Societies

• The professional society SIAM sponsors a home page which presents a number of articles and essays written by undergraduate students and gives information about summer internships.

• One of the pages on MAA Online is The MAA Student's Page which contains information on student competitions, employment in mathematics, meetings of interest to students, etc.

• Pi Mu Epsilon is an honorary national mathematics society whose purpose is the promotion of scholarly activity in mathematics among students in academic institutions.

• Kappa Mu Epsilon is a specialized honor society in Mathematics. KME was founded in 1931 to promote the interest of mathematics among undergraduate students. Its chapters are located in colleges and universities of recognized standing which offer a strong mathematics major. The chapters' members are selected from students of mathematics and other closely related fields who have maintained standards of scholarship, have professional merit, and have attained academic distinction. Both men and women are eligible for membership.

• Mu Alpha Theta's mission: " ...dedicated to engendering keener interest in mathematics, the development of strong scholarship in the subject and promoting the enjoyment of mathematics among high school and junior and community college students."

• Student Mathematical Societies in the UK and Ireland

Undergraduate Projects and Research

• The Furman University Electronic Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics is an online-only journal designed to encourage undergraduate research in the field of mathematics.

• LMS Undergraduate Project Archive is a site established by the London Math. Society to make available to hard-pressed academics a good stock of topics for undergraduate project work that have been used successfully in other institutions. Ideally this would mean, for each project, a clear description of the work involved in the project, a good set of appropriate references and some indication of the length, level and prerequisites of the project.

• Abstracts, participants and prizes of the Undergraduate Research Poster Session at the San Francisco Math Meetings (Jan. 1995).

• Agnes Scott College's list of Recent Independent Studies in Mathematics

• Reed College's Recent Senior Theses in Mathematics.

• St. Mary's College of Maryland's Student Projects

• Williams College's Student Thesis Abstracts

Continued Fractions

A senior Honor's Project at Calvin College by Adam Van Tuyl which gives the history, theory, applications and bibliography on the thery of continued fractions. In the section on applications there are a number of interactive programs that convert rationals (or quadratic irrationals) into a simple continued fraction, as well as the converse.

The Egyptian Fraction: The Unit Fraction Equation

Results from the Wayne State University Student Research Program.

If you have a student project on the WWW, let us know and we'll include a link here.

Summer Programs, etc.

• Math Forum - Undergraduate Research Programs in Mathematics. The Math Forum hosts a growing database of announcements for undergraduate math research programs, including: - Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) - Other Summer Programs (non-REU) - Research Semester Programs

• Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters (MASS) is a new semester-long program at Penn State which provides a comprehensive mathematical environment for a group of talented undergraduate students selected from U.S. colleges and universities and brought to the University Park campus. The program combines advanced learning with research initiation. It may be characterized as a "domestic study abroad" program (Fall semesters only.)

• AHPCRC Internship Program: The primary objective of this internship program funded by the National Science Foundation is to promote undergraduate research in high performance computing (HPC) in fluid dynamics, including parallel computing and advanced visualization techniques. The projects are supervised by faculty in aerospace engineering and mechanics, chemical engineering and materials science, and computer science. It is also the objective of this program to encourage the participants to pursue graduate studies in HPC and its applications in engineering and sciences.

• A list of Tentative 2001 REU Sites has been posted by the National Science Foundation.

• The (Math) REU FAQ is a guide to Math REU programs written by a student, Andy Miller, who participated in a couple of REU programs.

• The George Washington University Summer Program for Women in Mathematics (SPWM) is a four-week intensive program for mathematically talented undergraduate women who are completing their junior year and may be contemplating graduate study in the mathematical sciences. The goals of this program are to communicate an enthusiasm for mathematics, to develop research skills, to cultivate mathematical self-confidence and independence, and to promote success in graduate school.

• The Carleton/St. Olaf Colleges Summer Mathematics Program for Women is an NSF/NSA funded program to encourage and support women in their study of mathematics. The goals of the program include: introducing students to new areas of mathematics; honing students' mathematical reasoning, proof writing, problem solving, and presentation skills; building self-confidence, encouraging enthusiasm for mathematics, and increasing awareness of careers in the mathematical sciences; connecting students into a supportive network of other female college math majors, graduates and professionals.

