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	Mathematical journal Summary
		New fields ranged from the mathematical theory of heat studied by Joseph Fourier (1768-1830), to research in elliptical functions by Carl Gustav Jacobi (1804-1851), to the invariants studied by Arthur Cayley (1821-1895) and Sylvester, all mathematicians who reported their results to mathematical societies and in journals.
		Similarly, the London Mathematical Society's example in facilitating communication between mathematicians, publicizing international developments, and holding talks given by and to mathematics researchers was followed by mathematical societies established around the world in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
		One of the best definitions of the current state of mathematics, as a research field, is that it consists of theorems with proofs published in a reputable mathematical journal, and which have passed through the process of peer review called refereeing.
	www.bookrags.com /Mathematical_journal (2504 words)

	Edinburgh Mathematical Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Edinburgh Mathematical Society is the leading mathematical society in Scotland.
		Founded in 1883 by a group of Edinburgh schoolteachers and academics, the society organises and funds meetings and other research events throughout Scotland.
		It also publishes an academic journal (the Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society) and every four years awards the Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize to an outstanding mathematician with a Scottish connection.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edinburgh_Mathematical_Society (100 words)

	Edinburgh Mathematical Society
		The Edinburgh Mathematical Society was founded in 1883 for "the mutual improvement of its members in the Mathematical Sciences, pure and applied" and is firmly established as the principal mathematical society for the university community in Scotland.
		Details of the current list of officers of the society and its committees is available, as are the President's Newsletters for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
		The Society's Library is housed in the James Clerk Maxwell Building at the University of Edinburgh, and consists mainly of periodicals obtained by exchange with other learned societies throughout the world.
	www.maths.ed.ac.uk /~ems (670 words)

	Mathematics Archives - Professional Societies
		According to its statutes, the object of the Bernoulli Society is the advancement, through international contacts, of the sciences of probability (including the theory of stochastic processes) and mathematical statistics and of their applications to all those aspects of human endeavour which are directed towards the increase of natural knowledge and the welfare of mankind.
		The mission of the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics is to promote a high quality mathematics education for all students encourage an active interest in mathematics and in mathematics education, promote ongoing professional development for mathematics education, and promote and reward excellence in the teaching of mathematics in the state of Georgia.
		The St. Petersburg mathematical society was organized in 1890 and was the third mathematical society in Russia after the Moscow (1867) and the Khar'kov (1879).
	archives.math.utk.edu /societies.html (6391 words)

	EUROPEAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
		Pelczar, President of the Polish Mathematical Society (PMS), presented a medal, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the PMS, to the Chairman, Sir Michael Atiyah, for passing on to the incoming President of the nascent EMS.
		Co-operation with European mathematical societies in applied areas was sought but some difficulties had been encountered since these societies did not want to approach the EU in combination with the EMS, believing that a joint approach would not be to their advantage.
		The President of the Chinese Mathematical Society, K. Chang, spoke of a desire to have common projects with the EMS and drew attention to the bid to have the ICM in 2002 in Beijing.
	www.btinternet.com /~d.a.r.wallace/EMSHISTORY99.html (14733 words)

	Professional Societies and Institutions
		The purposes of ICTM are to encourage an active interest in all areas of mathematics and mathematics education, to afford a medium of interchange of views regarding the teaching of mathematics and related disciplines, and to further the study of problems relating to the teaching of mathematics and computer science.
		The Missouri Mathematics Association for the Advancement of Teacher Training is an organization of college professors in the state of Missouri concerned with issues involving the education and preparation of mathematics teachers (at all levels).
		The Society is an international forum bringing together researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners interested in applying dynamical systems theory, far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics, self-organization, neural nets, fractals cellular automata, and related forms of chaos, catastrophes, bifurcations, nonlinear dynamics, and complexity theories to psychology and the life sciences.
	www.brookscole.com /math_d/templates/stripped_features/societies.html (6374 words)

	Edinburgh Mathematical Society
		However the Edinburgh Mathematical Society was rather different from the other societies since it was founded by school teachers rather than by university teachers.
		George Chrystal, the professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University, and Peter Guthrie Tait, the professor of natural philosophy, were elected honorary members of the Society at this first meeting.
		Turnbull was appointed Regius Professor of Mathematics in the United College of St Salvator and St Leonard at the University of St Andrews in 1921 and he was enthusiastic that the Edinburgh Mathematical Society should resume its Colloquium but that the venue should be St Andrews.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/EMS.html (562 words)

