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 2006 the theme of
the Awareness Month is Mathematics and Internet Security .
Planned activities:
- Integral Bee
On Monday, April 3, at 7:15 PM, in Blocker 158, the Math Dept, Pi Mu
Epsilon and Maplesoft will sponsor an Integral Bee; a competition to
determine who can compute integrals fastest. All integrals are at the
level of Math 152/172.
Prizes will be awarded in 3 categories: undergrads in Math 152/172,
undergrads above Math 152/172 and grad students or faculty. Prizes
will consist of 2 copies of Maple 10 and several Maple T-shirts
including the infamous Maple Cheat Shirts. These have Tables of Trig
Identities and Integrals on the front and back. (They may not be worn
to exams!)
Rules will be posted on the Math Dept bulletin board outside Blocker
158 and in various other places in Blocker, Milner and Heldenfelds.
- Math Mini Fair
(April 8th 9:30 am - 1:45 pm, Blocker Bld., details to be updated):
- Registration, 9:30. Opening, 10:00, Room 120.
- Problem solving contest for students of all grades, 9:30 - 12:45.
Room 120.
- Exhibits, games and other activities, 9:30 - 12:45. Rooms 114, 123, 125
- Final round of the 2005/2006
Texas Math Talent Search. 9:00 - 11:00 am, Room 112.
- Presentations by math professors, 11:00 - 11:30 am
and 12:45 - 1:15 pm.
- Pizza lunch 12:00 - 12:45 pm.
- Prizes for the problem contest and Math Talent Search,
1:15 - 1:45 pm. Room 120
If you plan to attend the Math Mini Fair,
RSVP here,
please!
Location of the Math Mini Fair:
All Mini
Fair activities are taking place in Blocker Building of Texas A&M
University, rooms 120, 123, 124, 125 and 114. Here is a map
with the building circled (and here is a more detailed version
of the same map).
The event is sponsored in part
by MapleSoft and by Thomson Learning Company
This file was last modified on Friday, 07-Apr-2006 11:27:43 CDT.
