School of Mathematics College of Sciences Located in the Skiles Building 52 Full-time faculty+several visiting professors BS, MS and PHD programs William T (Tom) Trotter, Chair
Facilities Math Lab Offers Tutoring for a number of math courses Computer Lab Packages like Mathematica, MapleV, MatLab Center for Dynamical Systems and NonLinear Studies Established 1988 Misson: To Strengthen existing math research at Tech w/ special focus on dynamical systems, differential equations, nonlinear analysis applications
Degrees BS Applied Mathematics BS Discrete Mathematics M.Sc Mathematics M.Sc Statistics (joint w/ ISYE) M.Sc Quantitative and Computational Finance (QCF) (joint w/ College of Management, ISYE) PH.D Mathematics PH.D Algorthims, Combinatorics and Optimization (ACO) (joint w/ CoC, ISYE) PH.D Bioinformatics (joint w/ CoC,Chem,Bio,BioEng)
What is?? Applied Mathematics: Uses all areas of mathematics to solve real world problems. Apply to a second area of science / engineering eg. Differential Equations,Abstract Algebra Discrete Mathematics: Techniques to apply to objects of separated values…. Uses in Business/ Computer Science. eg. Combinatorics, Set Theory, Graph Theory, Decision Making, Matric Algebra
Activities Pi Mu Epsilon: National Mathematics Honor Society Annual High School Math Competition: Since 1958 Participants grades 8-12 worldwide Winners receive Tech scholarships up to $ participants in 2005 Challenging examinations in mathematical problem solving and reasoning. Held in Spring Semester
MathSciNet Electronic version of AMS’s Mathematical Reviews from it’s 1940 inception to today Mathematical Reviews originally created because Hitler and the German National Socialism Movement in Germany was barring many mathematicians from contributing to Zentralblatt. Over 50,000 new reviews each year… over 70,000 items indexed annually. Journal articles, books, conferences are indexed Reviews are “submitted” SFX enabled Updated daily
Topics covered in MathSciNet Pure Mathematics Applied Mathematics Core Statistics Applied Statistics Computer Science (>2004) Related Physics and Applications
Ways to Search MathSciNet By Author By Journal By MSC Current Journals and Books can be browsed Combined Membership List (CML) may help in contacting an author
MSC Codes Mathematics Subject Classification Developed in 1940 5,000 two-, three-, and five-digit classifications, each corresponding to a discipline of mathematics Used primarily in MathSciNet and Zentralblatt MSC2000 is the current version
More information MSC MathSciNet Guidebook (24 pages) ook.pdf