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May 24, 2006
William A. Massey Wins the 2006 Blackwell/Tapia Prize
William A. Massey Wins the 2006 Blackwell/Tapia Prize William A. Massey The Blackwell-Tapia Prize Committee has...
May 24, 2006
Teaching Time Savers: A Recommendation for Recommendations
Teaching Time Savers: A Recommendation for Recommendations By Michael E. Orrison I admit it I enjoy writing...
May 23, 2006
Math March Madness - Highlights from the 2005 Putnam Competition
Math March Madness — Highlights from the 2005 Putnam Competition By Joseph A. Gallian The NCAA basketball...
May 17, 2006
MAA Dues Structure Simplified
MAA Dues Structure Simplified You'll see a different — and simpler! — structure to MAA dues, starting with the dues...
May 17, 2006
Lennart Carleson Wins the 2006 Abel Prize
Lennart Carleson Wins the 2006 Abel Prize The winner of the 2006 Abel Prize is Lennart Carleson of the Royal...
May 16, 2006
New Position at the MAA in Student Activities
New Position at the MAA Associate Director for Student Activities Mathematical Association of America Washington, DC...
May 16, 2006
New Positions at the MAA in Publications and Student Activities
New Positions at the MAA in Publications and Student Activities The MAA is growing. Over the last five years, the...
May 16, 2006
New Position at the MAA in Publications
New Position at the MAA Director of Publications for Journals and Communications Mathematical Association of...
May 16, 2006
New Position at the MAA in Publications
New Position at the MAA Director of Publications for Journals and Communications Mathematical Association of...
May 16, 2006
New Position at the MAA in Student Activities
Associate Director for Student Activities Mathematical Association of America Washington, DC The Mathematical...

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2009 Abel Prize Winner: Geometry Giant Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov

Russian-French mathematician Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, 65, is the 2009 Abel Prize winner. Gromov's "revolutionary contributions to geometry," according to the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, were the basis for this year's honor, which was announced in late March, 2009.

MAA Film Offers Insightful Conversation with Paul Halmos

Paul Halmos' book I Want to Be a Mathematician—An Automathography (MAA, 1985) mixed biographical material and mathematics with a historical view of the development of U.S. mathematical research from the 1930s to the l980s. Readable, enjoyable, straightforward, detailed, and opinionated, it offered first-hand insight into how Paul Halmos approached research, his career, and his life.

Dan Kalman Explores Polynomia and Related Realms

Polynomials are among the simplest of algebraic objects, yet they are also among the most useful. And they have many remarkable properties, as Dan Kalman of American University revealed in his recent lecture on "Provincial Polynomia: Uncommon Excursions for the Seasoned Visitor" at the MAA Carriage House Conference Center.

Math Research Takes Top Spot at Intel Science Talent Search 2009

The grand prize winner of this year's Intel Science Talent Search was math wizard Eric K. Larson, 17, of Eugene, Ore. His mathematics project, "The Classification of Certain Fusion Categories," garnered $100,000.

Last December, Larson's project won second place—a silver medal and $50,000—at the 2008 Siemens Competition.

Annual Survey: First Report on the State of the Mathematical Sciences 2008

More new doctoral recipients in 2007-08 did their dissertations in statistics and biostatistics (27%) than in any other field of mathematics. Algebra and number theory came next (16%), followed by applied mathematics (15%); geometry and topology (9%); differential, integral, and difference equations (8%); discrete mathematics, combinatorics, logic, and computer science (7%); real, complex, functional, and harmonic analysis (5%); numerical analysis and approximations (5%); probability (4%); linear and nonlinear optimization and control (2%), and mathematics education (1%).

Science Magazine Samples the 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings

Writing in the Feb. 13 Science, Barry Cipra highlighted presentations on fractal billiards, geometric gerrymandering, and overhanging bricks in his reports from the recently concluded 2009 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, D.C.

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