What's New on the

    Math Archives
    December 1997
    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 December, 1997.

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

    • Algebra: Abstract and Concrete by Frederick M. Goodman
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Published Text, Supplementary Materials, VRML, Symmetry, Polyhedra, Duality of polyhedra, Symmetric dynamical systems, Paper and stick models


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

    • Java enabled Wavelet Tutorial
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Two Scale Recursive Equation for the Scaling Function and Wavelet, Wavelet-based Multiresolution Analysis, Denoising via Thresholding Wavelet Coefficients, Wavelet based Compression, Wavelet Transform Engine


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

    • Matlab M-Files
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Matlab, Solution of Linear Systems (Iterative Methods), Eigenvalue Problems


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

    • Stats 101
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Student's t-Test, ANOVA, Simple Least Squares, Spearman's Rank Correlation, Statistical Methods Decision Tree


    The following links were added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:


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    For 168 years, the Royal Institution has been hosting its famous Christmas Lectures for Children. Over the years, the lectures have covered a huge range of scientific subjects, and have won a reputation for presenting important topics in an easy-to-understand way. This year, from the 28th of December, Professor Ian Stewart will take you on a journey to discover the patterns that weave the natural world together. Check out this year's presentation by the BBC: Professor Ian Stewart's The Magical Maze!


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

    • CRAFTY - MAA Subcommittee on Calculus Reform and The First Two Years
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Publications, Meetings, Calculus Reform Projects, Technology, Problems


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

    • La Cabri-Thèque
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Cabri Geometry resources


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

    • The Chaos Applet
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Bifurcation Diagrams


    The following links were added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:


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    The following links were added to the Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Convex Uniform Polytopes in Four Dimensions
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Schläfli symbols, Wythoff symbols, Archimedean polyhedra, Platonic polyhedra, Uniform polyhedron, Symmetry groups, Coxeter-Dynkin graphs
    • Polyhedra Collection
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Uniform polyhedra, Duals, Johnson's solids, Stellations of Icosahedron, Stellations of deformed dodecahedron, Spherical Platonic polyhedra, Polyhedral Kaleidoscope, Symmetrical compounds, VRML, Interactive building of polyhedra compounds
    • The Uniform Polyhedra
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Mathematica, Wythoff Symbol, Regular and Quasi-Regular Polyhedra, Semiregular Polyhedra, Even-Faced Polyhedra, Snub Polyhedra, Great Dirhombicosidodecahedron


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

    • Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, USA

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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:


    The following links were added to the Number Theory section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Fermat's Last Theorem
    • The Proof
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Fermat's Last Theorem, Andrew Wiles, Sophie Germain, Pythagorean Theorem


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

    • Exploring Data
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Assessment, Articles, Datasets, Assessment, Boxplots, Confidence Intervals, Curve Fitting, Datasets, Dotplots, Histograms, Hypothesis Testing, Linear Regression, Looking for Patterns, Measures of Location, Measures of Spread, Normal Distribution, Normal Plots, Probability, Sampling, Scatterplots, Stemplots

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

    • The Stony Brook Algorithm Repository
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Data Structures, Numerical Algorithms, Combinatorial Problems, Graph Problems, Computational Geometry


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

    • Complex Manifolds, Vector Bundles, and Hodge Theory
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Book


    The following links were added to the Discrete Mathematics section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Graph Coloring Page
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Bibliography, Software, Graph Generator Programs
    • Harmonious Colourings and Achromatic Number
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Bibliography

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    The following link was added to the Numbers page:

    Numbers from 1 to 10 in Over 2000 Languages
    einn, tveir, thrír, fjóriri, ... (Old Norse for 1, 2, 3,...) etc.
    Where's the Numbers Page? Check out the Math Archives' POPMathematics page!


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

    • Data Analysis Briefbook
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Glossary, Statistics, Computing, Analysis.


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

    • Otterbein College, Westerville, OH, USA

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    The following links were added to the Abstract Algebra section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Factorization ADD. KEYWORDS: Software, Articles
    • Groebner Bases
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorials, Algorithms, Software, Demos, Research Teams, Applications, Literature
    • Quantifier Elimination
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorials, Software, Applications, Literature
    • Real Solutions of Polynomial Systems
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorials, Algorithms, Software, Demos, Research Teams, Applications, Literature

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

    • SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Newsletter, Meetings, Projects, Problems, Bibliography, People


    The following links were added to the Arithmetic section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Blankety-Five Squared
    • Math in the Kingdom ADD. KEYWORDS: Drill Problems


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

    • Twin dragon applet


    The following link was added to the Logic and Set Theory section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Gateway to Logic ADD. KEYWORDS: Parse trees, Alpha graphs (Peirce), Begriffsschrift notation (Frege), Polish notation, Truth tables, Normal forms, Proof builder, Proof checker


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

    • JavaSlide


    The following links were added to the Partial Differential Equations section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Burger's equation
    • Heat Equation
    • Wave equation


    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:


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

    • Fourier Series
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course Materials, Maple, Scientific Notebook, MathView, Tutorial, Gibb's Phenomenon


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

    • Maple Equation Solver
    • Maple Graphics


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

    • Maple Direction Field Plots
    • Maple ODE Solver


    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Professional Societies:

    Association of Swedish Maths Teachers
    The aims of the Swedish Mathematics Teachers Association are: to promote development and research, to assist teachers to share and document their knowledge and experience, to share the results of research and classroom experiments in order to improve maths teaching, to promote preservice, inservice and postgraduated teacher education.


    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Sites with K-12 Teaching Materials in Mathematics:

    Socrates ODL Project
    A production workshop on teaching materials for mathematics using educational software was held in Alsace April 1996. During the workshop the participant teachers learned from colleagues and experts about educational software from all member states, exchanged instructional pedagogical practices using IT, and developed and described a series of pragmatic Mathematics lessons/courses using educational software selected during the preceding days.


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

    • Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, USA

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    The following links were added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, USA
    • Jersey City State College, Jersey, NJ, USA
    • Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX, USA


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

    • Calculus I Home Page
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Sample CBL Experiment: Newton's Law of Cooling, TI-85 Programs and CBL Experiment Data, Mathematica Notebooks

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    The Top 25 Pages which lists the top 25 pages downloaded each month of the Math Archives has been updated to reflect the results from the month of November. The Math Archives received over 830,000 hits in November with almost 13 billion bytes of data sent.


    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:


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

    • Hawai'i Community College, Hilo, HI, USA

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

    • De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, USA

    Chronicles for the previous month:

    November, 1997