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I retired from Millersville University on August 14, 2020. MU is allowing me to maintain my web pages as a courtesy, but you should not assume that they will continue to be available indefinitely. So if you're using them to study, please download everything you think you will want now, in case the pages become unavailable.

Please read the following before you mail me. First:

MU students and other MU people: Go ahead and mail me. If you need a letter of recommendation: Check my page on letters of recommendation first. Please do not list me as a reference or a letter writer before you've contacted me.
If you're a non-Millersville person with math questions: Please ask your math questions at a site like Stack Exchange. I don't answer math questions, tutor, or review proofs or papers from people I don't know.

My email address is at the bottom, but please see if I've answered your question already.

Here are some questions people have asked, with brief answers.

Would you please link to my web page? Sorry, I don't link to other web pages on request.
Can I link to your pages or use your course materials? You're welcome to link to my pages or use my notes or course materials, as long as you don't imply that my pages are part of your site, you don't remove my copyright or authorship information (my material is copyrighted, and per the faculty contract I own the rights), you follow standard citation practices (i.e. credit me with authorship, and don't claim credit for stuff that I've done), and you don't charge in any way for access to my materials. I can't guarantee that these pages will continue to be available in the future. If you're using my pages as a class resource, please don't refer your students to me with questions.
Could you solve a problem for me? Sorry, no. Try Stack Exchange or the subreddit on homework help or some other homework site.
Could you help me get a job or get into a graduate program? I only write letters of recommendation for students who have been in my classes, and only under certain conditions. (See my page on letters of recommendation.)
Could you /write notes/do a video/write a web page on [[insert topic]]? No. Sorry - try searching online to see if someone has done what you want. For example, there are lots of free math books available online.
Can you send me the source files for your notes/web pages? No. Sorry, I don't distribute the source files.
Can you send me copies of your problem sets or tests? No. Sorry - if I haven't posted something online, I'm not distributing it.
I think there's a mistake in your notes/web page. If you can tell me where it is (there are lots of pages up there), I'll take a look and fix it if it's wrong.

I try to respond to mails when possible. However, please be polite: Don't mail me to ask for things I've said above that I don't do. In particular:

Please don't ask me to link to your web pages. (One person asked four times!)
Please don't ask me for course materials - if it isn't online, it's because I don't distribute it.

If I feel someone is being rude or obnoxious (for instance, by making repeated requests for stuff), I put their email address into my blocked senders list and will not communicate with them in the future.

Mail: Bruce.Ikenaga@millersville.edu

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