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The Mind of the Mathematician by Michael Fitzgerald, Ioan James, 2007-05-18

Frauenuntypische Bildungsbiographien: Diplom-Mathematikerinnen (European university studies. Series VI, Psychology) by Kristin Gisbert, 1995

Mathematicians under the Nazis by Sanford L. Segal, 2003-06-09

European Women in Mathematics: Proceedings of the Tenth General Meeting

Emil J. Gumbel: Weimar German Pacifist and Professor (Studies in Central European Histories) (Studies in Central European Histories) by Arthur D. Brenner, 2002-02-01

Trends in Physics 1984: Proceedings of the 6th General Conference of the European Physical SocietyVol 1 by J & Pantoflicek, J Janta, 1984

Archimedes and the Roman Imagination by Mary Jaeger, 2008-04-28

The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 by Michael Sean Mahoney, 1994-10-17

lists with details

Ancient Indian Mathematicians
Six centuries later, european mathematicians like Galois, Euler andLagrange rediscovered this method and called it inverse cyclic .
http://www.ilovemaths.com/ind_mathe.htm

Extractions: The most fundamental contribution of ancient India in mathematics is the invention of decimal system of enumeration, including the invention of zero. The decimal system uses nine digits (1 to 9) and the symbol zero (for nothing) to denote all natural numbers by assigning a place value to the digits. The Arabs carried this system to Africa and Europe. The Vedas and Valmiki Ramayana used this system, though the exact dates of these works are not known. MohanjoDaro and Harappa excavations (which may be around 3000 B.C. old) also give specimens of writing in India. Aryans came 1000 years later, around 2000 B.C. Being very religious people, they were deeply interested in planetary positions to calculate auspicious times, and they developed astronomy and mathematics towards this end. They identified various nakshatras (constellations) and named the months after them. They could count up to 10 , while the Greeks could count up to 10 and Romans up to 10 . Values of irrational numbers such as and were also known to them to a high degree of approximation. Pythagoras Theorem can be also traced to the Aryan's
Intas 92-0059
UK LA1 4NG Lancaster. INTAS-1010-CT93-0059. Increased involvement of Westeuropean mathematicians in the Euler International Mathematical Institute.
http://www.intas.be/catalog/92-0059.htm

Extractions: Past Projects INTAS Funding: 35,000 ECU Starting date: 1 September 1994 Duration: 30 months Coordinator: D.A. BRANNAN London Mathematical Society - Administrator, Pure Mathematics Department - Open University Walton Hall UK - MK7 6AA Milton Keynes Tel: 44-1-908-653689 Fax: 44-1-908-853816 Partners: S.M. OAKES London Mathematical Society - Administrator UK - W1V 0NL London P. GODDARD University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics UK - CB3 9EW Cambridge S.D. HOWISON The University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute UK - OX1 3LB Oxford J.H. COATES University of Cambridge, Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics UK - CB2 1SB Cambridge J.D. WRIGHT University of Reading, Department of Mathematics UK - RG6 2AX Reading M.A. MAC CALLUM Queen Mary and Westfield College - University of London, UK - E1 4NS London J.R. OCKENDON The University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute UK - OX1 3LB Oxford H.G. DALES
G.M.F.W. Links
LOGO, For biographical information of the important european mathematiciansthe MacTutor page of the Academy of St Andrews is very useful.
http://www-math.sci.kun.nl/werkgroepen/gmfw/verwijzingen/geschiedenis_en.html

Extractions: For biographical information of the important European mathematicians the "MacTutor" page of the Academy of St Andrews is very useful. For a large number of mathematicians you may find pictures. Some attention is paid to their work, and some literature is indicated for those who want to know more about the subject. Also there is an index on several mathematical subject. At the site maintained by David E. Joyce there is a short survey on the history of mathematics available, concentrating on non-European mathematics. The students of Agnes Scott College Atlanta, Georgia, keep up to date a page on female mathematicians . It contains many biographical details, and a lot of pictures. For quotations on and by mathematicians from the past there is the Math Quotations Server . The quotations are alphabetically ordened by the name of the mathematician. A historical sketch with many pictures of the Eniac computer is available at Pennsylvania university. The Mathematical Association of America maintains a beautiful Internet page, also containing a lot of interesting reviews Click here to take a look at Jeff Miller's page, who dates the earliest known use of some of the words and symbols used in mathematics.
Sir Henry Savile. Founder Of The Savilian Chair Of Geometry At Oxford University
He met and exchanged ideas with the leading european mathematicians of the time.On his return to Oxford in 1582 he became a Greek tutor to Queen Elizabeth.
http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-father-henry-savile.htm