	Resources of Scholarly Societies - Mathematics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		This is one of a set of subject pages in the Scholarly Societies Project, which facilitates access to websites of scholarly societies across the world.
		International Berkeley Society [The Society is devoted to the study of the life and work of Bishop George Berkeley, who "...made important contributions in the fields of philosophy, mathematics, and economics."]
		Mathematische Gesellschaft in Hamburg = Mathematical Society in Hamburg [In German.]
	www.lib.uwaterloo.ca /society/math_soc.html (835 words)

	Sheila Scott Macintyre
		Sheila Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she attended the Edinburgh Ladies' College from 1926-1928.
		In 1958 Macintyre was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
		Cossar, J. "Sheila Scott Macintyre," Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 12 (1960-61), 112.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/macintyr.htm (336 words)

	Category:Mathematical societies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A number of professional societies for mathematicians exist around the world.
		Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics
		Society of Mathematicians, Physicists and Astronomers of Slovenia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Mathematical_societies (63 words)

	Joseph Wedderburn Summary
		After earning a degree in mathematics from Edinburgh University in 1898, Wedderburn went on to study at both Leipzig and Berlin universities, followed by a year in the United States at the University of Chicago on a Carnegie scholarship.
		Wedderburn was elected to a fellowship in the British Royal Society in 1933, and was made an honorary Fellow of the Edinburgh Maths Society in 1946.
		Wedderburn received the MacDougall-Brisbane Gold Medal and Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1921, and was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1933.
	www.bookrags.com /Joseph_Wedderburn (1546 words)

	JAPAN - Online Information article about JAPAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		societies (see class i.) have mathematical and other See also:
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/JAPAN.html (131 words)

	UNT Department of Mathematics: Student Resources
		Students who are required to take mathematics should enroll for the appropriate mathematics class during their first year at UNT.
		As the study of mathematics is progressive and cumulative, sequential enrollment in required mathematics courses is suggested for optimal academic success.
		If your study of mathematics requires multiple courses, each having a prerequisite, you should plan to enroll in those courses one after the other; do not allow more than one long semester to elapse in your progressive study.
	www.math.unt.edu /resources.shtml (1980 words)

	Irish Mathematical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Society was set up with the aim of furthering mathematics and its applications, and mathematical research in Ireland.
		It is intended to inform members about the activities of the Society and to present items of general mathematical interest.
		An annual conference is organised which covers current research across the whole of mathematics as well as topics relating to mathematical educational.
	www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Societies/Irish.html (121 words)

	Edinburgh University Library: Resources By Subject: Mathematics
		The Edinburgh Mathematical Society's Library is also housed in the JCM Library.
		Members of EMS may consult or borrow books and journals from the Society's Library, and are also entitled to use the University Library as a whole.
		Edinburgh University Library provides access to a wide range of databases that may be used for finding information in mathematics and statistics.
	www.lib.ed.ac.uk /resbysub/math.shtml (632 words)

	College Mathematics Journal, The: From National to International Society: The London Mathematical Society 1867-1900 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The London Mathematical Society (LMS) began in 1865 as a student society at University College London, but its first three presidents were the professional mathematicians Augustus De Morgan, J. Sylvester, and Arthur Cayley.
		Unlike its Scottish counterpart the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, the LMS was not involved in mathematics education.
		(By contrast, the Royal Society of London did not elect a female Fellow until 1945.) Charlotte Scott emigrated to America 1885 to teach at Bryn Mawr, and later she became quite active in the American Mathematical Society.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3773/is_199903/ai_n8838633 (291 words)

	Mathematics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The University of Chicago Library mathematics collection is located primarily in Eckhart Library (Eckhart Hall 217).
		A "digital archive of the most important mathematical publications of the period 1868-1942 and a database based on the Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik".
		Mathematical tables for "practitioners in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences".
	www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/math (2011 words)

	Math, Puzzles, Games, Mazes, Illusions, Math Puzzles, Math games
		"The American Mathematical Society was founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship.
		The Society currently has approximately 30,000 members throughout the United States and around the world.
		It fulfills its mission through programs that promote mathematical research, increase the awareness of the value of mathematics to society, and foster excellence in mathematics education.
	www.g4g4.com /mathsocieties.htm (175 words)

	Physics in Australia to 1945 - CARSLAW, Horatio Scott
		Assistant lecturer in mathematics University of Glasgow 1896-1903.
		The use of Green's functions in the mathematical theory of the conduction of heat.
		Introduction to the theory of Fourier's series and integrals and the mathematical theory of the conduction of heat.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/physics/P000297p.htm (400 words)

