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Convergence: Where Mathematics, History, and Teaching Interact, is the MAA's free online journal about the history of mathematics and its use in teaching. Part of the Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL) and its online journal, Loci, Convergence is aimed at teachers of mathematics at both the secondary and collegiate levels. Topics are from grades 8-16 mathematics, with special emphasis on topics from grades 8-14: algebra, combinatorics, synthetic and analytic geometry, trigonometry, probability and statistics, elementary functions, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra.
Convergence resources for using the history of mathematics in the teaching of mathematics range from informative articles about the history of mathematics to teaching tools such as Mathematical Treasures, a collection of digital images of mathematical objects and texts from the Columbia University Library George Arthur Plimpton and David Eugene Smith collections.
We also have a collection of Portraits that you may use in your classroom without special permission.
Besides historical images, articles about the history of mathematical topics from grades 8-16, translations of original sources, and classroom activities, projects, and modules, Convergence offers the following resources:
Want to browse articles in our annual Tables of Contents? See What's in Convergence?
Convergence was founded in 2004 by Victor J. Katz, of the University of the District of Columbia, and Frank J. Swetz, of the Pennsylvania State University, with funding from the National Science Foundation, and was edited by Katz and Swetz for over five years. As of July 1, 2009, Janet Beery, University of Redlands, and Kathy Clark, Florida State University, have taken over as editors. Katz and Swetz remain involved as advisors, as project directors for the NSF grant, and as authors of the Mathematical Treasures resource.