Extractions: Died: 19 Feb 1622 in Eton, Berkshire, England Henry Savile entered Brasenose College Oxford in 1561 and he was elected a Fellow of Merton College Oxford in 1565. He graduated with an B.A. in 1566 and an M.A. in 1570. On 10 October 1570 he began to lecture at Oxford on Ptolemy 's Almagest and we are fortunate in that his lecture notes for this course have survived. We shall now describe the content of these lectures more fully. The lectures are far more than Ptolemy 's text with added explanation. Savile introduced his students to the new ideas of Regiomontanus and Copernicus . He mentions both classical authors of mathematics, giving their biographies, and the leading mathematicians of the day whose works he had clearly studied. In the introduction to the lectures Savile gives his views on why students should study mathematics. The study of mathematics, argues Savile, turns a student into an educated, civilised human being. As an example he quotes the classical story of Aristippus who, on being shipwrecked on Rhodes, realised that the inhabitants were civilised when he saw a mathematical figure drawn in the sand. It is worth noting, however, that twenty years later, when Savile was trying to make sure his subject received proper funding, he argued for mathematics because of its practical uses. It is interesting to read Savile's comments in these lectures on why he felt that mathematics at that time was not flourishing. Students did not understand the importance of the subject, Savile wrote, there were no teachers to explain the difficult points, the texts written by the leading mathematicians of the day were not studied, and no overall approach to the teaching of mathematics had been formulated. Of course, as we shall see below, fifty years later Savile tried to rectify these shortcomings by setting up two chairs at the University of Oxford.
8 V. Bhaskaracharya II
to this topic are among his most important, the rules he gives are (in effect) thesame as those given by the renaissance european mathematicians (17 th Century
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Projects/Pearce/Chapters/Ch8_5.html

Extractions: (8 VI. Pell's equation) Bhaskaracharya , or Bhaskara II, is regarded almost without question as the greatest Hindu mathematician of all time and his contribution to not just Indian, but world mathematics is undeniable. As L Gurjar states: ...Because of his work India gave a definite 'quota' to the forward world march of the science. [LG, P 104] Born in 1114 AD (in Vijayapura, he belonged to Bijjada Bida) he became head of the Ujjain school of mathematical astronomy ( Varahamihira and Brahmagupta had helped to found this school or at least 'build it up'). There is some confusion amongst the texts I have referred to as to the works that he wrote. C Srinivasiengar claims he wrote Siddhanta Siromani in 1150 AD, which contained four sections: Lilavati (arithmetic)
8 VII. The End Of The Classic Period
which are in the field of infinite series expansions of trigonometric functions,are generally inaccurately attributed to great european mathematicians of the
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Projects/Pearce/Chapters/Ch8_7.html

Extractions: (9: Keralese mathematics I. Introduction) The work of Bhaskara was considered the highest point Indian mathematics attained, and it was long considered that Indian mathematics ceased after that point. Extreme political turmoil through much of the sub-continent shattered the atmosphere of discovery and learning and led to the stagnation of mathematical developments as scholars contented themselves with duplicating earlier works. Recent discoveries however have found that, despite political turmoil, mathematics continued to a high degree in the south of India up to the 16 th century. The South of India avoided the worst of the political upheavals of the subcontinent, and the Kerala School of mathematics flourished for some time, producing some truly remarkable results. These results, the most notable of which are in the field of infinite series expansions of trigonometric functions, are generally inaccurately attributed to great European mathematicians of the 18 th century including Newton Leibniz and Gregory . However, slowly, this rigid position is shifting somewhat.
History Of Mathematics: Europe
See Greece for mathematicians writing in Greek, and see the general chronologyfor european mathematicians after 1500. Mathematicians through 1500.
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/europe.html

