What's New on the

    Math Archives
    April 1999
    On this page you will find a chronicle of additions and changes of the items contained on the Mathematics Archives which were made during the month of April, 1999.
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' POPMathematics page:

    Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics?
    Six Nobel Prizes are awarded each year, one in each of the following categories: literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine. Notably absent from this list is an award for Mathematics. The reason for this conspicuous omission has been subject of extensive speculations, some of which are discussed here.
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' Undergraduates Page:

    • 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 following link was added to the Math Archives' POPMathematics page:

    Famous Nonmathematicians
    We often tell our students that there are many things besides teaching and actuarial work that they can do with a degree in mathematics, but I don't think they believe us. Over the years, I've put together a list of well-known people who were math majors (or some equivalent in other countries and times), although not all of them completed their degrees.

    The following link was added to the Mathematics Education section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Let's Abolish Pencil-and-Paper Arithmetic
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Article, Back to basics, Mental Arithmetic

    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, USA
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Sites with K-12 Teaching Materials in Mathematics:

    • The Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad and Mathematical Circles
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    The following link was added to the Algebra section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Algebra on the Internet
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorial, Course Materials
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    The following link was added to the Fourier Analysis section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • FourierHomepage der FH Köln [in German]
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms

    The following link was added to the Miscellaneous section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Animating Web Pages with the TI-92
      ADD. KEYWORDS: TI-92, world wide web, animation, GIF, teaching resources
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    The following link was added to the Miscellaneous section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Formelsammlung [in German]
      ADD. KEYWORDS: List of Formulas and Theorems, Numbers and their properties, Vectors, Analytic Geometry, Linear Equations, Matrix Algbra, Sequences and Series, Functions, Differentiation, Differential Equations, Power Series, Integration, Tensors, Quadratic Forms, Fourier Series, Curves and Surfaces, Curve and Surface Integrals, Vector Analysis

    The following link was added to the Math Archives' POPMathematics page:

    Math in Daily Life: How do numbers affect everyday decisions?
    When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands, even millions, of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done. How can math be so universal?

    The following links were added to the Math Archives' listing of Professional Societies:

    The International Association for Boundary Element Methods
    The IABEM was founded in 1988 to encourage a meaningful integration of the multidisciplinary and multinational aspects of Boundary Element Method (BEM) research and applications.

    International Association for Statistical Computing
    IASC is the only international organization caring about the theory, methods and practice of statistical computing.

    Society for Judgment and Decision Making Homepage
    The Society for Judgment and Decision Making is an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the study of normative, descriptive, and prescriptive theories of decision.
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    The following link was added to the Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Java Applets on Mathematics
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Sum of Angles in a Triangle, Thales' Circle, Special Lines and Circles in a Triangle, Center of Mass in a Triangle, Cyclic Quadrilateral, Pythagorean Theorem, Platonic Solids, Spherical Triangle

    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, USA
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    The following link was added to the Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Stellated Icosahedra
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Mathematica, Enumeration of all stellations of the icosahedron
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