A Century of Mathematics: Through the Eyes of the MonthlyJohn Ewing This is the story of American mathematics during the past century. It contains articles and excerpts from a century of the American Mathematical Monthly, giving the reader an opportunity to skim all one hundred volumes of this popular mathematics magazine without actually opening them. It samples mathematics year by year and decade by decade. The reader can glimpse the mathematical community at the turn of the century, the controversy about Einstein and relativity, the debates about formalism in logic, the immigration of mathematicians from Europe, and the frantic effort to organize as the war began. More recent articles deal with the advent of computers and the changes they brought, and with some of the triumphs of modern research. |
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... PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS Elementary Problems ar Advanced Problems REVIEWS Learning Discr By Nancy Bax shift in the angle at quadratic in e ) is es Δθ = 2πε = 6 To apply this form S Ples for G , c , and H feld m current experimenta fe st G ...
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... Theorem of Algebra , R P. BOAS JR The Ph.D. Degree and Mathematical Research , R. G. D. RICHARDSON On the Definition of ei , G. B. PRICE . 97 • .99 105 Recent Publications ( Challenging Problems in American Schools of Education V.
... Theorem of Algebra , R P. BOAS JR The Ph.D. Degree and Mathematical Research , R. G. D. RICHARDSON On the Definition of ei , G. B. PRICE . 97 • .99 105 Recent Publications ( Challenging Problems in American Schools of Education V.
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... Problem of Traffic Control , H. E. ROBBINS . . 119 The Transcendence of π , IVAN NIVEN . . 121 An Alignment Chart for the Quadratic Equation , L. R. FORD 125 4. Battles and Wars : 1941-1950 ... On the Modern Development of Celestial ...
... Problem of Traffic Control , H. E. ROBBINS . . 119 The Transcendence of π , IVAN NIVEN . . 121 An Alignment Chart for the Quadratic Equation , L. R. FORD 125 4. Battles and Wars : 1941-1950 ... On the Modern Development of Celestial ...
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Contents
Introduction B F FINKEL AND J M COLAW | 5 |
A Popular Account of Some New Fields of Thought in Mathematics | 11 |
The Tenth Perfect Number R E POWERS | 19 |
The Mathematical Association of America EDITORS | 25 |
The Significance of Mathematics E R HEDRICK | 31 |
Mathematicians and Music R C ARCHIBALD | 41 |
American Contributions to Mathematical Symbolism FLORIAN CAJORI | 47 |
How Can Interest in Calculus Be Increased? ROSCOE WOODS | 57 |
The Nature of Mathematical Proof R L WILDER | 165 |
A Manual for Young Teachers of Mathematics H E BUCHANAN | 175 |
R FORD | 181 |
The Scholar in a Scientific World C C MACDUFFEE | 187 |
Note on a Paper L S Johnston IVAN NIVEN | 193 |
A Symmetrical Notation for Numbers C E SHANNON | 201 |
A HalfCentury of Mathematics HERMANN WEYL | 213 |
A PrimeRepresenting Function E M WRIGHT | 221 |
Recent Publications The Pastures of Wonder Cassius Jackson Keyser | 65 |
Recent Publications Contributions to the History of Determinants Sir Thomas Muir | 75 |
Functions of the Association J W YOUNG | 83 |
A Simple Continuous Function with a Finite Derivative at No Point | 91 |
A Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra R P BOAS JR | 97 |
On the Definition of ei G B PRICE | 105 |
On the Modern Development of Celestial Mechanics C L SIEGEL | 135 |
The Addition Formulas for the Sine and Cosine E J MCSHANE | 141 |
The Migration of Mathematicians ARNOLD DRESDEN | 147 |
Adjustments in Mathematics to the Impact of War G B PRICE | 155 |
If This Be Treason R P Boas Jr | 229 |
The Recurrence Theorem FRED B WRIGHT | 241 |
Recent Developments in Mathematics JEAN Dieudonné | 247 |
Female Mathematicians Where Are You? VIOLET H LARNEY | 281 |
The Serre Conjecture W H GUSTAFSON P R HALMOS | 289 |
Proofs that Σ1p Diverges CHARLES VANDEN EYNDEN | 295 |
Can We Make Mathematics Intelligible? R P Boas | 303 |
The Disk with the College Education HERBERT S WILF | 309 |
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