Extractions: See Greece for mathematicians writing in Greek, and see the general chronology for European mathematicians after 1500. Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.E.) Balbus (fl. c. 100 C.E.) Anicius Maulius Severinus Boethius (c. 480-524) Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus (c. 490-c. 585) Bede (673-735) Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) Gerbert d'Aurillac, Pope Sylvester II (c. 945-1003) Adelard of Bath (1075-1164) John of Seville (c. 1125) Plato of Tivoli (c. 1125) Girard of Cremona (1114-1187) Robert of Chester (c. 1150) Robert Grosseteste (c. 1168-1253) Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) (1170-1240) Alexandre de Villedieu (c. 1225)
Salvador Vera: Directorio - Asociaciones
Translate this page of all aspects of mathematics in the countries of Europe. Seeks toestablish a sense of identity amongst european mathematicians.
http://www.satd.uma.es/matap/svera/links/matnetg03.html

Extractions: Asociaciones Restaurar marco Añade tu web Anterior Home ... Siguiente en todo el directorio Dmoz sólo en Matemáticas/Asociaciones Top Directorio Español: Matemáticas Asociaciones Descripción Genéricas: Específicas: Esta categoría en otros idiomas: Inglés Asociación Matemática Venezolana - Busca contribuir al desarrollo de la investigación en matemática y sus aplicaciones. Asociación Mexicana de Estadística - Organización profesional fundada en 1979 que contribuye al desarrollo de esta disciplina. Actividades, eventos y publicaciones. Asociaciones de Profesores de Matemáticas Página Web de la Sociedad Puig Adam de Profesores de Matemáticas Real Sociedad Matemática Española - Información sobre la Real Sociedad Matemática Española, la olimpiada matemática, revistas especializadas, software, Departamentos e Institutos de Investigación. SIPIE - Sitio de la Sociedad Internacional de Profesionales de la Investigación por Encuestas.
Oberwolfach Prize
Oberwolfach Prize. Oberwolfach Prize is awarded by Gesellschaft für mathematischeForschung eV to young european mathematicians under 35 years of age.
http://www.mfo.de/oberwolfachprize.html

Extractions: Poster The Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach awards a prize for excellent achievements in Geometry and Topology The prize amounts to Euro 5.000. Candidates should be mathematicians under 35 years of age from Europe and must be nominated. Proposals should contain a description of the scientific achievements, curriculum vitae and publication list of the candidate. We request all European senior scientists in geometry or topology to make proposals before May 31st, 2003, to Prof. Dr. Gert-Martin Greuel
Eukleides
With this activity, the Society aims to encourage young european mathematiciansto meet and study together current developments in Mathematics and its
http://www.math.helsinki.fi/~smy/eukleides/221/

Extractions: Toukokuu 9/1999 numero 221 Eukleides ilmestyy lehtenä noin neljästi vuodessa ja faksina pari kertaa kuukaudessa lukukausien aikana. Tämä numero ilmestyi 19.5.1999. Matemaattisen yhdistyksen vierailuesitelmiä Prof. Gehring pitää maanantaina 24.5. kello 14 - 15 Helsingin yliopiston matematiikan laitoksen salissa SI esitelmän Discrete Möbius groups. Esitelmän jälkeen on kahvitarjoilu laitoksen kahvihuoneessa (Yliopistonkatu 5, 6. krs). Prof V. I. Vlasov (Moskova) pitää maanantaina 24.5. kello 16 - 17 Helsingin yliopiston matematiikan laitoksen salissa S1 esitelmän New efficient analytical-numerical methods for boundary value problems in complex-shaped domains. EMS Summer Schools - Call for proposals The European Mathematical Society has been running a successful series of Summer Schools for some years now. Readers of the Newsletter will recall, for example, Newsletter reports on a 1996 Summer School in Hungary on Algebraic Geometry [ issue 20, page 22] and a 1998 Summer School on Wavelets in Analysis and Simulation in France [issue 29]. The series is intended to include at least two summer school each year, preferable at least one in Pure Mathematics and at least one in Applied Mathematics. With this activity, the Society aims to encourage young European mathematicians to meet and study together current developments in Mathematics and its applications.
CV Of Sergii Kolyada
EMS ( Travel grant for East european mathematicians); ESF Program PRODYN (Travel grant for 15 participants from the ESF Member Organisations).
http://www.imath.kiev.ua/~skolyada/cvk.html
Panapress Official Website
07/01/2003 full text African, european mathematicians to set upresearch company. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) Some 100
http://www.panapress.com/RubIndexlat.asp?code=eng010
Untitled
the main objectives of this project OVERALL EUROMATH OBJECTIVES (from EuromathPolicy Document, November 1989) To provide european mathematicians with a
http://www-sbras.nsc.ru/euromath/docl.html

