gauss theorems.

AMS 326 — Numerical Analysis

Spring Prof. Tan H. Cao

Core numerical methods of scientific computing: root finding, interpolation, quadrature, linear systems, and ODEs — with Python implementations.

AMS 301 — Finite Mathematical Structures

Spring Prof. Tan H. Cao

Combinatorics, graph theory, recurrence relations, generating functions, and discrete probability — the discrete-mathematics foundation for computer science and operations research.

2024

AMS 341 — Operations Research I: Deterministic Models

Fall Prof. Tan H. Cao

Linear programming, the simplex method, duality, sensitivity analysis, integer programming, and network flows.

AMS 301 — Finite Mathematical Structures

Fall Prof. Tan H. Cao

Combinatorics, graph theory, recurrence relations, and discrete probability — discrete-mathematics foundations for CS and operations research.

2023

Earlier Teaching (2012–2023)

Various Prof. Tan H. Cao

A summary of teaching at SUNY Korea (2017–2023), Vietnamese-German University (2016), and Wayne State University (2012–2016, as a graduate teaching assistant).