- Jaina mathematics - MacTutor Math History Archives
Linked essay on the period after the founding of Jainism up to around the time of Aryabhata in around 500 A.D., until recently thought to be a time of little mathematical activity in India. (Jainism is a religion and philosophy which was founded in India
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- James B. Calvert
Essays on a wide variety of topics, including mathematical, by an Associate Professor Emeritus of Engineering, University of Denver: The Beautiful Theory (The analytical mechanics of Euler, Lagrange, Hamilton and Jacobi, key to Relativity and Quantum
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- James Franklin
Research activities, books, articles, opinions, and more from the author of What Science Knows and The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal. Franklin researches and teaches about the philosophy of mathematics in the School of
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- James Poon Online Classroom - James Poon
Online instructional mathematics videos; a discussion forum; and articles on study skills.
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- Janet Bowers - Janet Bowers
Current research projects, such as investigating multimedia case studies as a tool for preservice teacher development, the MEASURE project (SimCalc - San Diego), and reforming the preparation and professional development of elementary and middle school
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- Japanese Association of Mathematical Sciences (JAMS)
A scientific research organization whose main activity is to publish scientific journals in English, French or German, in particular Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae. Journal and submission information, newsletter, and meetings. Also available in Japanese.
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- Java Exploration Tool for Dynamical Systems - R. Wegenkittl and E. Gröller
A Java Applet for the visualization and exploration of two-dimensional analytical defined dynamical systems. The system is defined by a set of two differential equations, which are evaluated within the chosen region to form a two-dimensional vector field.
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- Jazzing Up Euclid's Algorithm - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Early in 2000, the journal Computing in Science & Engineering (CISE) published a list of the top 10 algorithms of the century. Many of the selections are now familiar, finely tuned, heavily used tools. The Metropolis algorithm for Monte Carlo methods,
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- Jean Marie Linhart
Courses taught, outreach activities, teaching statement and philosophy, and more from this Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. See, in particular, Linhart's web page on Success at Math, a PDF of her Mathematical Models of a Zombie Outbreak
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- Jeffrey C. Lagarias
A member of the University of Michigan Department of Mathematics. List of publications, with many available for download in PostScript format; Lagarias' research interests include Number Theory, also Computational Complexity Theory, Cryptography, Discrete
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- Jim Loy's Gambling Page - Jim Loy
This is a set of short articles about the risk of gambling, your probability of going bankrupt, and pyramid schemes.
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- Jim Loy's Mathematics Page - Jim Loy
This is an informal collection of articles on many different mathematics problems. Topics include Algebra, Geometry, Calendars, Number Theory, and reviews of mathematics-related books. See also Jim Loy's Puzzle Page and Jim Loy's Logic Page.
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- Jim Wilson's Home Page - Dept. of Mathematics Education, Univ. of Georgia
Jim Wilson's page lists courses taught (e.g. Computers and Algorithms in Mathematics Education, Problem Solving in Mathematics), and papers on topics in geometry: Ratio of areas of two squares; Capturing Area and A Solution; Curve Building; Orthotravels;
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- Jo Boaler
From the author of What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Parents and Teachers Can Help Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject. Watch a YouTube clip of Boaler teach using Inquiry Based Learning method, or click through her presentation entitled
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- John Allen Paulos
John Allen Paulos is a mathematician and author of the books Mathematics and Humor, I Think, Therefore I Laugh, Innumeracy - Mathematical Illiteracy and Its
Consequences, Beyond Numeracy - Ruminations of a Numbers Man, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper,and
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- John Baez's Stuff - John Baez
The site features the author's column "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics," with archives dating back to 1993. "Fun stuff" includes old posts and email on Bayesianism in probability theory and quantum mechanics; some rambling lectures on knot polynomials,
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- John Lott's Home Page - John Lott, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan
Lott's research papers, seminar notes, and "officiousness" (CV and bibliography). Download PDFs of journal articles and preprints such as "Notes on Perelman's papers"; "Weak curvature conditions and Poincaré inequalities"; "Ricci curvature for
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- John MacFarlane
Papers, books, talks, courses, and other resources by the member of the University of California, Berkeley's Group in Logic and the Methodology of Science and a co-organizer of the Working Group in the History and Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and
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- Johnny might not be math-challenged - Keith Devlin (Devlin's Angle)
His problem could just be that he's an auditory learner. An essay on learning styles and how they affect mathematics learning.