Extractions: THIS EXTRACT OF THE DECLARATION OF INTENT SUBMITTED OCTOBER 1993 TO THE INTAS ORGANIZATION IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL 1993 IS MADE ACCESSIBLE VIA GOPHER SERVERS IN MOSCOW AND COPENHAGEN. USAGE IN CONNECTION WITH EmNet/fSU PROJECT PERMITTED. ANY OTHER USAGE, EXCEPT BRIEF CITATIONS WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE SOURCE, ONLY AFTER PERMISSION FROM THE COORDINATOR. -FT/030394 DECLARATION OF INTENT SCIENTIFIC FIELDS: Mathematics, Information Sciences: * TITLE OF THE PROPOSAL: EUROMATH NETWORK AND SERVICES/fSU, first phase (EmNet/fSU/I) DURATION (in months): 15 PROJECT COORDINATOR: Name: Flemming Topsoe Institution: University of Copenhagen Department: Euromath Center Address: Universitetsparken 5 City: 2100-Copenhagen Country: Denmark Telephone: +45 35320732 Telex: - Telefax: +45 35320719 E-Mail: topsoe@euromath.dk PARTICIPANTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE fSU (with Team Managers) 1. Name: Nikolai N. Repin (EmNet/fSU/I Scientific Coordinator) Institution: Russian Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Branch Departments: Steklov Mathematical Institute, Institute of Numerical Analysis, Telecommunication Center Address: 2012, Leninsky 32a, Moscow, Russia City: Moscow Country: Russia 2. Name: Sergei V. Khrushchev Institution: Russian Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Branch Department: Euler International Mathematical Institute Address: 10, Pesochnaya nab., St.Peterburg, 197022, Russia City: St.Peterburg Country: Russia 3. Name: Leonid Belous Institution: Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Department: Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering Address: 47, Lenin prosp., Kharkov 164, 310164, Ukraine City: Kharkov Country: Ukraine 4. Name: Yurii I. Kuzyakin Institution: Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Division Department: Institute Mathematics and Mechanics Address: 16, ul. Kovalevskoi, Ekaterinburg, 620219, Russia City: Ekaterinburg Country: Russia 5. Name: Sergei V. Znamensky Institution: Krasnoyarsk State University Department: Mathematics and Computer science laboratory Address: 79, pr.Svobody, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia City: Krasnoyarsk Country: Russia 6. Name: Oleg B. Lupanov Institution: Moscow State University Department: Mathematical and Mechanical Department Address: Math. and Mech. Dep., MGU, Lemiskie Gory, Moscow City: Moscow Country: Russia 7. Name: Igor V. Skrypnik Institution: Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Department: Mathematical Branch Address: 54, Vladimirskaya str., Kiev, 252601, Ukraine City: Kiev Country: Ukraine 8. Name: Ivan T. Kiguradze Institution: Math. and Physics Dep., Georgian Academy of Science Department: Mathematical Institute Address: 1, Rukhadze str., Tbilisi, 93, 380093, Georgia City: Tbilisi Country:Georgia PARTICIPANTS OTHER THAN THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FROM THE MEMBER STATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (with Team Managers): 1. Name: James H. Davenport, Helmut Lenzing, John B. Slater, Flemming Topsoe Institution: European Mathematical Trust Department: - Address: The Registry, University of Kent at Canterbury, City: Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ Country: England (pan-European) 2. Name: Mika Seppala Institution: University of Helsinki Department: Laboratory of Computer Aided Mathematics (under formation) Address: University of Helsinki, PO Box 4, Hallituskata 15 City: 00014 Helsinki Country: Finland 3. Name: Robert M. Cailliau Institution: CERN Department: Electronics and Computing for Physics Division Address: CH-1211 Geneve 23 City: Geneve Country: International (Switzerland/France) 4. Name: Joel Greenberg Institution: The Open University Department: Department of Pure Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics Address: Milton Keynes, Bucks MK7 6AA, U.K. City: Milton Keynes Country: England 5. Name: John B. Slater Institution: University of Kent at Canterbury Department: Computing Laboratory Address: University of Kent, City: Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF Country: England A. SCIENTIFIC AREA: Mathematics and Information Technology. Research Infrastructure. The proposal is also relevant for other sciences, in particular engineering and physics. B. SUMMARY During the 4 years of EmNet/fSU, a modern, internationally oriented research infrastructure based on computing and computer networking will be established on fSU territory. This aims, in the first place, at the mathematically oriented sciences. The plans have been prepared through international collaboration since 1988. Only now can they be realized. Considering the strength of mathematical research in all parts of Europe, the expected synergy effect will be pronounced. The declaration concerns the 15 months long first phase which is technology oriented with transfer of know-how and with limited but central implementations of services within communication, document handling, information, databases, directories, and publishing. There are 8 partners from fSU. An aggressive expansion to cover some 70-120 partners from fSU in a second phase will be planned. Services will be especially adapted to the fSU situation (varying from region to region). The project will strive to achieve an economies of scale by exploiting the newest state-of-the-art technology. Special care will be given to create centres and services which can generate a modest income immediately and a more substantial income at the medium and long range (e.g. related to collaboration with industry). This and other aspects of the project are specifically aimed at preventing a further brain drain in the fSU. C. DESCRIPTION OVERALL RATIONALE OF PROJECT The mathematical sciences occupy a strong position in fSU. Until recently, they were not technology dependent. However, with the advent of modern information technology, it is becoming a prerequisit for all scientists to have access to a research infrastructure based on computers and networking. Also, advanced computing is becoming an integral part of many branches of mathematics and is destined to have a significant impact on the conduct of mathematical research itself. The situation represents a challange as well as an opportunity. By introducing modern technology in fSU it will, in principle, be possible to maintain a high scientific level and to prevent further brain drain. It is realized, that though the project proposed in this Declaration of Intent addresses the critical issues indicated above in a well thought out and focused way, the demand is huge and even if successfull, our project can only be seen as a beginning which will require continued funding and continued comprehensive work and collaboration by the European scientific community. Emphasis must be placed on the engagement and contributions by the scientists in the States of the fSU themselves. We have deliberately split our project into two phases. The first, and shorter phase, is more centralized and technology oriented. During this phase, limited end-user oriented services will be developed. Therefore, the results of the first phase will be of value in themselves. Though not formally part of the proposal presented for funding in this Declaration of Intent, we point out that the planned second phase of our project is ambitious in that it will involve some 70-120 research centres in fSU. The necessary planning for this pronounced extension will take place during the first phase. During both phases of EmNet/fSU, centres of expertise of lasting value will be created. The