About Math Awareness Month
Mathematics Awareness Month is sponsored each year by
the American Mathematical Society,
the American Statistical
Association,
the Mathematical Association of
America,
and the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics
to recognize the importance of mathematics. In year 2005 the theme of
the Awareness Month is Mathematics and the Cosmos.
Planned activities:
- Poster Contest
(submit entries by March 25th)
- Special lectures (detailed info):
- April 6: Joseph Silverman (Brown University)
Taxicabs and Sums of Two Cubes: An Excursion in Number Theory
- April 18: David Sutherland (Councillor of
Pi Mu Epsilon)
Combinatorics and Algebra: Permutations and Tableaux
- April 25: Alexei Belyanin (Physics, TAMU)
A cosmic surveyor: measuring distances in the Universe
- Math Mini Fair
(April 9th):
- Problem solving contest (contact the
organizers to get the solutions)
- Presentations by math and physics professors
- Pizza lunch
- Prizes for the posters and problems
Where:
All activities are taking place in Blocker Building of Texas A&M
University. Here is a map
with the building circled (and here is a more detailed version
of the same map).
This file was last modified on Thursday, 19-May-2005 21:13:28 CDT.
