Announcements
- The fourth MAKO Undergraduate Math Research Conference will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2008. Undergraduates from Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma are invited to present short talks on their research. Funding for this conference is provided by an NSF grant through the MAA Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conferences Program.
- Here are the results of the 36th (2008) Pummill Math Relays.
- There is more information about the REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) grant of Professors Rebaza, Reid, and Wickham here.
- The latest edition of Ad Infinitum, the departmental newsletter, can be obtained here.
Math News
The 45th and 46th known Mersenne primes have been discovered.
Boys' Math Scores Hit Highs and Lows (The Wall Street Journal)
Benjamin Franklin Plays Sudoku (Science News/Math Trek)
Tied Up in Knots (Science News)
The Self-Righting Object (NY Times)
From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm (NY Times)
The Myth, the Math, the Sex (NY Times)
Fields Medalist Atle Selberg Dies at Age 90 (Institute for Advanced Studies)
In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of Evolution (NY Times)
Solving Sudokus: Coloring By Numbers (Science Daily)
Into the Fold (Smithsonian)
Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan to Receive 2007 Abel Prize (Abel Prize Website)
Paul J. Cohen, Mathematics Trailblazer, Dies at 72 (NY Times)
Mathematicians Map E8 (AIM Website)
Journeys to the Distant Fields of Prime (NY Times)
Most of the magazines and newspapers referenced above are available at Meyer Library here at Missouri State University.