MATHEMATICS

The GS Web Directory

SHORT INDEX

Generalities
Organizations, Meetings and Institutions
Publications
Terminology
Branches of Mathematics
Famous Mathematicians
Mathematical Competitions
Mathematics Education
Special Numbers and Mathematical Constants

GENERALITIES

SURVEY

The Mathematical Atlas - A Gateway to Modern Mathematics Author: Dave Rusin, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA
This is based on the 2000 Mathematical Subject Classification (with modifications), jointly used by Mathematical Reviews and the Zentralblatt für Mathematik.

INTERNET RESOURCES

	Math-Net: Internet Information Services for Mathematicians Source: International Mathematical Union (IMU)
	MathArchives Maintained at the Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
	The Maths Forum - Internet Mathematics Library Source: The Maths Forum, Swarthmore, PA, USA Resource for an online community of teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education.

DISCUSSIONS

Why is there no Nobel Prize in Mathematics? Source: The Nobel Prize Internet Archive, Boston, MA, USA (?)

ORGANIZATIONS, MEETINGS AND INSTITUTIONS

INTERNATIONAL

GENERAL ORGANIZATIONS

	International Mathematical Union (IMU)
	World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions

SUBJECT-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS

	Association for Symbolic Logic
	Bernouilli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability
	International Linear Algebra Society
	International Society for Dynamic Games (ISDG)
	International Statistical Institute (ISI) Voorburg, Netherlands
	Mathematical Programming Society Philadelphia, PA, USA
	The OpenMath Society "OpenMath is an emerging standard for representing mathematical objects with their semantics, allowing them to be exchanged between computer programs, stored in databases, or published on the worldwide web."
	Operational Research Society Birmingham, United Kingdom

MEETINGS

Diary of Mathematical Meetings Source: London Mathematical Society

ASIA

HONG KONG

Hong Kong Mathematical Society

ISRAEL

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

	Association of Australian Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) Adelaide, SA
	Australian Mathematical Sciences Council (AMSC)
	Australian Mathematical Society
	Australian Mathematics Trust Location: University of Canberra Organizes mathematical competitions.

NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand Mathematical Society

CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

MEXICO

Sociedad Matemática Mexicana [In Spanish]

EUROPE

European Mathematical Society (EMS)

AUSTRIA

Österreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft (ÖMG) [In German and some English]

BELGIUM

Belgian Mathematical Society (Société Mathématique de Belgique / Belgisch Wiskundig Genootschap) Brussels

BULGARIA

Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians Sofia [In Bulgarian and English]

CROATIA

Hrvatsko Matematicko Društvo Zagreb [In Croatian]

CZECH REPUBLIC

Mathematics Research Section of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists Praha

DENMARK

	Dansk Matematisk Forening / The Danish Mathematical Society Lyngby [In Danish and English]
	Matematiklærerforeningen (Mathematics Teachers' Association) [In Danish]

ESTONIA

Eesti Matemaatika Selts / Estonian Mathematical Society [In Estonian and English]

FINLAND

Finnish Mathematical Society / Suomen matemaattinen yhdistys ry / Finlands matematiska förening rfy Helsinki

FRANCE

INSTITUTIONS

	Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM) Marseille [In French and English]
	Institut de Mathématiques de Luminy (IML) Marseille [In French and English]
	Institut Henri Poincaré Paris [In French]

ORGANIZATIONS

	Société de Mathématiques Appliquées & Industrielles (SMAI) (Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics) Paris [In French]
	Société mathématique de France (SMF) Paris [In French]

GERMANY

INSTITUTIONS

	Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO) Oberwolfach
	Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MIS) Leipzig
	Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik / hMax Planck Institute of Mathematics Bonn [In German]

ORGANIZATIONS

	Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV) / German Mathematical Society [In German and English]
	Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik (GAMM) (Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics) Regensburg [In German and some English]
	Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM) / Society for Mathematical Didactics [In German and English]
	Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg [In German]

GREECE

Ellênikê Mathêmatikê Etaireia (Greek Mathematical Society) [In Greek]

HUNGARY

Bolyai János Matematikai Társulat / János Bolyai Mathematical Society [In Hungarian and English]

IRELAND

Irish Mathematical Society

ITALY

INSTITUTIONS

Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "Francesco Severi" (INdAM) Roma [In Italian]

ORGANIZATIONS

Unione Matematica Italiana Bologna [In Italian]