centres will vary greatly in size and specific objectives. However, they will all contain a common kernel of know-how and services which will form part of a pan-European network. Each centre will be placed as an integral part of an active researh environment and will choose its specific areas of interest and activity in accordance with the basis of expertise and interest at the research organization in question. In this way it is hoped to create a base for collaboration with industry and others which will generate an income on a running basis. The activities will be coordinated with similar activities in other parts of Europe. EUROMATH EUROMATH: The pan-European organisation, the European Mathematical Trust (EMT), together with mathematicians from 23 countries and the Euromath Center (EmC) in Copenhagen, have worked to establish a modern research infrastructure for the benefit of mathematicians. The result today is a human network in the countries of the European Community and EFTA, and the development of a central software tool. This concept was presented and the software module, the Euromath System, released on the occasion of the first European Congress of Mathematicians in Paris in July 1992. The human network, the Euromath System and the interplay obtained by exploiting modern communication technology constitute the Euromath Network and Services (EmNet). The EmNet activities up to now have been centred around the Euromath Project, a project sponsored by the European Commission under the SCIENCE Programme. We cite the main objectives of this project: OVERALL EUROMATH OBJECTIVES (from Euromath Policy Document, November 1989): "To provide European mathematicians with a shared, enriched, computing environment tailored to those tasks which arise frequently in their research work (such as exchanging information and ideas, interrogating databases, manipulating symbolic structures and editing complex documents). To stimulate and greatly enhance collaboration and exchange among individuals, not only with the obvious direct benefits but also with the indirect one of nurturing the rising self-consiousness of the European mathematical community." Given the above motivation, and the stated facts and objectives concerning Euromath, it is appropriate to extend the EmNet to fSU and to adapt it to the special needs of fSU. This is one way of formulating the main goal of the current proposal. Since its start, it has been Euromath policy to integrate Central- and Eastern Europe (including fSU) into the Euromath efforts as soon as possible. For Central- and Eastern Europe (excluding fSU, though including the Baltic States) this is pursued with support from the COST Programme of the European Commission. Special promoting- and consolidating activities in Western Europe are presently being presented for support to the VALUE II Programme of the European Commission. With the initiatives taken, we believe it is possible to coordinate the Euromath efforts so that they can be seen as a whole, catalyzing collaboration and scientific progress at the all-European scale. Strong contacts between mathematicians in the West and in fSU have always existed. Special "Euromath contacts" were established in 1988 to representatives of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) who have since then followed the Euromath progress as observers. The observers (academician Sergei Novikov, professor Alexei Zizcenko and, later, dr. Nikolai Repin) have, right from the start, declared a willingness and interest to spread the idea of Euromath in their part of Europe and within all parts of the academic sector as soon as that would become possible. The Euromath collaboration until now with Russian mathematicians and research institutes was limited and based on minimal funding. With a grant from the Association it will be possible to realize our plans. SELECTION OF PARTNERS Key partners for the planning of the present project proposal have been the Mathematical Branch of the RAS (RAS/MB), European Mathematical Trust (EMT) and Euromath Center (EmC). Jointly we have worked for the selection of the fSU partners. In this respect we point out the following: 1. Last year, the Russian Academy of Sciences formed a policy regarding the implementation of a modern research infrastructure, and decided to base the development on ideas and concrete results already obtained through the collaboration with Euromath colleagues. Reference is made to the important letter annexed as Annex 1, 2. The fSU partners recognize RAS/MB as the leading partner from fSU for the duration of the proposed first phase of our project and RAS/MB have confirmed its policy, interest and obligation towards the project to act in an open non-discriminatory way for the benefit of the entire mathematical community in all parts of the fSU which are eligible for support under the Programme of the Association, 3. The endeavour for the first phase has been to involve only key research centres in fSU which may become the central focal points for the aggressive spread during the second phase to encompass some 70-120 research institutions. As to the selection of partners from the memberstates of the Association, we mention that through EMT, and its member organisations from 23 countries, extensive scientific collaboration is secured. If desirable, this may be formalized in the final application, though we prefer to channel the contacts through EMT and EmC. The Coordinator, EmC, provides the administrative as well as the technical base, including user support and part of the training. The partner from Finland, the Laboratory for Computer assisted Mathematics, is important because of its orientation towards mathematical pure research in relation to mathematicians usage of computers. The Open University and CERN are of course well known institutions and will, together with the University of Canterbury, assist with accomodating mobility and training visits from the fSU. In addition to this it is expected that EmC and CERN will collaborate with RAS/MB to create a Networked Information System especially adapted to the needs in the fSU. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES These may be listed as follows: 1. To enhance the computing and networking environment at the fSU partners, thereby enabling the creation of end-user oriented services, and enabling the integration of fSU into EmNet (Euromath Network and services), 2. To establish services especially tailored to the needs of the fSU mathematical community, e.g. regarding language, documentation and available resources; of particular interest is the creation of an information system, and a base for electronic publishing, 3. To provide the researchers at the fSU-partner institutions with a platform facilitating document preparation and exchange and access to external services such as databases, information systems (cf.2) and computer algebra systems (the key element is installations of the Euromath System), 4. To establish centres as part of EmNet, 5. To prepare for the expansion in phase 2 of the project to 70-120 research institutions. 6. To crate an awareness of the potential of the EmNet/fSU approach among all the sciences in fSU, and to offer preliminary, necessarily limited, assistance. ============================================================================
ENC: Curriculum Resources: MacTutor History Of Mathematics Archive (ENC-003345,
Anniversaries for the Year, containing details for all dates; the Birthplace Mapwhich shows the birthplaces of those Western european mathematicians in the
http://www.enc.org/resources/records/full/0,1240,003345,00.shtm