	Civita-Levi, Tulio
		He was great in mathematics and his geometric skills where great and was able to apply his knowledge into a lot of 'applied mathematics problems'.
		In 1930 he was chosen as a member, of The London Mathematical Society, The Royal Society of Scotland and The Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
		Levi-Civita's work was of extreme importance in the theory of relativity, and he produced a series of papers treating elegantly the problem of a static gravitational field.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0114565/content.php?id=38 (240 words)

	Mathematics WWW Virtual Library [FSU Math]
		Association for Women in Mathematics non-profit organization dedicated toencouraging women in the mathematical sciences, founded in 1971.
		Mathematics of the African Diaspora biographies and histories ofcontemporary mathematicians of African descent, and a study of the historyof mathematics in Africa
		Mathematics Subject Classification Used to categorize items covered by the two reviewing databases, Mathematical Reviews (MR) and Zentralblatt MATH (Zbl).
	www.math.fsu.edu /Virtual/index.php?f=6 (870 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, held a conference from 20-26 July, to commemorate the centenary of Sir William Hodge, the originator of Hodge theory – ‘one of the landmarks in the history of mathematics in the 20th century’ according to Hermann Weyl.
		A joint meeting of the London Mathematical Society and Edinburgh Mathematical Society was held on the Tuesday of the conference.
		The whole thing was mostly hilarious rather than patronising, describing mathematics with awe as well as the usual bemusement; most people cried with laughter as it was played back to the participants.
	www.lms.ac.uk /newsletter/319/319_02.html (989 words)

	European Mathematical Society - Eua4xiacwiki
		The European Mathematical Society, in short EMS, is a European association dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe.
		The Society seeks to serve all kinds of mathematicians in universities, research institutes and other forms of higher education.
		The European Mathematical Society was founded in 1990 in Madralin near Warsaw Poland.
	alice.iac.rm.cnr.it:8080 /wiki/index.php/European_Mathematical_Society (300 words)

	Welcome to amsAllahabad.org - Official Website of Allahabad Mathematical Society
		The Allahabad Mathematical Society founded on the 25th of November, 1958 by Prof.
		The society was registered in 1962 under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.
		It is a non profit scientific organization for promoting the cause of advanced study and research in various branches of mathematics including theoretical physics and mathematical statistics.
	www.amsallahabad.org (236 words)

	Mathematics Web Site Recommendations by Doris Helfer
		Its goals are to "promote research into the history of mathematics and its use at all levels of mathematics education." Has a link to the Society's file of brief abstracts of papers published in books and journals since 1991.
		Founded in 1974, the society promotes research and teaching in the history and philosophy of mathematics -- home page has links to many sites related to the history of mathematics.
		Research for these pages is ongoing, and the uses cited should not be assumed to be the first uses that occurred unless it is stated that the term was introduced or coined by the mathematician named.
	library.csun.edu /dhelfer/mathweb.html (1475 words)

	Mathematics Research Guide
		Covers research literature from all areas of mathematics, both theoretical and applied, and also covers related areas such as computer science, engineering, physics and statistics.
		Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes - A list of mathematical mistakes made over and over by advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians, activists, and in general many non-math people.
		The Mathematical Atlas: a gateway to modern mathematics - A collection of short articles designed to provide an introduction to the areas of modern mathematics and pointers to further information
	osulibrary.oregonstate.edu /research/srg/math.htm (1061 words)

	Math on the Web: Societies, Associations and Organizations
		Danish Mathematical Society / Dansk Matematisk Forening (Lynby, Denmark)
		Estonian Mathematical Society [Eesti Matemaatika Selts] (Tartu, Estonia)
		Luxembourg Mathematical Society / Société Mathématique du Luxembourg [
	www.ams.org /mathweb/mi-sao.html (658 words)

	The Burn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The meeting is open to all Postgraduate Students in Mathematics at the Scottish Universities.
		The whole meeting is designed to allow you time to enjoy a range of talks in mathematics from pure to applied, and to socialize and exchange your experiences with other postgraduate students in mathematics across Scotland.
		The aim of the meeting is to provide an informal setting for students to meet others working in similar areas, and to present their work (short talks) to a friendly audience or to chair a set of talks.
	www.maths.gla.ac.uk /~mab/Burn.html (295 words)

	CV- Judith Grabiner
		"Mathematics," in P. Grendel, ed., Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, 6 vols., New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999, vol.
		"MacLaurin among the Molasses Barrels: Mathematics and Society in Eighteenth-Century Scotland," Joint Meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, and the British Society for the History of Mathematics, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 21, 1995
		"Mathematics and the Modern State: The Case of Colin Maclaurin," American Mathematical Solciety - Mathematical Association of America, Baltimore, Maryland, January 1998.
	www.pitzer.edu /academics/faculty/grabiner/cv_grabiner.html (719 words)

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