A century of advancing mathematics / / Stephen F. Kennedy, editor; associate editors, Donald J. Albers [and five others]

• Pubblicazione: [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): KennedyStephen F.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: A Century of Advancing Mathematics; copyright page; Contents; Preface; Part I Mathematical Developments; The Hyperbolic Revolution: From Topology to Geometry, and Back; A Century of Complex Dynamics; Map-Coloring Problems; Six Milestones in Geometry; Defying God: the Stanley-Wilf Conjecture, Stanley-Wilf Limits, and a Two-Generation Explosion of Combinatorics; What Is the Best Approach to Counting Primes?; A Century of Elliptic Curves; Part II Historical Developments; The Mathematical Association of America: Its First 100 Years ; The Stratification of the American Mathematical Community: The Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society, 1915--1925Time and Place: Sustaining the American Mathematical Community; Abstract (Modern) Algebra in America 1870--1950: A Brief Account; Part III Pedagogical Developments; The History of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics in the United States; Inquiry-Based Learning Through the Life of the MAA; A Passport to Pleasure; Strength in Numbers: Broadening the View of the Mathematics Major; A History of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics ; The Calculus Reform Movement: A Personal AccountIntroducing ex; Part IV Computational Developments; Computational Experiences in the Pre-Electronic Days; A Century of Visualization: One Geometer's View; The Future of Mathematics: 1965 to 2065; Part V Culture and Communities; Philosophy of Mathematics: What Has Happened Since Gdel's Results?; Twelve Classics People who Love Mathematics Should Know; or, ``What do you mean, you haven't read E. T. Bell? ; The Dramatic Life of Mathematics: A Centennial History of the Intersection of Mathematics and Theater in a Prologue, Three Acts, and an Epilogue2007: The Year of Euler; The Putnam Competition: Origin, Lore, Structure; Getting Involved with the MAA: A Path Less Traveled; Henry L. Alder; Lida K. Barrett; Ralph P. Boas; Leonard Gillman --- Reminiscences; Paul Halmos: No Apologies; Ivan Niven; George Pólya and the MAA
• Titolo autorizzato: A century of advancing mathematics
• ISBN: 1-61444-522-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460965803321
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