Crista Arangala (née Crista Lynn Coles) is an American mathematician and textbook author, specializing in

numerical analysis Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic computation, symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical analysis (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). It is the study of ...

. She is a professor of mathematics and chair of the department of mathematics and statistics at

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, Elon is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or professional doctorate d ...

, and a

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Education

Arangala graduated from

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

in 1993. She earned her Ph.D. in 2000 from the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

, with a dissertation on ''Numerical Identification of Parameters in Inverse Heat Conduction and Inverse Euler Bernoulli Beam Theory'' supervised by Diego Antonio Murio.

International work

Arangala has regularly taken her Elon mathematics classes to India and Sri Lanka, where they have participated in elementary-school mathematics education. In 2013–2014 she was a

in Sri Lanka.

Books

Arangala's books include: * * * *

References

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