- Most-perfect Pandiagonal Magic Squares - Kathleen Ollerenshaw and David Brée
A companion site to the book, which gives a method of construction and enumeration of all pandiagonal magic squares of a class known as Most-perfect. Pandiagonal magic squares have the integers in all rows, all columns, and all diagonals (including the
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- Mr. Brandenburg's List of Recommended Books on Math and Science - Guy Brandenburg
A list of over 140 math- and science-related books, mostly recent, for geometry students to choose from, read, and do a report on. This new list is organized by topic: astronomy; bad science; biography: mathematicians + scientists; biology/life science/evolution;
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- MSRI: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Located in Berkeley, California, the Institute offers information about programs, conferences, library facilities, lecture notes, and archives of books and preprints. Many Internet sources of mathematics information are linked to this searchable site.
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- Multidimensional Analysis - George W. Hart
A brief introduction to Multidimensional Analysis, a generalization of linear algebra that incorporates ideas from dimensional analysis. The central idea is that vectors and matrices as used in science and engineering can be thought of as having elements
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- Multigrid Algorithm Library - Ulrich Ruede; German Scientific Computing Pages
Multigrid (MG) methods are fast linear iterative solvers based on the multilevel or multi-scale paradigm. The typical application for multigrid is in the numerical solution of elliptic partial differential equations in two or more dimensions. MG can be
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- Multirate Signal Processing Group - Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
Members' research, software developed by the group, references; people, publications, other links.
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- Multivariate polynomial interpolation - Shayne Waldron
A summary of some on-going investigations into the error in multivariate interpolation. This page is organised to more generally serve those interested in multivariate polynomial interpolation (error formulae and computations). Work on differencing, multi-point
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- Murderous Maths - Kjartan Poskitt et al.
Contents, descriptions of characters, updates, and "extra bits" for the books Murderous Maths; The Essential Arithmetricks; Desperate Measures; Do You Feel Lucky?; Vicious Circles and other Savage Shapes; The Phantom X; The Fiendish Angletron; The GCSE
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- My Reckonings - Ron Doerfler
Doerfler's book Dead Reckonings: Calculating without Instruments "describes techniques of computation and approximation that can be used to rapidly and mentally calculate mathematical quantities." Other sections of the site discuss sundials; astrolabes
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- National Academy of Sciences
A private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. The Academy has a mandate to advise
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- The National Numeracy Strategy - Department for Education and Employment, United Kingdom
The Standards Site: Numeracy. Frameworks for teaching mathematics from Reception through Year 7, key elements of the training materials that will support the U.K.'s Numeracy Strategy. Assessment in and planning the National Numeracy Strategy, schools
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- Neil J. A. Sloane
Neil Sloane's research ranges far and wide and includes coding theory, sphere packing, lattices and quadratic forms, packing lines, and planes, spherical codes and designs, quantizing, geometry, combinatorics, the design of experiments, integer sequences,
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- A New Kind of Science - The Wolfram Institute, LLC
A forthcoming book by Stephen Wolfram (creator of Mathematica) arguing that the "rules" science searches for should include algorithms like those used in computer programs, not just mathematical equations. Site includes a summary, table of contents,
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- The Nine Planets, a Multimedia Tour of the Solar System - Bill Arnett
An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge, with descriptions and data, of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, and most provide references to additional
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- Nonlinear Systems Laboratory - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A group dedicated to the analysis of nonlinear systems: list of publications (some abstracts are available online) and animations of a robot arm catching a ball and a paper airplane.
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- Not Dumb (Learning and Mathematics) - Sheila Tobias; Math Forum
In her 1990 book, They're Not Dumb, They're Different, Tobias addresses a concern that has been widely felt across the country for years: the shortfall in the number of students who go on to become scientists. She notes the importance of high school mathematics
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- Notes and Literature on Prime Numbers - Peter Alfeld, University of Utah
From Understanding Mathematics, a study guide for Univ. of Utah students. Includes definitions, explanations, links to other related sites, and a list of works to consult for further reference.