• Initiated by Paul Erdös, Lászsló Lovász, and Vera T. Sós, the program Budapest Semesters in Mathematics provides a unique opportunity for North American undergraduates. Through this program, mathematics and computer science majors in their junior/senior years may spend one or two semesters in Budapest and study under the tutelage of eminent Hungarian scholar-teachers.

Competitions

National Competitions:

• William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

• William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition - Past Problem Sets

Regional Competitions:

• California State University, Fresno - Mathematics Field Day

Careers in Mathematics

• The Mathematical Association of America contains information on careers in mathematics on their page Resources for Undergraduates in Mathematics. In addition, there is information on graduate programs on mathematics including some new professional masters degrees programs.

• The American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) provide career information and services to the mathematics community. Their Mathematics Careers Bulletin Board allows you to learn about the careers of mathematicians in nonacademic positions.

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on average salaries, career opportunities, description of positions, etc. for mathematics majors.

• Jobs in Mathematics from Dartmouth College contains primarily information on the employment of mathematicians with Ph.D.'s.

• Check out Careers in Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics at Purdue University.

• Information on Careers in Mathematics is available from Department of Mathematics at Towson State University.

• Check out the Online Career Center from Northern Michigan University.

• Westfield State College's Career Information Page provides information about mathematical careers in Actuarial Field, Business and Management, Education, Engineering, Government, Law Enforcement, Operations Research and Statistics.

• Check out Joining the World of the Mathematician from the Department of Mathematics at Colgate University which provides, in addition to some WWW links, some titles of books concerning what type of work mathematicians do.

• The Department of Mathematics at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) has a WWW page CAREERS IN MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS which provides information on recent job vacancies in non-academic areas.

Undergraduate Publications

• Mathematical Musings is an on-line journal based at St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. We are interested in (1) mathematical student research and (2) student problem solving. We want to create a site where students can present ideas that have intrigued and stimulated them, or questions that they would like answered or would like to propose.

• The Furman University Electronic Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics is an online-only journal designed to encourage undergraduate research in the field of mathematics.

• MAT 007 I News is a recreational mathematical newsletter edited by undergraduate mathematicians of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.

• Mathematical Mayhem is a non-profit mathematical journal written by and for high school and undergraduate university students.

• Mathematical Spectrum welcomes original student contributions and awards annual prizes for the best ones published.

• mathNEWS - The University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics Student Newspaper.

• Le Journal de Maths des Élèves de l'École normale supérieure de Lyon is a journal containing articles written by students and instructors at the latter school. Articles are about math subjects which are interesting, relevant and amusing and are introductions to these subjects. Written in French.

• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Undergraduate Mathematics Journal is devoted entirely to papers written by undergraduates on topics related to mathematics.

• Studies in Mathematical Science - A Collection of Undergraduate Research from Miami University of Ohio.

Other WWW Sites

• Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize For Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman

• Understanding Mathematics - a study guide The author believes that many students struggle with mathematics only because they don't know what it means to understand Mathematics and how to acquire that understanding. The purpose of this page is to help the student learn how to approach mathematics in a more effective way.

• The Top Fifty Graduate Programs in Mathematics

• Best Graduate Programs in Mathematics from U.S.News. Also includes information on the best graduate programs in Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Geometry/Topology, Logic, Mathematical Statistics and Number Theory.

• Student Corner from the Math Ed Center at Oklahoma State University.

• Applied Math Resources - This is a search of a database of schools with Applied Mathematics Programs at the graduate level. Each school supplied their areas of concentration for inclusion in the database.

• The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics - A list distributed to students by a professor at Vanderbilt University who was tired of seeing these same old errors over and over again.

• Women And Mathematics - WAM is an advising and mentoring program whose purpose is to stimulate interest in mathematics among all students, regardless of their career choices. It is a program to motivate and inspire students, especially young women, towards careers in mathematics, science, and technology. By sharing experiences from their careers and lives, WAM consultants create excitement for learning and open new doors for growth and direction. WAM makes a difference for students.

• Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

• Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference - HRUMC

• Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics

• APICS - Mathematics and Statistics Committee runs an annual undergraduate conference and student competition and tries to take a vigorous interest in issues related to the science curriculum in schools and universities.

• Muskingum College's Learning Strategies Database - Content-Specific Learning Strategies for Mathematics

• MathNerds is a free service offering assistance in many areas of mathematics.