Resources & Links
Resources
The CSCC Mathematics Department's Learning Resource Center
An article discussing the most common errors in undergraduate mathematics
Mathematics Organizations
- American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC)
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM)
- T3 - Teachers Teaching with Technology
Links
The Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes | This is a list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people. |
Frequently Asked Questions in Mathematics | ...including "What are numbers?" and "How to compute the digits of Pi". |
The Math in the Movies Page | A Guide to Major Motion Pictures with Scenes of Real Mathematics. |
Furman University Mathematical Quotations Server | This page points to a collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. |
Biographies of Women Mathematicians | These pages are part of an on-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Mathematicians of the African Diaspora | ...exhibiting the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences. |
Arabic Mathematics: Forgotten Brilliance? | Recent research paints a new picture of the debt that we owe to Arabic/Islamic mathematics. |
An Adventure in Maths | "...a resource that would help to learn, if not math itself, then, at least, ways to appreciate its beauty." |
Chromatism | Chromatism is a discipline which lies at the confluence of mathematics and art. |
What's New in Mathematics? | from the American Mathematical Society |
MAA Online Columns | from the Mathematical Association of America |
The Prime Pages | The "Guinness book of prime number records!" |
Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section | The Home page for Ron Knott's Surrey University web site on the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section and the Golden string. |
University of Toronto Mathematics Network | Answers to such questions as "Do 'Imaginary Numbers' Really Exist?" and "What Does 'Existence' Mean in Mathematics?" |