NETHERLANDS

INSTITUTIONS

	Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI) (The National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science) Amsterdam
	Euler Institute for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (EIDMA) Eindhoven "Research institute established by the Dutch universities of technology at Eindhoven (TUE), Twente (UT) and Delft (TUD).
	Eurandom Eindhoven "A European research institute for the study of stochastic phenomena".
	Mathematical Research Institute (MRI) Nijmegen Combined research school of the Departments of Mathematics of the Universities of Groningen, Nijmegen, Twente and Utrecht.
	Thomas Stieltjes Institute for Mathematics Leiden Dutch research institute in mathematics, in which participate the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Free University Amsterdam (VUA), the Delft University of Technology (TUD), the Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE), the University of Leiden (UL) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

ORGANIZATIONS

Wiskundig Genootschaap [In Dutch]

NORWAY

Norsk Matematisk Forening / Norwegian Mathematical Society Oslo [In Norwegian and English]

POLAND

INSTITUTIONS

Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center Warszawa

PORTUGAL

INSTITUTIONS

Centro Internacional de Matemática Coimbra

ORGANIZATIONS

Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática Lisboa [In Portuguese]

RUSSIA

Sankt-Peterburgskoe matematicheskoe obshchestvo / St. Petersburg Mathematical Society St. Petersburg [In Russian and English]

SLOVENIA

Društvo matematikov, fizikov in astronomov Slovenije / Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy Society of Slovenia Ljubljana [In Slovenian and English]

SPAIN

INSTITUTIONS

Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) Barcelona

ORGANIZATIONS

	Real Sociedad Matemática Española [In Spanish]
	Sociedad Española de Matemática Aplicada (Spanish Socity for Applied Mathematics) [In Spanish]
	Societat Catalana de Matemàtiques Barcelona [In Catalan, Spanish and English]

SWEDEN

INSTITUTIONS

Institut Mittag-Leffler

ORGANIZATIONS

Svenska matematikersamfundet (Swedish Mathematical Society) [In Swedish]

SWITZERLAND

Swiss Mathematical Society / Société mathématique suisse / Schweizerische mathematische Gesellschaft [In English, French and German]

UNITED KINGDOM

INSTITUTIONS

	Basic Research Institute in the Mathematical Sciences (BRIMS) Bristol, England
	International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Edinburgh, Scotland
	Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge, England

ORGANIZATIONS

	Edinburgh Mathematical Society
	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) Southend-on-Sea
	London Mathematical Society

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

INSTITUTIONS

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences Toronto, ON

ORGANIZATIONS

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) / Société mathématique du Canada (SMC) Ottawa, ON

UNITED STATES

INSTITUTIONS

	Centre for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
	Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) Minneapolis, MN
	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) Berkeley, CA, USA
	School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ

ORGANIZATIONS

	American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) Palo Alto, CA
	American Mathematical Society (AMS) Providence, RI
	Kappa Mu Epsilon - National Mathematics Honor Society
	Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Washington, DC "[O]rganization devoted to the interests of collegiate mathematics."
	National Association of Mathematicians (NAM) Elizabeth City, NC
	Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Philadelphia, PA

SOUTH AMERICA

Unión Matemática de América Latina y el Caribe [In Spanish]

ARGENTINA

Unión Matemática Argentina (UMA) San Luis [In Spanish]

CHILE

Sociedad de Matemática de Chile Santiago [In Spanish]

PUBLICATIONS

DIRECTORIES

	The Electronic Library of Mathematics Source: The Electronic Publishing Committee of the EMS Includes links to Journals, Conference Proceedings, Monographs and hClassical Works, Selecta, and Opera Omnia
	Journals and Contents Pages Source: The Mathematical Atlas

TERMINOLOGY

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Dictionnaire Anglais Français des termes statistiques (English-French Dictionary of Statistical Terms) Source: Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France [In French]

BRANCHES OF MATHEMATICS

ALGEBRA

Matrix Market Source: Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA
"A repository of matrix test data for use in comparative studies of algorithms. The matrices have been taken from problems in linear systems, least squares, and eigenvalue calculations in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. Includes search for matrices by size, mathematical properties, and keywords."

ANALYSIS AND CALCULUS

Dr. Vogel's Gallery of Calculus Pathologies Author: Prof. Thomas Vogel, Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA

CHAOS THEORY

Chaos Authors: Mike Ross & Mike Traeger, Pittsburgh, PA, and Andrea Kraynak, Orefield, PA, USA
An overview and history of chaos theory.