Extractions: Search ... Ask ENC Explore online lesson plans, student activities, and teacher learning tools. Search Browse About Curriculum Resources Read articles about inquiry, equity, and other key topics for educators and parents. Create your learning plan, read the standards, and find tips for getting grants. URL: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk:80/~history/ This Internet site provides access to the History of Mathematics archive. The archieve is part of the Mathematical MacTutor system for learning and experimenting with mathematics developed at the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences University of St. Andrews. The archive contains the biographies of more than 1000 mathematicians. About 200 of these biographies are fairly detailed and most are accompanied by pictures of the mathematicians. Articles on the development of mathematical ideas are cross referenced to the biographies. These can be accessed by using the History Topics Index.
Math 448: Complex Analysis
Even more fundamental for european mathematicians was the problem ofnegative numbers. It was not until the seventeenth centurythat
http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/math448w98.html

Extractions: Offered: Spring 1998 Instructor: Kevin J. Mitchell Time: Class: M-W-F 1:20 to 2:30 in Napier 201 Text: Complex Variables with Applications In Math 331 you saw how mathematicians were led to construct the real number system because certain elementary problems had "solutions'' that were not rational numbers. For example, the length x of the diagonal of a unit square cannot be expressed as a rational number, since by the Pythagorean theorem, we must have x^2 - 2 = . But you proved that the square root of 2 is not rational. Such quantities, which arose in the most elementary physical way, could not be ignored, even if they could not be adequately described or defined. Thus some level of acceptance of irrational numbers existed even before Dedekind's work in the nineteenth century. Even more fundamental for European mathematicians was the problem of negative numbers. It was not until the seventeenth centurythat negative numbers became known in Europe through Arab texts, though the Hindus had used them as early as the seventh century. Why were negative numbers problematic? Consider this argument given by Antoine Arnauld (16121694). We wish to claim that . Of course is less than . How can a smaller number be related to a larger one in the same way that a larger number is related to a smaller one?
The Johns Hopkins Gazette March 13, 2000
JAMI also has attracted the attention of european mathematicians, and consequently,the yearly conference has attained an international scale with scholars
http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2000/mar1300/13jami.html

