LibGuides: Mathematics: Internet Resources

Math Forum @ Drexel University

The Math Forum at Drexel University is a online math education community center. Check out just some of their tools below.

Ask Dr. Math (Math Forum)
A question and answer service for math students and their teachers. A searchable archive is available by level and topic, as well as summaries of Frequently Asked Questions.
Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics (Math Forum)
Investigation of famous problems, links to mathematicians’ biographies and other math history sites.
Internet Mathematics Library (Math Forum)
In-depth coverage of math and math education web site
Macalester College Problem of the Week (Math Forum)
Poses a mathematics problem every week. Since the problems are meant to be accessible to first-year college students, very little background is needed to understand or solve them.

Campus Links

Career Outlook

Career Information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook:
Math Occupations

Online Math Reference

When selecting Internet resources it is important to evaluate the quality of any websites that you use. Consult the USM Library’s Evaluating Web Resources guide, or Evaluating Web Pages (UC Berkley) for evaluation criteria. The following is a selected list of websites that you may find useful.

College Math Resources
A directory of definitions and examples on a variety of math topics.
The Electronic Library of Mathematics
A directory of math resources offered by the European Mathematical Society (EMS) in cooperation with FIZ Karlsruhe / Zentralblatt MATH
History of Mathematics Archive
Collection of information on mathematics history.
Internet Mathematics Library (Math Forum)
In-depth coverage of math and math education web site.
MathDL: The MAA Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
MathDL is an online resource published by the Mathematical Association of America. The site provides online resources for both teachers and students of mathematics.
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions
A free electronic copy of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Handbook of Mathematical Functions. Contains notation, properties, applications, and computation.
PRIME Mathematics Encyclopedia
(Platonic Realms Interactive Mathematics Encyclopedia): comprehensive mathematics encyclopedia including information on a wide range of topics approachable from pre-collegiate to advanced graduate and research levels.
Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves
Images to help you understand the definition of mathematical plane curves.

Internet Resources

Khan Academy
Free practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom, on many different subjects.
Mathematical Imagery
Explore the world of math and art.
Mathematician Collaboration Distance
How many degrees of separation between various mathematicians? Based on the principal of social networking this application maps steps removed from researchers on publications. It's the "Six Degrees of Erdös or Courant or Hilbert or Nash".
Purple Math: Algebra Assistance
Tutorials and example problems
SAGE Open Source MATH software
Sage is a free, open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It combines the power of many existing open-source packages into a common Python-based interface.
The Scientific Graphics Project
Concerned primarily with surfaces in R3 (three dimensional euclidean space). The surfaces are organized into three major categories: Minimal Surfaces, CMC (Constant Mean Curvature) Surfaces, and Level Surfaces.
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
"The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields."
Wolfram Mathworld
The web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of a commitment to education and educational outreach by Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica.

Associations and Organizations

American Mathematical Society (AMS)
"Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life."
American Statistical Association (ASA)
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the "Big Tent for Statistics." The ASA supports excellence in the development, application, and dissemination of statistical science through meetings, publications, membership services, education, accreditation, and advocacy.
Combined Membership Directory
Directory of members of numerous mathematical societies and associations, including the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Mathematical Association of America (MAA), & Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
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Also includes American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) - Société mathématique du Canada (SMC), and the Mathematical Programming Society (MPS).
International Mathematical Union (IMU)
IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics. See their full archive of conference recordings here.
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The objectives of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are:

To promote international cooperation in mathematics
To support and assist the International Congress of Mathematicians and other international scientific meetings or conferences
To encourage and support other international mathematical activities considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, pure, applied, or educational
Kappa Mu Epsilon (KME)
Mathematics Honor Society -- start a chapter at Lenoir-Rhyne!
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KME is a mathematics honor society founded in 1930 to focus on the needs of undergraduate mathematics students.
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
The Mathematical Association of America is the largest professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
"The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students through vision, leadership, professional development and research."
Pi Mu Epsilon (PME
Mathematics Honor Society -- start a chapter at Lenoir-Rhyne!
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Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc (PME), is the Honorary National Mathematics Society. It was founded on May 25, 1914 at Syracuse University and currently has over 300 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States.