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- Numbers from One to Thirty-One: A Page for Each Day of the Month - Richard Phillips, Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
Trivia about the calendar numbers one through thirty-one. Based on the book Numbers: Facts, Figures and Fiction, which answers questions such as how Room 101 got its name, what you measure in oktas, and which number links Alice in Wonderland, rainbows
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- A Numerical Library in Java - Hang T. Lau
The book contains the source code of a comprehensive numerical library in
Java. The library can be used to solve a wide range of numerical problems
in linear algebra, the numerical solution of ordinary and partial
differential equations, Fast Fourier
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- Numerical Methods - Douglas N. Arnold; Mathematics Dept., Penn State University
An extensive list of centers (including online services and search engines), individual libraries, other sites (general and specific), journals, books, online publications, and other resources for numerical methods.
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- Numerical Problems (Algorithm Design Manual) - Steven S. Skiena
A chapter from the Algorithm Design Manual, by Steven S. Skiena. Specific algorithms: Solving Linear Equations; Bandwidth Reduction; Matrix Multiplication; Determinants and Permanents; Constrained and Unconstrained Optimization; Linear Programming; Random
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- Observer Mechanics: a Formal Theory of Perception - Bennett, Hoffman, Prakash
Full book online in pdf format. An inquiry into the subject of perception, the book suggests an approach to the study of perception that attempts to be both rigorous and general. The authors also attempt to introduce a new formalism, including mathematical
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- Occam Press - Peter Schorer
"The skeptical mathematician is invited to improve upon the current implementations of the 3x + 1 strategy...." In addition to the Collatz conjecture, Schorer offers a simple proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, articles on Occam's Razor and programming,
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- Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Career information and statistics about many different jobs, such as mathematicians. Each outlook includes a description of the nature of the work, working conditions, number of people in a field and sources of employment, training, other qualifications,
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- Oceanographic Data - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
From An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets, a text or Instructional Aid (IA) that describes, in very general terms, the datasets most commonly used to study the atmosphere-ocean system, including observations from conventional meteorological
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- Oliver Byrne's edition of Euclid - Digital Mathematics Archive, Univ. of British Columbia
An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory
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- One Wolf Howls - Scotti Cohn, illustrated by Susan Detwiler
This children’s book uses the months of the year and the numbers 1 through 12 to introduce children to the behavior of wolves in natural settings. The site also offers free educational resources, including teaching activities, math quizzes, related websites,
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- OpenIntro - David Diez and Chris Barr, Co-Founders
The OpenIntro Statistics textbook-- the inaugural effort from these makers of educational products that "are free, transparent, and lower barriers to education" -- comes with data sets for the statistics software package R; normal, t, and chi-square probability
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- OpsResearch - DRA Systems
A collection of Java classes for developing operations research programs and other mathematical applications. The site includes documentation and tutorials, and software download is free. Also features a bookstore and related links.
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- Ordinary Differential Equations Project - Blanchard, Devaney, Hall; Boston University
This project included the development of a textbook (publisher Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.) as well as various workshops on teaching differential equations. Instructors manuals and selected articles are available from this site: "Teaching Differential
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- O'Reilly - O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Computer books, software, and online publishing. Search the O'Reilly catalogue for concepts and keywords having to do with mathematics. Bookstores, conferences, software, how to order, contacts, affiliated companies.
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- outofprintmath - Klaus Schmid
A blog for consumers of math books to "vote" for the out-of-print publications they would like to see come back into print.
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- Parcelles d'infini-Promenade au jardin d'Escher - Alain Nicolas
Book in French, largely composed of pictures, on methods of figurative tiling. Site includes links to related sites in French and English.