Extractions: VOL. 29, NO. 27 Mathematicians from around the world will meet at Homewood on Friday, March 17, for the start of a 10-day international conference, an annual event co-sponsored by the Mathematics Department and the Japan-U.S. Mathematics Institute, known as JAMI. This year's conference will focus on recent progress in homotopy theory. The conference aims to facilitate interaction between the mathematicians working in homotopy theory, which is a branch of algebraic topology, and to allow them discuss recent developments. The JAMI program, inaugurated in 1988, continues the tradition of friendly relations and interaction with Japanese mathematicians. JAMI also has attracted the attention of European mathematicians, and consequently, the yearly conference has attained an international scale with scholars from Europe joining the American and Japanese participants. The conference is part of a semester-long special program that has attracted 11 visitors from Japan, who are staying for one to three months. Because of them and the strength of the department in homotopy theory, Johns Hopkins attracts faculty on leave in the field. Consequently, nine non-Japanese also have taken up residence in the Department of Mathematics during the three-month period. The program is organized by J. Michael Boardman, Don Davis, Jean-Pierre Meyer, Jack Morava, Goro Nishida, W. Stephen Wilson and Nobuaki Yagita with grants from the National Science Foundation and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Topic 3: Record Here What You LEARN. - Student Web Forums
He discovered this in the 6th century long before the european mathematicians. Hediscovered this in the 6th century long before the european mathematicians.
http://forum.discover.tased.edu.au/webforum/student/Board/Forum36/HTML/000004.ht

