This textbook presents a course in elementary mathematics adapted to the needs of students in the freshman year of an ordinary college or technical school course, and of students in the first year of a junior college. The material of the text includes the essential and vital features of the work commonly covered in the past in separate courses in…

This textbook is designed primarily to follow the third book of the author's series of textbooks of secondary mathematics. Therefore, it presupposes the essentials of high-school algebra, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry. It aims to combine the work which is commonly covered in separate courses in college algebra and in analytical…

Recorded are some biographical data about the late professor Freudenthal along with some indications about his mathematical work. In an appendix, a tiny part of his mathematical work which can be explained in a fairly direct manner is discussed. (Author)

This article first appeared in the American Mathematical Monthly in January 1929. In addition to some general concerns, six reasons for lethargic student attitudes are discussed. Stressed is the need to keep mathematics instruction in the hands of teachers prepared to teach mathematics. (MNS)

Historical problems are presented which can readily be solved by students once some elementary probability concepts are developed. The Duke of Tuscany's Problem; the problem of points; and the question of proportions, divination, and Bertrand's Paradox are included. (MNS)

Background information about the first mathematics examinations given at Harvard in the academic year 1854-55 is given. The two instructors, Pierce and Eliot, responsible for the innovation are discussed. (MK)

American Black women holding doctoral degrees in mathematics are profiled and considered role models for those who follow. (MP)

The dates of birth and dealth of famous mathematicians and their major contributions to mathematics are described. Over 120 mathematicians are included. Six references are listed. (YP)

The mathematics curriculum in the first 2 years of college is a tool created to assist in solving problems. The current mathematics curriculum has changed little; the same topics, tied to the engineering and science curriculum, are taught as they were being taught in 1945. The problems that students need to solve have changed however. Both the…

The use of graph paper is traced from its origins in research reports in the early 19th century to massive use in the early 1900s. Reflected in this report is the impact of "squared paper" on instructional practices and courses in technical, scientific, and mathematical areas. (MP)

The history of education is made up in part of accounts of various subjects which have developed into courses of study. Mathematics of some kind has always been included in such courses. In the American colonies, arithmetic was an important subject for practical reasons. It was needed for trade and commerce. Sailing vessels plying between Europe…

This document offers a list of mathematical periodicals which has been prepared for the use of research students in mathematics in the universities of the United States. The selection has been made after consultation with a number of professors in those universities that have most to do with directing research work in mathematics in this country,…

This monograph describes the establishment, activities, and accomplishments of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC), from its foundation in 1974 to 1994. Section I reviews the history of AMATYC, describing the organization's foundation to provide a voice for two-year college mathematics educators and its first annual…

Some appearances of pi in a wide variety of problems are presented. Sections focus on some history, the first analytical expressions for pi, Euler's summation formula, Euler and Bernoulli, approximations to pi, two and three series for the arctangent, more analytical expressions for pi, and arctangent formulas for calculating pi. (MNS)

Described is an outline for a school mathematics project dealing with the theory of equations, specifically solutions to polynomials of the third and of the fourth degree. Cardano's method for solution of cubic equations and Ferrari's method for solution of quartic equations are included with examples. (JJK)