Mathematics

IMRN now available online via UMass Libraries

2006-06-30T08:47:00.000-04:00

At long last, and by popular request, the UMass Libraries are pleased to announce that we now offer online access to the journal International Mathematics Research Notices. Our subscription includes online access to articles published from 1991 to the present, in PDF format.

You can get to the subscription by looking up IMRN in the library catalog and following the link to the online version--or, if you just can't wait, click here (if you're off campus, you'll need to log in with your NetID username & password).

Happy reading....

Which Springer Graduate Text in Mathematics are YOU?

2006-04-06T08:36:00.000-04:00

Mathematicians are known for their deep introspection. Here's a chance to find out more about your inner math self:

Which Springer GTM would you be?

The Springer GTM Test

If I were a Springer-Verlag Graduate Text in Mathematics, I would be Frank Warner's Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups.

I give a clear, detailed, and careful development of the basic facts on manifold theory and Lie Groups. I include differentiable manifolds, tensors and differentiable forms. Lie groups and homogenous spaces, integration on manifolds, and in addition provide a proof of the de Rham theorem via sheaf cohomology theory, and develop the local theory of elliptic operators culminating in a proof of the Hodge theorem. Those interested in any of the diverse areas of mathematics requiring the notion of a differentiable manifold will find me extremely useful.

Which Springer GTM would you be?

The Springer GTM Test

Happy Pi Day

2006-03-14T09:48:00.000-05:00

Today, 3/14, has been declared World Pi Day. More from the Independent.

"The mathematics of pi is often rather pretty," explained Ian Stewart, professor of mathematics at Warwick University.

"All numbers are interesting but some are more interesting than others and pi is the most interesting of the lot," Professor Stewart said.

Here's to pretty mathematics!

Best Sellers in Mathematics, June 2005-present

2006-03-12T13:07:00.000-05:00

The following list of math best sellers was compiled by YBP Library Services. Items owned by UMass Amherst Libraries have clickable titles that will bring you to the catalog record for the book. See a title you think we should own? Let me know! Happy reading.

Best Sellers in Mathematics, June 2005-present, as compiled by YBP Library Services

1. Equations: Icons of Knowledge
Bais, Sander
Harvard University Press
2005. ISBN 0674019679. $18.95

2. Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent
Martinez, Alberto A.
Princeton University Press
2006. ISBN 0691123098. $24.95

3. Tao of Statistics: A Path to Understanding (With No Math)
Keller, Dana K.
Sage Publications
2006. ISBN 1412924731. $49.95

4. Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
Livio, Mario
Simon & Schuster
2005. ISBN 0743258207. $26.95

5. Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, From Plato to String Theory and Beyond
Krauss, Lawrence
Viking
2005. ISBN 0670033952. $24.95

6. Evolutionary Game Theory, Natural Selection, and Darwinian Dynamics
Vincent, Thomas L.
Cambridge University Press
2005. ISBN 0521841704. $100.00

7. Change Is Possible: Stories of Women and Minorities in Mathematics
Kenschaft, Patricia Clark
American Mathematical Society
2005. ISBN 0821837486. $28.75

8. Spectra and Pseudospectra: The Behavior of Nonnormal Matrices and Operators
Trefethen, Lloyd
Princeton University Press
2005. ISBN 0691119465. $65.00

9. Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer
Leavitt, David
W.W. Norton
2006. ISBN 0393052362. $22.95

10. Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas
Burger, Edward B.
W.W. Norton
2005. ISBN 0393059456. $24.95

11. Meta Math!: The Quest for Omega
Chaitin, Gregory J.
Pantheon
2005. ISBN 0375423133. $26.00

12. Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless
Barrow, John D.
Pantheon
2005. ISBN 0375422277. $26.00

13. Fixing Frege
Burgess, John P.
Princeton University Press
2005. ISBN 0691122318. $39.95

14. Inference in Hidden Markov Models
Cappe, Olivier
Springer
2005. ISBN 0387402640. $89.95

15. Tracking Reason: Proof, Consequence, and Truth
Azzouni, Jody
Oxford University Press
2006. ISBN 019518713x. $49.95

16. Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics
Berlinski, David
Modern Library
2005. ISBN 067964234x. $21.95

17. Applied Choice Analysis: A Primer
Hensher, David A.
Cambridge University Press
2005. ISBN 0521844266. $120.00

18. Analyzing Complex Survey Data
Lee, Eun Sul
Sage Publications
2006. ISBN 0761930388. $16.95

19. Branching Processes: Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations
Haccou, Patsy
Cambridge University Press
2005. ISBN 0521832209. $95.00

20. Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
Cohen, Henri
Chapman & Hall/CRC
2006. ISBN 1584885181. $99.95

New e-journal @ UMass Libraries

2006-02-05T13:19:00.000-05:00

The full text of the following journal is newly available through the UMass library catalog. Enjoy!

Communications in partial differential equations (2001-)

Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics

2005-12-08T17:30:00.000-05:00

I just learned about this online, open-access math journal this evening:

Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics

JIPAM is a peer-reviewed international journal in the theory of mathematical inequalities and their applications. The journal's editorial board is comprised of 71 internationally recognized researchers - many of who are world leaders in the their field. The journal is reviewed by both major reviewing houses, Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt MATH, and it is also mirrored on the European Mathematical Information Service (EMIS).

A main aim of JIPAM is rapid dissemination of original results in mathematical inequalities. We guarantee that refereeing will take place in less than 100 working days and papers accepted will be published within two weeks of the author/s' final proofreading.
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JIPAM is an electronic publication of the School of Computer Science and Mathematics of Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne Australia.

Via George Porter, PAMNet.

New e-journal content @ UMass Libraries

2005-10-26T10:39:00.000-04:00

The following new e-journal content is now available through the UMass Libraries. Titles can be accessed through the catalog or through our e-journal locator.

Asian journal of mathematics: 2004-
Communications in mathematical sciences: 2003-
Homology, homotropy, and applications: 2003 (only). More to come.
Internet mathematics: 2003-
Journal of symplectic geometry: 2001-
Methods and applications of analysis: 2002-
Real analysis exchange: 2004/2005-
Review of modern logic: 1998-

International Statistical Review (1972-1999) now available online

2005-10-03T11:55:00.000-04:00

UMass users can now access the electronic full text of issues of the International Statistical Review from 1972-1999 via JSTOR.

The Integrated Sciences & Engineering Library also receives this title in paper--check the catalog for our holdings.

SIAM and Katrina

2005-09-09T09:01:00.000-04:00

The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has announced several services for math scholars (and libraries!) who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Full announcement here.