# Chauvenet Prizes

The Chauvenet Prize, consisting of a prize of $1,000 and a certificate, is awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Association to the author of an outstanding expository article on a mathematical topic. First awarded in 1925, the Prize is named for William Chauvenet, a professor of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy. It was established through a gift in 1925 from J.L. Coolidge, then MAA President. Winners of the Chauvenet Prize are among the most distinguished of mathematical expositors. Recipients in 2012 Dennis DeTurck, Herman Gluck, Daniel Pomerleano, and Shea Vela-Vick The Four Vertex Theorem and Its Converse Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 54 (2007), no. 2, 192–207. Recipient in 2011 Bjorn Poonen Undecidability in Number Theory Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 55 (2008), no. 3, 344–350 Recipient in 2010 Brian J. McCartin e: The Master of All The Mathematical Intelligencer, 28 (2006), no. 2, 10–21 Recipient in 2009 Harold P. Boas Reflections on the Arbelos American Mathematical Monthly, 113 (2006), no. 3, 236–249 Recipient in 2008 Andrew Granville Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 42, 2005, pp. 3-38. Recipient in 2007 Andrew J. Simoson Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 75, December 2002, pp. 335-350. Recipient in 2006 Florian Pfender and Günter M. Ziegler Notices of the AMS, September 2004, pp. 873-883. Recipient in 2005 John Stillwell Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17-24. Recipient in 2004 Edward B. Burger The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 107, November 2000, pp. 822-829. Recipient in 2003 Thomas C. Hales Notices of AMS, April 2000, Vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 440-449. Recipient in 2002 Ellen Gethner, Stan Wagon, and Brian Wick The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 105, (1998), pp. 327-337. Recipient in 2001 Carolyn S. Gordon and David L. Webb You Can't Hear the Shape of a Drum This page is currently not available. American Scientist, Vol. 84, (1996), pp. 46-55. Recipient in 2000 Don Zagier The Amererican Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 104, (1997), pp. 705-708. Recipient in 1999 Michael I. Rosen The Amererican Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 102, (1995), pp. 495-505. Recipient in 1998 Alan Edelman and Eric Kostlan Bulletin of the AMS (N.S.), Vol. 32, (1995), pp. 1-37. Recipient in 1997 Tom Hawkins The Birth of Lie's Theory of Groups This page is currently not available. Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 16, (1994), pp. 6-17. Recipient in 1996 Joan Birman Bulletin of the AMS (N.S.), Vol. 28 (1993), pp. 253-287. Recipient in 1995 Donald G. Saari The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 97, (1990), pp. 105-119. Recipient in 1994 Barry Mazur The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 98 (1991), pp. 593-610. Recipient in 1993 David H. Bailey, Jonathan M. Borwein and Peter B. Borwein Ramanujan, Modular Equations, and Approximations to Pi, or, How to Compute One Billion Digits of Pi The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 96, (1989), pp. 201-219. Recipient in 1992 Steven G. Krantz The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 94, (1987), pp. 236-256. Recipient in 1991 W.B. Raymond Lickorish and Kenneth C. Millett Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 61, (1988), pp. 2-23. Recipient in 1990 David Allen Hoffman The Computer-Aided Discovery of New Embedded Minimal Surfaces. This page is currently not available. Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 9, (1987), pp. 8-21. Recipient in 1989 Jacob Korevaar The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 93, (1986), pp. 505-514. Recipient in 1988 Steve Smale Bulletin of the AMS, (N.S.), Vol. 13, (1985), pp. 87-121. Recipient in 1987 James H. Wilkinson Studies in Numerical Analysis, pp. 1-28, MAA Stud. Math., Vol. 24, Math. Assoc. America, Washington, DC, 1984. Recipient in 1986 George Miel The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 90, (1983), pp. 17-35. Recipient in 1985 Carl Pomerance Recent Developments in Primality Testing. This page is currently not available. Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 3, (1981), pp. 97-105. Recipient in 1984 R. Arthur Knoebel The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 88, (1981), pp. 235-252. Recipient in 1981 Kenneth I. Gross The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 85, (1978), pp. 525-548. Recipient in 1980 Heinz Bauer The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 85, (1978), pp. 632-647. Recipient in 1979 Neil J.A. Sloane The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 84, (1977), pp. 82-107. Recipient in 1978 Shreeram S. Abhyankar The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 83, (1976), pp. 409-448. Recipient in 1977 W. Gilbert Strang Bulletin of the AMS, Vol. 79, (1973), pp. 1128-1137. Recipient in 1976 Lawrence Zalcman The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 81, (1974), pp. 115-137. Recipient in 1975 M.D. Davis and Reuben Hersh Hilbert's 10th Problem This page is currently not available. Scientific American, vol. 229, (1973), pp. 84-91. Recipient in 1974 Peter D. Lax The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 79, (1972), pp. 227-241. Recipient in 1973 C.D. Olds The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 77, (1970), pp. 968-974. Recipient in 1972 Jean Francois Treves Bulletin of the AMS, Vol. 76, (1970), pp. 552-571. Recipient in 1971 Norman Levinson The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 76, (1969), pp. 225-245. Recipient in 1970 Shiing Shen Chern Studies in Global Geometry and Analysis, pp. 16-56, MAA Stud. Math., Vol. 4, Math. Assoc. America, Washington, DC, 1967. Recipient in 1968 Mark Kac The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 73, (1966), pp. 1-23. Recipient in 1967 Guido Weiss Studies in Real and Complex Analysis, pp. 124-178, MAA Stud. Math., Vol. 3, Math. Assoc. America, Washington, DC, 1965. Recipient in 1965 Jack K. Hale & Joseph P. LaSalle Differential Equations: Linearity vs. Nonlinearity. This page is currently not available. SIAM Review 5 (1963), pp. 249-272. Recipient in 1964 Leon Henkin Science, Vol. 138, (1962), pp. 788-794. Recipient in 1963 Philip J. Davis The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 66, (1959), pp. 849-869. Recipient in 1960 Cornelius Lanczos The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 65, (1958), pp. 665-679. Recipient in 1956 R.H. Bruck The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 62, (1955), pp. 2-17. Recipient in 1953 E.J. McShane The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 59, (1952), pp. 1-11. Recipient in 1950 Mark Kac The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 54, (1947), pp. 369-391. Recipient in 1947 Paul R. Halmos The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 51, (1944), pp. 493-510. Recipient in 1944 R.H. Cameron National Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 15, (1941), pp. 331-356. Recipient in 1941 Saunders MacLane The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 47, (1940), pp. 67-84 The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 46, (1939), pp. 3-19. Recipient in 1938 G.T. Whyburn Bulletin of the AMS, Vol. 42, (1936), pp. 49-73. Recipient in 1935 Dunham Jackson The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 41, (1934), pp. 67-84 Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 34, (1933), pp. 527-545 Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 34, (1933), pp. 799-814. Recipient in 1932 G.H. Hardy Bulletin of the AMS, Vol. 35, (1929), pp. 778-818. Recipient in 1929 T.H. Hildebrandt Bulletin of the AMS, Vol. 32, (1926), pp. 423-474. Recipient in 1925 G.A. Bliss Annals of Mathematics, Vol. 26, (1924), pp. 95-124. Flag for Digital Object Identifier: Publication Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013 Publish Page: Summary: The Chauvenet Prize, consisting of a prize of$1,000 and a certificate, is awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Association to the author of an outstanding expository article on a mathematical topic. First awarded in 1925, the Prize is named for William Chauvenet, a professor of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy. It was established through a gift in 1925 from J.L. Coolidge, then MAA President. Winners of the Chauvenet Prize are among the most distinguished of mathematical expositors.