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- Pasta by Design - George L. Legendre
Photos of architect Legendre's 2011 book by the same title. Pasta by Design provides an illustrated taxonomy of over 90 forms of pasta, along with the mathematical formulae, descriptions of special attributes, and advice on specific cooking uses for each
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- Pat Kenschaft's Home Page - Patricia Clark Kenschaft, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair State University
From the host of the weekly call-in talk radio show, Math Medley (1998-2004): links to her books, such as Mathematics for Human Suvival, Winning Women into Mathematics, and Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love Math Even If You Don't, the first book
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- Philippe Flajolet
Philippe Flajolet researches the analysis of algorithms, analytic combinatorics, computer algebra, asymptotic analysis, special functions, random structures, and natural languages. An extensive collection of his articles, and the first chapters of
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- Philosophy of Science - David Banach
A syllabus and collected resources for a course in the philosophy of science, including excerpts from various books. Topics include ancient Greek science and mathematics: the Golden Section, Pythagoras, infinity and continuity, and Plato and Aristotle,
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- Pi: A Source Book - J. Borwein, Springer-Verlag
A complete history of pi, with resources for teachers for anything from special topic courses to individual talks and special student projects. The literature on pi included in this source book falls into three classes: a selection of the mathematical
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- Planet Math
Designed to be a central repository for mathematical knowledge on the web, with a pedagogical slant. All content is user-contributed, either to the Encyclopedia or to the reviewed listings of papers, books, and lecture notes. Polls, discussions, and feedback
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- Polyhedra - Peter Cromwell
Ancient manuscripts from Egypt and China relate ideas concerning the calculation of the volumes of polyhedra, while the Greek tradition of geometry gave us the construction of the regular polyhedra or Platonic solids. In modern times, polyhedra and their
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- Population Index 1986-1998 - Office of Population Research, Princeton University
The primary reference tool to the world's population literature, presenting an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other material on population topics. It covers all fields of interest to demographers,
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- Powell's Books
Located in Portland, Oregon, USA; the largest independent bookseller in the United States, specializing in technical books and new, used, hard-to-find, and antiquarian titles. An extensive subject and keyword list is available - search database of titles,
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- Power and Pedagogy: Transforming Education through Information Technology - Robbie McClintock
A book from the Institute for Learning Technologies (ILTweb), Teachers College, Columbia University. Chapters include: The Computer as a System; The Educator's Mission; The Span of Pedagogical Possibility; Making a New Educational System; and Education
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- Practical Foundations of Mathematics - Paul Taylor
The full text (online, in HTML) of the book (some diagrams may be missing), published by Cambridge University Press in March, 1999 as number 59 in their series Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics. Practical Foundations collects the methods of construction
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- Prentice-Hall Publishing Company - Pearson Education
A leading publisher of college course materials. For education, see Merrill Education (in particular Educational Psychology and Special Education), or Prentice Hall School, browse math titles by course, or search the Prentice-Hall catalog.
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- Preparing for the Workplace: Charting A Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy
Job training has taken a central place among strategies to boost U.S. competitiveness in the world and ensure a high standard of living. Decision making in this area has a major impact on American workers who do not earn 4-year college degrees--fully
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- Preschool Math - Randi's Reruns Homeschool Resources
Books and booklet suggestions for preschool math - order online and/or join a mailing list for What's New.
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- Pricing and Hedging of Derivative Securities - Lars Tyge Nielsen
A book that introduces the theory of pricing and hedging of derivative securities in continuous time graduate and advanced undergraduate students and for researchers in both academia and the financial industry. Includes background in stochastic process
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- Prime Numbers and Factors - Machinery's Handbook 25
Tables give factoring information on numbers from 9600 to 21600. Reprinted from Machinery's Handbook, 25th Edition ("The Bible of the Mechanical Industries"). Prime numbers in the tables are indicated by the letter P. If a number is not prime, the table
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- The Private Eye - Kerry Ruef
A hands-on, investigative teaching approach that attempts to stimulate the wonder of looking closely at the world, thinking by analogy, changing scale, and theorizing. It uses everyday objects, a jeweler's loupe, and a series of simple questions, which
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