Resources
Teaching Assistants
Mathematics and statistics teaching assistants are available Sundays through Thursdays from 7–9 p.m. during the semester. Mathematics teaching assistants are located in the Burton Forum. Statistics teaching assistants are located in Burton 301 or 302. After hours, entrance to Burton is available through the ramp to Sabin-Reed.
Tutoring, drop–in hours, one–on–one appointments and other resources are available for many mathematics and statistics classes at the Quantitative Learning Center in Neilson Library.
Online Mathematical and Statistical Resources
Helpful research resources available online, including virtual libraries, encyclopedias and research journal archives.
Mathematical Information
MathWorld a knowledge-based computing tool created by Wolfram
MathWorld a math encyclopedia sponsored by Wolfram
Mathematics on Wikipedia a general encyclopedia that anyone can write and edit
History of Mathematics at Saint–Andrews University (Scotland)
Virtual Library for Mathematics from Florida State University
Virtual Library for Statistics from the University of Florida
Accessing Books & Papers Online
Smith College JSTOR back–issues of journals
Smith College Library mathematics resources
MathSci abstracts and review of math papers
Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
Journal of Graph Algorithms and Applications
Math–Related Sites
Mathematics on the Web from AMS
Mathematical Moments from AMS
Math in the Media from AMS, containing short, entertaining articles on mathematics and their applications
Math Forum at Drexel University
Mathematical and Statistical Institutions
These institutions act as a gateway for more mathematical resources on the Web.
Five College Math departments: Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
European Mathematical Information Service supported by European Mathematical Society (EMS)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
The Mathematical Education of Teachers a report of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Mathematical and Statistical Software
Consult the AMS or the GAMS (Guide to Available Mathematical Software) for more resources.
Calculus Software
GRAPH, SLINKY and other plotting utilities for calculus, by Jim Henle
QuickBasic Programs for Calculus in Context
Statistics Software
Data analysis and statistical package tutorial
Data analysis tutorials using Minitab, R, S–Plus, SPSS, and Stata in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
General Mathematics Software
Mathematica and Matlab are available on all computers of the Science center and many other computers on campus. Mathematica is a symbolic manipulator (which can do computations with letters and symbols) and Matlab is an interface for numerical methods. However, there is a cross over: Mathematica has a large numerical capacities, and Matlab has a symbolic manipulation toolbox (presently not available on classroom computers) powered by Maple. Both software come with tutorials. We list some other resources available on the web. The Math department also has some copies of Maple on some of the computers, and of GNU Octave, a UNIX software similar to Matlab.
Simple Mathematica Tutorial (from Purdue)
A brief tutorial for using Geomview with Mathematica to create and manipulate "live" 3–D graphics.
Matlab summary and tutorial from the University of Florida
Matlab Book by its creator, Moler
GNU Octave is a high–level interactive language, similar to MatLab, for numerical computations. It is available on neal, evelyn, and emmy and has an online manual.
Number Theory Software: PARI–GP
MAGMA is a large, well-supported software package designed to solve computationally hard problems in algebra, number theory, geometry and combinatorics. It provides a mathematically rigorous environment for computing with algebraic, number-theoretic, combinatoric, and geometric objects.
PARI–GP is a package that does high–speed computations in number theory. We have version 2.1.4 installed on our Linux machines. To use GP on a machine other than evelyn, copy the file evelyn:/etc/gprc into your home directory as .gprc (note the "dot" at the start of the name of the copied file; the original does not have the "dot.")
Typesetting Software: Tex and Latex
Latex is the standard mathematics typesetting program.
TeXShop is a freeware package for Mac (OSX) users—a user–friendly interface to type Tex and LaTeX. The site also contains links to tutorials and other resources.
Local TeX and LaTeX information
Java Applets
Linear Transformation by Pau Atela
Biocomputing
Mathematics and Statistics Careers
One of the benefits of studying mathematics is the variety of career paths it provides. Here are some resources that provide more information and examples.
Careers in Mathematics (AMS)
Careers in Mathematics (MAA)
Careers in Mathematics (AWM)
Careers in Mathematics (Smith CDO)
Careers in Statistics (ASA)
Jobs in Statistics (UFL)
Mathematicians land top spot in new rankings of best occupations in the US (Wall Street Journal)
