What's New on the

    Math Archives
    October 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 October, 1997.
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Sites with K-12 Teaching Materials in Mathematics:

    National Education Supercomputer Program
    The National Education Supercomputer Program provides a unique instructional tool for science and mathematics students in elementary, junior high school, high school, and community colleges throughout the United States. Teachers learn how to bridge the gap between textbook concepts and actual applications by using high-performance computing tools similar to those used by scientists.

    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 Numerical Analysis section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Numerical Analysis WWW Site
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Books, Lecture Notes, Lessons, Tutorials, Bibliography, Software

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

    • Discrete Structures WWW Site
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Lecture Notes

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

    • Dynamical Systems WWW Site
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Bibliography, Animation, Programs, Courses, Tutorials, Lecture Notes, Publications, Software
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Union College, Lincoln, NE, USA
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    The following links were added to the Calculus section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Webcalc
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course Materials, Lab Materials
    • Projects at New Mexico State University
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course Materials

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

    • NMSU Discrete Mathematics Projects
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course Materials

    The following link was added to the Linear / Nonlinear Programming / Optimization section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Mathematics for Decision Making in Industry and Government - High School Modules
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Operations Research, Linear Programing

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

    • Teaching With Original Sources

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

    • Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, USA
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' collection of Other Software Sites:

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

    • Discrete Structures in Computer Science
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Lecture Notes, Logic Elements, Boolean Algebra, Techniques of Proof and Problem Solving, Mathematical Induction, Graph Theory

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

    • Probability Lessons
      ADD. KEYWORDS: The Birthday Problem, An Approach to Problem Solving, Permutations, Combinations
    • Project Blue - Probability Tutorial

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

    • Agricultural and Pedagogical University, Siedlce, Poland
    • Gdansk University, Gdañsk, Poland
    • Lodz University, Lodz, Poland
    • Opole University, Opole, Poland
    • Szczecin University, Szczecin, Poland
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    The following link was added to the Computational Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Computational Geometry Homepage
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course materials, Algorithms, Software

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

    • Graph Theory
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Conferences, Journals, The Four Color Theorem, Research, Class Notes, Computer Programs
    • Graph Theory Lessons
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Complete Graphs, Subgraphs, Regular Graphs, Platonic Graphs, Adjacency Matrices, Graph Coloring, Bipartite Graphs, Euler Circuits, Trees and Searches, Spanning Trees, Planar Graphs, Dual Graphs, Weighted Graphs, Shortest Paths, and Minimal Spanning Trees, Tutorial

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

    • Linear Equation Solver

    The following links were added to the Linear / Nonlinear Programming / Optimization section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Combinatorial Game Theory
    • OR-Links
      ADD. KEYWORDS: People, Java in Operations Research, FAQs, Books, Problem Classes, Educational, Transportation, Optimization, Simulation, Institutions, Software
    • Strategy and Conflict: An Introductory Sketch of Game Theory
      ADD. KEYWORDS: The Prisoners' Dilemma, Zero-Sum Games, Games with More Than One Equilibrium, The Queuing Game, Keynesian Equilibrium as a Nash Equilibrium, Cooperative Games, The Core and Competition, Sequential Games

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

    • Finite Element Method universal resource - FEMur
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Industrial Applications, Review of Linear Algebra, Stress Analysis, Tutorials, Stiffness Matrix Assembly Applet

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

    • Bibliography for Computational Probability and Statistics

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

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

    • Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA
    • Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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    The following link was added to the Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • The Discontinuous Groups of Rotation and Translation in the Plane
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorial, Derivation and Classification of Groups, Wallpaper Groups, Orbifolds, Crystallographic Notation, Bibliography

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

    • Crystallographic Topology - The Topology of Crystallographic Groups and Simple Crystal Structures
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Tutorial, Orbifolds, Point Groups, Lattice Complexes on Critical Nets on Orbifolds

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

    • DAISY - Database for the Identification of Systems ADD. KEYWORDS: Mathematical models of systems, System Identification, Datasets

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

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

    • Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • University of Wisconsin, River Falls, River Falls, WI, USA
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

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

    • The Geometry and Topology of Three-Manifolds
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Lecture Notes
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    The following links were added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR, USA
    • Evangel College, Springfield, MO, USA
    • Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, USA
    • Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR, USA
    • Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR, USA

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

    • Occasional Maple Worksheets for Calc II
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Maple, Integration Check, Numeric Integration, Error Bounds for Numeric Integration, Animating Taylor Series, Working with Power Series as Functions, Producing Slope Field Diagrams

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

    • CAS Projects from the Rose-Hulman Workshop
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Maple, Mathematica, Coordinate Transformations, Differential Equations, Logistic Growth, Algebra Worksheet, Chemistry, Finite Fields, Finite Element Method, Classical Mechanics, Calculus, Signal Processing, Economics
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Professional Societies:

    The Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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

    • Java Exploration Tool for Dynamical Systems
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Vector fields, Speed encoding, Directional information, Isoclines, Line Integral Convolution, Oriented Line Integral Convolution, Particle system
    • Visualization of Complex Dynamical Systems
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Software, The Virtual Ink Droplet Method, Visualizing Poincaré Maps, Dynastic Cycle, Nonlinear Time Series Analysis, Iterated Function Systems, Strange Attractors

    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 Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Yamanashi University, Yamanashi, Japan
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    The following links were added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Hokkaido University of Education, Iwamizawa, Japan
    • Ibaraki University
        • Department of Mathematical Education
    • Illinois Valley Community College, Oglesby, IL, USA
    • Josai University, Saitama, Japan
    • Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan
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    The following link was added to the History of Mathematics section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Counting to Infinity
      ADD. KEYWORDS: John Wallis, Zeno of Elea, Georg Cantor

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

    • Casper College, Casper, WY, USA
    • Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO, USA
    • University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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    The following link was added to the Math Archives' listing of Mathematics Departments:

    • Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, USA

    The following link was added to the Computer Algebra / Cryptology / Genetic Algorithms section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • Algorithms for Computer Algebra
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Course Materials, Multivariate Polynomial, Rational Function, and Power Series Manipulation, Polynomial Factorization, GCD Computation, Resolution of Systems of Polynomial Equations, Symbolic Integration

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

    • A Mathematical Approach to Slicing Doughnuts

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

    • AAMT Biennial Conference - Conference Proceedings
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Modelling, Assessment, Staff Development, Graphing Calculators, TI-92, Problem Solving, Gender Issues, Computer Algebra Systems, Mathematica, MathView

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

    • Exploring Number Theory with the TI-85 and TI-92
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Primality Testing, Fermat's Theorem and its Converse, Head's Algorithm

    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 Geometry section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • UIMATH.grafiXlab
      ADD. KEYWORDS: LATERNA matheMAGICA, Cellular Semiotics, Software, Courses, Homotopies

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

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

    • University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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    The following link was added to the Discrete Mathematics section of the Math Archives' Topics in Mathematics:

    • The Four Color Theorem

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

    • Playfair: Plotting Data in Java
      ADD. KEYWORDS: Programs, Java Applets

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

    • Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
    • MiraCosta College, Oceanside CA, USA
    Chronicles for the previous month:

    September, 1997