[Blindmath] Drawing Graphs in College Level Math Course

[sarah.jevnikar at utoronto.ca]

It saddens me that whole math classes would be waived for students,  
seeminngly due only to the fear that they would be too challenging.  
It's worth asking the professor how important these particular graphs  
are. Perhaps if he or she meets with the student individually and they  
discuss the overall concept so that the professor knows the student  
understands the idea behind the assignment, then this particular one  
for graphing will be waived. Or a description of the graphs can be  
provided by the student, showing her knowledge of the graphs without  
the irritation of having to create them with craft supplies.
I hope this helps. I hope also that classes will not be denied to  
students only because they are harder to accommodate.
Sincerely,
Sarah Jevnikar
Quoting Sina Bahram <sbahram at nc.rr.com>:

> Yes, she can either provide the adjacency matrix describing this graph, or
> the vertex set as a parenthetical list, mapping the vertex to each of the
> four edges, since they have to be of degree 4.
>
> Please give them my email address and tell them I'm willing to help via
> phone/email.
>
> sbahram at nc.rr.com
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Missy Garber
> Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 8:57 PM
> To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'
> Subject: [Blindmath] Drawing Graphs in College Level Math Course
>
> A mom on another email list posted the following question which pertains to
> an assignment her daughter was given. Her daughter is taking a math course
> in her first year of college. Can anyone offer some advice for her? How
> would you approach this task? I'll paste her question below.
>
> Thanks,
> Missy
>
>
> Is it possible for a totally blind person to do a math problem
> that requires them to draw the following:
>
> A connected graph with five vertices each of degree 4 with:
> 1. no loops and no multiple edges
> 2. loops but no multiple edges
> 3. multiple edges but no loops
> 4. both multiple edges and loops
>
> This particular blind person has a draftsman
> drawing board but has only drawn basic shapes for previous math
> classes in public school. She is able to interpret (these types
> of) diagrams fairly well if they are drawn and brailled/labeled
> accurately which is usually not the case. Is there a way to
> accommodate this?
>
> I have heard that some or a least a few of the totally blind
> college students in this area have the math classes
> waived--eventually. This is not the preferred route. An
> advisor put her in this class.
>
> Ugh!!! and thank you!
>
>
>
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