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A Transition to Advanced Mathematics: A Survey Course -
Companion site to book of same name by William Johnston and Alex M. McAllister, helping students transition from courses in the calculus sequence (and other problem solving courses that involve mathematical calculations) to theoretical upper-level mathematics courses (that prove theorems and grapple with mathematical abstractions).
ACM Transactions on Algorithms - Areas of computation covered by this journal include combinatorial searches and objects; counting; discrete optimization and approximation; randomization; parallel and distributed computation; algorithms for graphs, geometry, arithmetic, algebra, number theory, strings; on-line analysis; cryptography; coding; data compression; learning algorithms; methods of algorithmic analysis; and discrete algorithms for application areas such as biology, economics, game theory, communication, computer systems and architecture, hardware design, and scientific computing.
Annals of Mathematics - Published bimonthly with the cooperation of Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study. Founded in 1884 by Ormond Stone of the University of Virginia.
Archimedes - Nova sciences series examines Archimedes' ideas of the infinite found in an ancient manuscript. Archimedes is called the "father of integral calculus."
arXiv.org e-Print Archive - Los Alamos National Laboratory e-print archive. Open access to over 742,000 e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.
Ask Dr. Math - A question and answer service for math students and their teachers.
Bartlett's Guide to SI Units - Concise information to clarify the mysteries of the Système International d'Unités (SI), most widely used system of units and measures around the world.
Brief History of Mechanical Calculators - The purpose of this site is to briefly describe the most common non-electronic calculating devices in an historical context and to create a resource of additional references. The journey starts 2500 years ago with the abacus, and ends 30 years ago with the introduction of the first electronic calculators.
English Name of a Number - Provides English name equivalents for very large numbers as well as additional information on prime numbers, Mersenne primes, perfect numbers and so on.
Erdös Number Project - A source of information for research mathematicians and others interested in the phenomenon of collaboration in mathematical research. Also see Wikipedia entry on Erdös-Bacon Number.
Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) - A resource network and interactive learning community for ethnomathematics, with emphasis on the indigenous mathematics of the Pacific region.
Euclid's Elements - Euclid's elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics. It has influenced all branches of science but none so much as mathematics and the exact sciences. The elements have been studied 24 centuries in many languages starting, of course, in the original Greek, then in Arabic, Latin, and many modern languages. The text of all 13 books is found here.
European Mathematics Society (EMS) - The purpose of the Society is to further the development of all aspects of mathematics in the countries of Europe.
European Women in Mathematics - An affiliation for women bound by a common interest in the position of women in mathematics. Office located in Helsinki, Finland.
Game Theory.net - Provides resource material to educators and students of game theory and its applications to economics, business, political science, computer science, and other disciplines.
Geometry - Yahoo! search return for "Mathematics/Geometry" query.
Geometry Center - Center for the compilation and visualization of geometric structures.
Geometry Junkyard - These pages contain usenet clippings, web pointers, lecture notes, research excerpts, papers, abstracts, programs, problems, and other material related to discrete and computational geometry.
History - Yahoo! search return for "Mathematics/History" query.
History of Mathematics - Provides more than 1300 biographies of mathematicians, 30 articles on the history of various topics in mathematics, famous curves index, and more.
Inexplicable Secrets of Creation - Number theory and physics archive, mysterious occurences on the interface of physics and number theory, introductory prime number theory resources, and related curiosities.
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) - The first International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) was held in 1959 in Romania. It was originally intended for Eastern Bloc countries only, but since then the list of participating countries has grown to over 80 from all over the world. The site of the competition changes each year, and past locations include such diverse venues as Finland, India, Cuba, Argentina, and Bulgaria.
International System of Units from NIST - A brief summary of the SI, the modern metric system of measurement. Long the language universally used in science, the SI has become the dominant language of international commerce and trade. These "essentials" are adapted from NIST Special Publication 811 (SP 811), prepared by B. N. Taylor and entitled Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), and NIST Special Publication 330 (SP 330), edited by B. N. Taylor and entitled The International System of Units (SI).
K-theory Preprint Archives - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mathematics archive of current and previous preprints dealing with K-Theory.
Also see Wikipeida article on K-theory.
MassSpectator Online Calculator - A mathematical method that locates and calculates the area beneath peaks from mass spectra using only reproducible mathematical operations and no user-selected parameters.
Math Archives - Mathematics links organized by topic or searchable by keyword.
Math Forum - A leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world.