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- John Olive's Home Page - John Olive, Department of Mathematics Education, The University of Georgia
Course descriptions and requirements for Computers in Mathematics Education and Investigations into the Teaching of Mathematics Grades 7-12. Recent articles, available online, include Computer Tools for Interactive Mathematical Activity in the Elementary
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- John Stembridge
John Stembridge researches algebra and combinatorics. His papers on these subjects are available online as gzipped PostScript files. The site contains an archive of related research data such as lists of posets on 8 or fewer vertices and Coxeter graph
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- John Taylor's Home Page - John Taylor; University of Brighton
Taylor's other activities include Maple generated animations: vary gradients or intercepts in equations for a straight line, change coefficients of quadratic curves or cubic curves, draw tangents to conics, model a non-differentiable surface, and construct
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- Jon Kleinberg's Homepage - Jon Kleinberg, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University
Read Kleinberg's research on algorithms that exploit the combinatorial structure of networks and information. His work includes techniques for analyzing and modeling link structure in the World Wide Web and related information networks; discrete optimization
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- Joseph Malkevitch's Home Page - Joseph Malkevitch, York College (CUNY-The City University of New York)
Malkevitch's interests include geometry (polytopes, graph theory, tilings, etc.), discrete mathematics, and mathematical modeling (especially models dealing with fairness and equity issues and codes of all kinds). Most of his research concerns using combinatorial
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- Journal of Applied Mathematics & Decision Sciences (JAMDS) - Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Managing Editor
The primary aim of this journal is to rapidly publish refereed papers on applied problems of Mathematics, Operations Research, and Statistics without compromising mathematical precision. Papers that address both the theoretical aspects and the application
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- Journal of Basketball Studies - L. Dean Turcoliver
A searchable site that attempts to use well-founded mathematical and scientific tools to study basketball. Contents include an overview of established methods and a list of statistical repositories on the Web. A collection of research articles contains
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- Journal of Difference Equations and Applications
This journal presents papers on difference equations and the academic, analytical and engineering problems in which they arise. The journal is composed of original research, expository and review articles, as well as papers that present new concepts in
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- Juggling by Design - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
The earliest known depiction of juggling is on the wall of an Egyptian tomb nearly 4,000 years old. The painting shows a woman keeping three balls aloft. It's only in the last decade or so, however, that juggling has become the subject of serious mathematical
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- Juggling by Number (MatheMUSEments!) - Ivars Peterson (Math Muse for Kids)
Mathematicians have invented a way to write down juggling patterns as sets of numbers. They look at the order in which balls are tossed into the air and then caught. Each toss or catch happens on a particular beat, as if the juggler were keeping time
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- Juggling Drops and Descents (Organic Mathematics Proceedings) - Joe Buhler, Ron Graham
A discussion of the permutations f of the integers Z satisfying $f(x) \ge x$, with applications to juggling patterns. Demonstrations are included and the site includes QuickTime movies.