GEOMETRY

	Euclid's Elements Source: David E. Joyce, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA A complete English-language version of the Greek classic that western Geometry is based upon.
	Famous Curves Index Source: The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St. Andrews - School of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrews, Scotland
	Geometry Formulas and Facts Source: The Geometry Center, University of Minnesota. Author: Silvio Levy, authorized excerpts from CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas.
	Synergetics on the Web Source: Kirby Urner, Portland, OR, USA "The integration of geometry and philosophy in a single conceptual system providing a common language and accounting for both the physical and metaphysical"
	A Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves Author: Xah Lee, Mountain View, CA, USA

NUMBER THEORY

Number Theory Web Author: Keith Matthews, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

NUMERICAL METHODS

NEOS Guide Source: Mathematical Programming Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Web guide to pages devoted to optimization (mathematical programming), including linear and non-linear programming,

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

	The Probability Web Source: Bob Dobrow, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
	Statistics Notes Source: Dr Michael Wood, Department of Accounting and Management Science, Univesrity of Portmouth, Portmouth, United Kingdom

FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Source: John J O'Connor and Edmund F Robertson, University of St. Andrews - School of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrews, Scotland
Biographical information, with references on approx. 1100 famous mathematicians and their life work. Linked maps illustrating birthplaces.

MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

INTERNATIONAL

	Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad
	International Mathematical Olympiad
	International Mathematical Talent Search (IMTS)

ASIA

SINGAPORE

Singapore International Mathematical Olympiad (SIMO)

AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC

AUSTRALIA

	Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) for the Westpac Awards
	Mathematics Challenge for Young Australians

CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

MEXICO

Olimpíada de Matemáticas [In Spanish]

EUROPE

BELGIUM

Vlaamse Wiskunde Olympiade / Flanders Mathematics Olympiad [In Dutch and English]

ESTONIA

Matemaatika Olümpiaadid [In Estonian]

GERMANY

Mathematik-Olympiaden [In German]

IRELAND

Irish Mathematical Olympiad

ITALY

Progetto Olimpiadi della Matematica [In Italian]

NETHERLANDS

Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade / hDutch Mathematics Olympiad [In Dutch and English]

NORWAY

The Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad / Niels Henrik Abels matematikk-konkurranse [In English and Norwegian]

SLOVENIA

SPAIN

Olimpíada Matemática Española [In Spanish]

SWEDEN

Skolornas Matematiktävling [In Swedish]

NORTH AMERICA

CANADA

	CMS Competitions / Concours de la SMC [In English and French] Includes the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) / Olympiade mathématique du Canada (OMC)
	Descartes Contest and Euclid Contest Based at: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

UNITED STATES

	American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) / Compétitions Américaines de Mathématiques [In English and French]
	Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad and Mathematical Circles
	Colorado Mathematical Olympiad
	United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
	USA Mathematical Talent Search (USAMTS)

SOUTH AMERICA

Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática [In Spanish]

ARGENTINA

Olimpíada Matemática Argentina (Argentinian Mathematical Olympics) [In Spanish]

COLOMBIA

Olimpíadas Colombianas [In Spanish]

PERU

Olimpíadas Matemáticas en el Perú / Math Olympiads in Peru [In Spanish and English]

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

DIRECTORIES

Mathematics Departments Source: The Mathematical Atlas
Links to directories and home pages of university departments of mathematics around the world.

DISCUSSIONS

Mathematically Correct: 2+2=4
"...devoted to the concerns raised by parents and scientists about the invasion of our schools by the "New-New Math" and the need to restore basic skills to math education."

SPECIAL NUMBERS AND MATHEMATICAL CONSTANTS

CONSTANTS (GENERAL)

Favorite Mathematical Constants Source: Steven Finch, MathSoft, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
Detailed theoretical discussion, with bibliographies, of a large number of mathematical constants, classified by the following mathematical topics: number theory, analytic inequalities, approximation of functions, enumerating discrete structures, functional iteration, geometry.

PI

The Pi Pages Source: Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Pages devoted to the mysterious constant pi, ratio of the circumference and the diameter in a circle. Particularly challenging is the page PiHex- A Distributed Effort to Calculate Pi (managed by Colin Percival), defined as follows: "PiHex is a distributed computing project, currently using idle time slices on over two hundred computers to calculate parts of Pi. [It is] currently calculating the forty trillionth bit (10 trillionth hexit) of Pi and the quadrillionth bit (250 trillionth hexit) of Pi."

PRIME NUMBERS

Mersenne Primes Source: George Woltman
A web page devoted to Mersenne primes, a special subset of primes characterized by the formula 2^P-1, where P itself is a prime. Note that not all numbers satisfying this formula are primes.

Notes and Literature on Prime Numbers Source: Prof. Peter Alfeld, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Lists of the 1000 and 10,000 smallest prime numbers, a printout of the largest prime number known (m₃₈ = 2^(6,972,593)-1 for short, all 2,098,960 digits of it) and a list of the 10 and 100 largest primes (by formula only). Theoretical discussion and bibliography.

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