Undergraduate Resources:

Math Links for Information and Fun


      Math Multi-Information Centers
   All Colleges and Universities (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
   Student Center at the Math Forum (Drexel University)
   Platonic Realms Home Page (Mathematics Academy Online)
   Math Archives (University of Tennessee)
   Goedel, Escher, Bach (University of Michigan)
   Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics (Wolfram)
   Ivar Peterson's Math Treks Archives (MAA)
   Yahoo! Mathematics
   An Atlas of All the Areas of Mathematics
   Math Spans All Dimensions (Brown University)
   + Plus Magazine (Millennium Mathematics Project, Cambridge University, UK)
   National Curve Bank (California State University, Los Angeles)
   Math Fun Facts (Harvey Mudd College)

    Math Humor

  Humorous Math Poems and Limericks from JHHS
  Profession Jokes - Mathematicians
  Simon Singh Math Jokes and Cartoons
  Komplexify: Math Humor (South Dakota School of Mines)

lehrer1   Math Songs

  Tom Lehrer at the National Curve Bank
  Tom Lehrer's Mathematical Songs
  Mathemusician Larry Lesser (University of Texas El Paso)
  The Klein Four Group (Northwestern University)
  The MASSIVE Math and Science Songs Database  
  Math Songs - A Collection  (Irvine Valley College)
  The Song of Pi
  The Square Root of Three - Harold & Kumar (YouTube)


good will hunting   Math at the Movies and on Stage

    The Math in the Movies Page
    "Proof" by David Auburn - a 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Broadway Play
    "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard, a Broadway and London Stage Play
    "Fermat's Last Tango," an Off Broadway Emmy Award Winner Musical Comedy
    "A Disappearing Number," a 2007-2008 three times Best Play Award winner
 

Math and Poetry

    Mathematical Poetry - A small Anthology (Kate Stange)
    Poetry and Mathematics (JoAnne Growney)
    Fermat's Last Theorem Poetry Challenge (University of Illinois at Chicago)
    Mathematical Poetry - The Blog Spot (Kaz Maslanka)
    Beauty - a Poem by Eve Andersson
    Love and Tensor Algebra - by Stanislaw Lem
    Strange  Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics - Glaz & Growney (A K Peters Ltd.)
    xkcd - a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language (Randall Munroe)
   100,000,000,000,000,000 Poems by Raymond Queneaux (WRT)

  Math in Fiction

      Mathematical Fiction Home Page (College of Charleston)
      Mathematics and Science Fiction (Dartmouth College)
      Great Books Online
      Math Metaphors, a Literary Challenge 
 

wallpaper    Interactive and Entertaining Geometry

       Geometry Center (Science U)
       Geometry Center (University of Minnesota)
       Famous Curves Index (University of St. Andrews)
       Julia and Mandelbrot Set Explorer (Clark University)
       Dimensions - a Walk Through Mathematics
       Geometry From the Land of the Incas


fractal  Math and Art

     M.C. Escher
     The World of Escher
     Totally Tessellated: Escher and Beyond

     Sprott's Fractal Gallery (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
     The Infinite Fractal Loop

     Mathematical Art, Graphics, Chaos, and Fractals (Bruno Kevius)
     Origami Math (Western New England College)
     Symbolic Sculpture (University of Wales, Bangor)
     Math Posters in the London Underground
     Mathematics in Art and Architecture (University of Singapore)
     Mike Fields Art Gallery (University of Houston)
     The KnotPlot (University of British Columbia)
     Bernar Venet's Mathematical Art  
     Babel by Simon Biggs

     Kaleidoscope Painter
     Kaleidoscope Applet (Clark University)

   Math and Music

      The Sound of Mathematics
      Math & Music
      The Music of Numbers
      The Mathematics of Mozart's Music 
      Harmony and Proportion  


  History of Math

   The Mac-Tutor History of Math Archives (University of St. Andrews)
   Biographies of Women in Mathematics (Agnes Scott College)
   Vintage Calculators Gallery
   History of  Math Symbols and Math Terms
   The Mathematics Genealogy Project (North Dakota State University)
   Math Quotes  (Furman University)
   SANGAKU, Japanese Ancient Temple Geometry
 

 puzzle     Math Puzzles and Games  

    The Puzzling World of Barry R. Clarke
    Cut-The-Knot Interactive Puzzles
    Mathematical Games (University of California, San Diego)
    Spike's Game Zone: Interactive Games
    Lee Stemkoski's Mathematrix (Adelphi University)
   

pi    Weird and Wonderful Numbers

     Eve Andersson's Pi Land
     The Joy of Pi Internet Links
     Amicable Numbers (Mathematical Association of America)
     Pascal Triangle
     Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section (Surrey University)
     Favorite Constants Site
     Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (AT&T)
     Inverse Symbolic Calculator (Simon Fraser University)
     Prime Numbers: Related Curiosities (Matthew Watkins)


 image    100%  Proof

       What is a Proof? (MathWorld)
       Euclid's  Elements  (Clark University)
       Pythagorean Theorem and Its Many Proofs
       Godel's Incompleteness Theorem (North Carolina State University)
       The Four Color Theorem (MAA)


  fermat    Famous Math Problems

    Simon Singh - Fermat's Last Theorem
    Fermat's Last Theorem: Nova Online - The Proof
    The  Poincaré Conjecture Proved - Science Magazine
    The Poincaré Conjecture: Manifold Destiny - The New Yorker
    Millennium Prize Problems (Clay Mathematics Institute)
    Hilbert's Famous Problems
    Famous Problems of Ancient History

Other Math Applications

    Math Modeling in the Environment (University of Connecticut)
    Cryptography: Nova Online - Decoding Nazi Secrets
    Bio Math: Sex and Violence Simulator etc. (Brandeis University)
    Statistics: Gallery of Data Visualization (York University)
    The Mathematics of Weather
    Chaos: Stock Markets, Astronomy and Waterwheels
 

  Math Summer Programs

    Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Page (NSF: National Science Foundation)
    Ratings for REUs and a List of Other Summer Programs (Harvard University)
    More Summer Programs and REU Ratings (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
   
Careers in Math

  Careers in Mathematics by AMS
                           (AMS: American Mathematical Society)
  Careers in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences  by SIAM
                           (SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
  Careers in Mathematics by AWM
                            (AWM: Association for Women in Mathematics)
  Careers in Mathematics by MAA
                            (MAA: Mathematical Association of America)
  Choose a Career in Mathematics by BLS
                            (BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics)
 

 This page is maintained by Sarah Glaz               Math Department Home Page
 Last modified Spring 2009