- Women and Mathematics Network (WAM) - Committee for the Participation of Women, Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
A consortium of Program Directors of outreach programs in mathematics for women and girls, providing professional development opportunities for program directors; forums for sharing ideas and expertise; workshops and forums for prospective directors of
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- Women in Math Project - Marie Vitulli; Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon
Information on all aspects of women and math, including bibliographies of publications (with a search engine), an extensive collection of biographies, links to associations, job, grant, and scholarship opportunities, conferences, workshops and programs,
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- Women of NASA - Tish Krieg, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Women of NASA resource was developed to encourage more young women to pursue careers in math, science, and technology. The project showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers, and demonstrates how these women balance personal and
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- Wonders of Ancient Greek Mathematics - Timothy Reluga; Tufts University
An arbitrary collection of interesting solutions to geometric problems discovered and solved by the Greeks, limited to intuitive, elegant, or beautiful solutions and some that do not meet these requirements, serving as reminders of the level to which
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- World of Escher - World of Escher, Inc.
The world of M. C. Escher (1898-1972), the famous Dutch graphic artist most recognized for spatial illusions, impossible buildings, repeating geometric patterns (tessellations), and his incredible techniques in woodcutting and lithography. This site offers
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- X-Number World - James Redin
With the Extended Numerical Keyboards with Structured Data-Entry Capability method, enter a number in the same way as you think on the number; for example, input one million and fifty-seven with the four keystrokes 1, million, 5, and 7, in that order.
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- Yahooligans! School Bell: Math - Yahoo
Yahoo's kids' guide to math sites including topics: Games and Puzzles, Geometry, Homework Help, Just the Facts, Mathematicians, Measurements, and Real World Math.
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- Yahoo! Science: Mathematics: History - Yahoo! Inc.
Searchable math history links: Mathematicians, Pi, and miscellaneous links.
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- Your Mathematics Society - ChatArea.com
A chat area/forum for all mathematics questions. General mathematics, algebra, calculus, geometry/trigonometry, statistics, calculators, and history of mathematics are covered.
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- Zeno's Paradoxes - Franz Kiekeben
Statements of the following paradoxes: The Racetrack (or Dichotomy); Achilles and the Tortoise; The Arrow; A brief analysis of the motion paradoxes; The Thomson Lamp; Kiekeben's Odd/Even Paradox; Benardete's Paradox of the Gods;
The Paradox of the Spaceship;
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- Zentralblatt MATH Database - Springer-Verlag
A database edited by the European Mathematical Society, the FIZ Karlsruhe, and the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, and established in cooperation with Math Doc Cell (France). Search for abstracts of papers on any math subject by author, title, classification,
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- Zero in Four Dimensions: Cultural, Historical, Mathematical, and Psychological Perspectives - Prof. Hossein Arsham; University of Baltimore
A critical panoramic view of basic mathematical fallacies surrounding zero, such as dividing by zero, taking the limit, IEEE special floating point, the notion of zero throughout history, when zero is "not there," the origin of infinity and its symbol,
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- Zeroing In on Catalan's Conjecture - Ivars Peterson (MathTrek)
Preda Mihailescu of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has
proved a theorem that is likely to lead to a solution of Catalan's conjecture, a
venerable problem involving relationships among whole numbers (in 1844, Catalan asserted that,
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