Extractions: Registered: Oct 1999 posted 30 July 2001 09:22 PM Begin your research by answering the questions you asked yourself in Topic 2. Use the library/media center at school or in your local community and undertake searches or the World Wide Web to find your answers. As you read and browse, come back to this thread and write here what you learn. May your independent research be satisfying and stimulating. Good luck! IP: Logged MichelleCain The Indian culture developed the decimal system. The Mohenjo Daro culture of the Indus valley was using a form of decimal numbering some 5000 years ago. Succeeding cultural changes in this area developed the decimal system into a rigorous numbering system, including the use of zero by the Hindu mathematicians some 1500 years ago.
Geoffrey's Geek Guide - Geek Sites Of The Week 28th August-3rd September 1996
which will tell you the name of the town you've clicked on damned handy if you'relost) you can also find out what great european mathematicians were born on
http://www.ausmall.com.au/geek/geek12.htm

Extractions: [Sadly, dead as a mullet as at 1-10-96] It's been a few weeks since I've handed out my treasured Geek Of The Week Award to a home-grown Australian site, but this week I'm immensely proud to be able to award it to this antipodean gem: a site devoted to the identification, documentation, vilification and/or glorification of that infamous hairstyle known as the "mullet". Ashley Wakeman (Ash to his many fiances and friends) has produced what is arguably the world's most in-depth mullet-watching site (probably because it's the only one, though that's quite beside the point). And if you really need a good laugh or a deeper insight into the hidden sadism of hairdressers I can guarantee you'll find it here. Unless, of course, your favoured hairstyle is a mullet cut, in which case you may not...... Although the site hasn't been updated since April and may be a candidate for Ghost Sites Of The Internet (see below), you really owe it to yourself to check of his Six Of The Best page, his Home Grown Page and the Wahl Awards. Thoughtfully, Ash has also provided a global translator so that overseas visitors can find the proper attribution for a mullet in their own local dialect. And after you've finished viewing Ash's collection of famous mullet-heads you might also care to explore
Stefan Müller's Homepage
Scientific awards/honours First european mathematicians Congress Award(1992); Max Planck Research Prize (jointly with V. Sverák) (1993);
http://www.mis.mpg.de/sm/homepages/sm.html

Extractions: Office: C10 e-mail: sm@mis.mpg.de , with G. Friesecke and R.D. James, C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris I , with A. DeSimone, R. V. Kohn, and F. Otto, Preprint 17/2002 Energy scaling of compressed elastic films - three-dimensional elasticity and reduced theories , with H. Ben Belgacem, S. Conti, and A. DeSimone, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal.
(05/12/00) Distinguished McKnight University Professorships Announced
He has won many honors, including a prize for outstanding young european mathematicians,the Keith Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Max Planck
http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/newsreleases/00_5mcknight.html

Extractions: MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL The University of Minnesota Graduate School has chosen six recipients of the year 2000 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The professorship aims to recognize and reward the most outstanding mid-career faculty. Recipients are honored with the title Distinguished McKnight University Professor, which they will hold for as long as they remain at the University of Minnesota. Associated with the professorship is a $100,000 grant to be expended over five years. The winners were chosen on the merit of their scholarly achievements and the potential for greater attainment in the field; the extent to which their achievements have brought distinction to the University of Minnesota; the quality of their teaching and advising; and their contributions to the wider community. Profiles of the recipients follow.

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