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Announcements
- Spring 2010's finals room assignments on Saturday, May 8 at 1:30 p.m. can be found at here.
- The 2010 Math Awareness Week Contest is posted at http://math.missouristate.edu/contest/ .
- The 2010 Pummill Math Relays was held on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. The results may be found at here.
- AMC 10B/12B will be available at Missouri State University on Wednesday, February 24, 4:00 p.m in CHEK 102.
- Mathematics Awareness Month 2009: Mathematics and Climate
- The Missouri State Problem Solving/Undergraduate Research Group will meet at 2 PM each Wednesday in CHEK 175. Please contact Dr. Reid (Office: CHEK 20M) for more information.
- The 2009 MIssouri Elementary and Middle School Math Contest finals will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Missouri State University. For more information, visit the Contest's webpage.
- 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
2010 Fields Medalists Announced
Any Rubik's Cube Can Be Solved in 20 Moves or Less
5 Trillion Digits of Pi Computed
First replicating creature spawned in "Life" simulator
David Blackwell, Scholar of Probability, Dies at 91 (NY Times)
Fill in the Blanks: Using Math to Turn Lo-Res Datasets Into Hi-Res Samples
Mathematical Model Reveals Why Coral Dies Under Certain Conditions
For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics (NY Times)
Mathematics Taking Guesswork out of Plastic Surgery Tissue Transfer
Math Research Takes Top Spot at Intel Science Talent Search 2009
Chaotic Motion of a Fluid Trampoline
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)
Most of the magazines and newspapers referenced above are available at Meyer Library here at Missouri State University.
