MATH: Mathematics Information Sources

Explore Mathematics; As old as human culture, the science of mathematics deals with relationships, logic, and quantities. Ancient Babylonians and Egyptians used written number systems and ancient Greeks established the logical structure of axioms and proofs. Today, mathematics is the basis for understanding and developing almost every scientific and technological endeavor.

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This web helps you explore Mathematics information sources; here, you'll find organized and annotated links to Web sites about Mathematics organizations, topics, books, and links. You can view and link to this information in a variety of ways, and your suggestions are welcome. Use the links at the top of this page to navigate and access this information

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- NSF (Orgs), YMN (Orgs), PlanetMath, Math.com

News

News about what's going on in the mathematics world

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Orgs

Organizations involved in Mathematics

AIM: American Institute of Mathematics; expands mathematical knowledge through research projects, conferences, and an on-line mathematics library
AMS: American Mathematical Society; promotes mathematical research and its uses, strengthens mathematical education, and fosters awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life
ASA: American Statistical Association; aims to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor
ASL: Association for Symbolic Logic; research and critical studies in logic; forum for the presentation, publication, and critical discussion of scholarly work in symbolic logic
IMU: International Mathematical Union; international non-governmental scientific organization with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics
MAA: Mathematical Association of America; professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education
MSRI: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute; works to further mathematical research through programs in the mathematical sciences and closely related activities
NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; promotes mathematics education and support for teachers in mathematics
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology; activities and services at NIST related to applied mathematics, statistics, and computational science; Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division
NSF: National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Institutes; links to mathematics organizations and their ongoing events and highlights of their work; organizations are: AIM (American Institute of Mathematics), IAS (Institute for Advanced Study), IMA (Institute for Mathematics and its Applications), IPAM (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics), MBI (Mathematical Biosciences Institute), MSRI (Mathematical Sciences Research Institute), and SAMSI (Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute)
SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; works to advance the application of mathematics and computational science, promote research, and exchange information and ideas among mathematicians, engineers, and scientists
YMN: Young Mathematicians' Network; community of young mathematicians

Topics

Areas of interest in Mathematics

Combinatorics: Web site for Annals of Combinatorics journal
Chaos: Chaos; portal to information about choas at the University of Maryland; expounds on idea that simple, nonlinear deterministic systems can behave in unpredictable and chaotic ways; research in various areas of chaotic dynamics ranging from the theory of dimensions, fractal basin boundaries, chaotic scattering, controlling chaos
Constants: Constants; coverage of mathematical constants; famous ones include π, φ, and e; coverage also of lesser-known ones like Moser's Worm constant and the Moving Sofa constant
Fractals: Fractal Database; collection of fractals and fractal related material
Fuzzy: Fuzzy Logic Laboratorium Linz-Hagenberg; multivalued logic that allows intermediate values to be defined between conventional evaluations like yes/no, true/false, black/white, etc
Geometry: Geometry Junkyard; Dr. David Eppstein's collection of geometry-related usenet clippings, web pointers, lecture notes, research excerpts, papers, abstracts, programs, problems, and material related to discrete and computational geometry
Graph Theory: Directory of Graph Theory information; provides information about the textbooks The Handbook of Graph Theory, Graph Theory and Its Applications and Topological Graph Theory; provides resources for graph theoreticians and students
History: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive; provides biographies, history of topics, famous curves index, mathematicians of the day; produced by the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Linear: Linear Algebra; presented by the International Linear Algebra Society
OR: Operations Research; the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences; operations research and management sciences deal with the application of information technology for informed decision-making
Probability: Probability Web; a collection of probability resources on the Web
Ring: Lists of Ring Theorists
Topology: Topology Atlas; a publisher of information related to topology; Web site presents online resources for mathematicians and members of the general public with some interest in topology

Books

Buy books related to Mathematics

Courant: What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins; fundamental concepts and methods of mathematics
Boyer: A History of Mathematics, by Carl B. Boyer, Isaac Asimov
Eves: Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics, by Howard Eves; undergraduate text covering the history and evolution of mathematics
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