Mathematica - Mathematical software system. With thousands of original algorithms and a tightly unified overall design, Mathematica spans projects of all sizes—from simple calculator operations and educational demonstrations to large-scale systems deployment and maximum-power supercomputing.
Also see:
Virtual Book - A browsable electronic collection of all the Mathematica tutorials, grouped according to functionality. It is an excellent place for users of all levels of experience to gain more detailed knowledge of Mathematica.
Wolfram Demonstrations Project - Conceived by Mathematica creator and scientist Stephen Wolfram as a way to bring computational exploration to the widest possible audience, the Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields.
Wolfram Mathematica Documentation Center - Learn how to use Mathematica with the definitive guide: 10,000 pages with Mathematica functions and tutorials and more than 100,000 Mathematica examples.
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) - Browse MSRI Math Lectures. MSRI exists to further mathematical research through broadly based programs in the mathematical sciences and closely related activities.
Mathematics by Classifications - Links to electronic journals, preprints, Web sites and pages, databases and other pertinent material.
MegaPenny Project - Visualizing huge numbers utilizing the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer questions like: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like? "
Metric System - An overview: Used in nearly every country in the world the metric system was devised by French scientists in the late 18th century to replace the chaotic collection of units then in use. The goal of this effort was to produce a system that did not rely on a miscellany of separate standards, and to use the decimal system rather than fractions.
Nick's Mathematical Puzzles - Puzzles presented here are selected for the deceptive simplicity of their statement, or the elegance of their solution. They range over geometry, probability, number theory, algebra, calculus, and logic
Organizations - Yahoo! search return for "Mathematics/Organizations" query.
PBS Teachers Math - Video clips and lesson plans on different mathematical topics and teaching techniques for grades K-12.
Pi - The computation of Pi is virtually the only topic from the most ancient stratum of mathematics that is still of serious interest to modern mathematical research. To pursue this topic as it developed throughout the millennia is to follow a thread through the history of mathematics that winds through geometry, analysis and special functions, numerical analysis, algebra and number theory.
Platonic Realms - Mathematics resources for students and instructors.
Plus Magazine - Plus provides feature articles which describe applications of maths to real-world problems, games, and puzzles; reviews of popular maths books and events; a news section, showing how recent news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made it to the newspapers; a puzzle for you to sharpen your wits against; a lucky dip of mathematical curiosities; and opinions on various maths-related topics and news stories.
PRIME Mathematics Encyclopedia - Encyclopedia and dictionary of mathematics, with articles, biographies, and translation dictionaries.
Prime Pages - Prime number research, records, and resources.
Probability Web - A collection of probability resources on the World Wide Web.
Riemann Hypothesis (Wikipedia) - In mathematics, the Riemann hypothesis, proposed by Bernhard Riemann (1859), is a conjecture about the location of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function which states that all non-trivial zeros (as defined below) have real part 1/2. The name is also used for some closely related analogues, such as the Riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields.
Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. - A non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies.
Traveling Salesman Problem - The traveling salesman problem, or TSP for short, is this: given a finite number of "cities" along with the cost of travel between each pair of them, find the cheapest way of visiting all the cities and returning to your starting point. In these pages we report on our ongoing project to solve large-scale instances of the TSP.
U.S. Metric Association (USMA) - A national non-profit organization, founded in 1916. It advocates U.S. conversion to the International System of Units which is known by the abbreviation SI (also called the modern metric system).
Wavelet.org - Fosters the exchange of knowledge related to the theory and applications of wavelets.
What's Special About This Number - Divisors, algebra, primes, sums of powers, powers/polygonal, matrices, graphs, combinatorics, Fibonacci, digits, perfect/amicable, bases, repdigits, geometry.
Wolfram - Advanced mathematics packages that include Mathematica as well as a growing industry of applications, consulting services, books, and courseware. Also see:
Wolfram Functions Site - Encyclopedic collection of information about mathematical functions.
Wolfram Library Archive - Vast electronic library of Mathematica materials, including immediately accessible Mathematica programs, documents, and examples.
WWW Virtual Library Mathematics Index - Collection of mathematics-related resources is maintained by the Florida State University Department of Mathematics.
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Mathematica - Mathematical software system. With thousands of original algorithms and a tightly unified overall design, Mathematica spans projects of all sizes—from simple calculator operations and educational demonstrations to large-scale systems deployment and maximum-power supercomputing.
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