Missouri State University

Skip search and site index

 

Department of Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics offers degree programs which lead to a multitude of career possibilities including teaching, industrial work, government service, and graduate school. Our mathematics education program is the largest in Missouri and our graduates teach throughout Missouri as well as across the nation... more

Announcements

  • Here are the room assignments for the math finals on Saturday, May 10, 2008.
  • Here are the results of the 36th (2008) Pummill Math Relays.
  • The MSU Math Department will be conducting their ninth annual Math Awareness Week Contest. Every day, from Monday April 21 to Friday April 25, a question will be posted on our website http://math.missouristate.edu/contest/ at noon Central Daylight Time. The first person to answer all five questions correctly (via e-mail to contest@math.missouristate.edu) will win $60 worth of books of their choosing from the Mathematical Association of America. The first runner-up will win $30 worth of books. Good luck!
  • 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

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.

Old Math News...