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- Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
A national organization of analysts, researchers, and members of the U.S. criminal justice system. Introduction to the JRSA with membership information, links to state Statistical Analysis Centers, current programs and research with associated data,
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- K-12 Multimedia Math Education - Sparkle Productions
Software and research: reports and articles are available, with print and web references and resources, in the Motivation and Learning Center, which provides suggestions for parents on increasing their child's intrinsic desire to learn. Their math materials
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- The K-12 View from Oregon - Keith Devlin (Devlin's Angle)
Comments by Sir Roger Penrose, Ivars Peterson, Ralph Abraham, and Keith Devlin at an Oct. 2 1997 "Math Summit" on the question: "Outline what you think is important in a mathematics education to prepare students for life in the next millennium." Education
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- Karla Hoffman
A specialist in operations research and combinatorial optimization. Papers in PDF, PostScript, or HTML formats include articles on airline scheduling, set covering, and the traveling salesman problem. Resume and curriculum vitae and syllabus, project,
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- Ken Shirriff
A researcher at Sun Microsystems. Annotated bibliographies on fractals and cryptography, and related papers, which may be downloaded in PostScript format. Graphics of Voronoi fractals (dividing the plane into regions closest to a given point) and fractals
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- The Kepler Conjecture - Thomas C. Hales, Samuel P. Ferguson
The authors claim to have proved the Kepler Conjecture, that no packing of equal-sized spheres in space can have greater density than that of the face-centered-cubic packing. The full proof is included in over 250 pages of postscript format, with in addition
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- Kepler's Sphere Packing Problem Solved - Keith Devlin (Devlin's Angle)
Mathematician Thomas Hales of the University of Michigan announced last month that after six years effort, he had proved that a guess Kepler made back in 1611 was correct. The problem asks what is the most efficient way to pack equal-sized spheres together
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- Key Issues for the Mathematics Community - The Math Forum
Links to Web resources addressing key issues, compiled in the following categories: Key Questions; Key Problems and Opportunities; Equity and Access (Minorities and Mathematics; Women and Mathematics; Resources for People with Disabilities; Non-English
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- Keynesian IS-LM Model of the Canadian Economy - Elmer G. Wiens; Egwald Web Services Ltd.
Macroeconomics model of the Canadian Economy based on the Keynesian IS-LM
model. Illustrated article with interactive supplemental page.
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- Key Problems and Opportunities - Key Issues in Mathematics at The Math Forum
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS); National Science Foundation in Peril; The Necessity of Setting Research Priorities.
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- Key Questions - Key Issues in Mathematics at the Math Forum
Links to Web resources addressing questions such as: Why should the public support mathematics? Why is a research mathematics program necessary for graduate science programs? Why are we well-suited to teach mathematics to scientists and engineers? Why
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- Keyword search of AI publications - College of Computing, Georgia Tech University
To search, simply enter a query and press the 'search' button. If you enter two or more words, any document that contains ANY of the words will be found.
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- Kinetic Theory - Stepan A. Amossov
A site devoted to mathematical problems of kinetic theory and its applications in physics, chemistry and economics, with some papers, information about forthcoming seminars and conferences, and links to other resources in related fields. Best in Internet
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- The King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry - Siobhan Roberts
As a companion to The King of Infinite Space, a biography of Donald Coxeter, this website provides photographs, archives, papers, video footage, links and other resources, allowing readers to further explore Donald Coxeter’s infinite passion for geometry.
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- Knot Magic Not Magic
(MatheMUSEments!) - Ivars Peterson (Math Muse for Kids)
Sometimes what looks like an impressive knot isn't a knot at all. Magicians and escape artists are experts at tying phony knots. Though magicians like knots that can fool people, mathematicians are mostly interested in real knots, especially knots that
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- Knotted Walks - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Given that it normally takes some effort to create a knot, the spontaneous formation of knots in ropes and strings can appear rather puzzling. Having no obvious explanation of the effect, frustrated users can't help but acknowledge this knotting phenomenon
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- Knowing, doing, and teaching multiplication (Learning and Mathematics) - Magdalene Lampert; Math Forum
In this 1986 article Magdalene Lampert, of the Institute for Research on Teaching at Michigan State University, advocates incorporating students' intuitive knowledge about mathematics into classroom lessons. Like Richard Lesh, she encourages putting new
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- Kriging Description - Fortner Software
The site describes kriging, a sophisticated method of determining the best estimate for each point in a target matrix, based on statistical principles. Kriging is named after a South African engineer, D. G. Krige, who first developed the method. The article
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- K-Theory - Dave Rusin; The Mathematical Atlas
A short article designed to provide an introduction to K-theory, a blend of algebra and geometry. Originally defined for (vector bundles over) topological spaces it is now also defined for (modules over) rings, giving extra algebraic
information about
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- Kumar Jeev's Research - Kumar Jeev
Articles in PDF format, PowerPoint presentations, C++ code, and abstracts. Includes "Symbolic Stochastic Systems and the Matrix Tree Theorem," with Jean-Louis Lassez, in which an alternative proof for the Matrix Tree Chain theorem, proven by Tom Leighton
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