Category Site of the month

+Plus Magazine

November’s Site of the Month is +Plus. +Plus is an internet magazine from Cambridge University that is now connected to the Millenium Mathematics Project which “aims to help people of all ages and abilities share in the excitement of mathematics…

Applications of Mathematics

October’s Site of the Month is Applications of Mathematics. This is part of the Mathigon website, directed at resources for schools. However the Applications of Mathematics section has links to several references for each application where the reader can access…

mathoverflow

August Site of the Month is about applications of advanced mathematics: mathoverflow The site is a thread of MathOverflow, a site for professional mathematicians. This thread, however, simply collects all the applications of different areas of research mathematics. Scroll down…

MathWorld

The Site of the Month for July is MathWorld from Wolfram. An encyclopedic collection of mathematical items, searchable by topic or alphabetical index. It is “a free resource from Wolfram Research built with Mathematica” and was created (and continues to…

Mathematical Impressions

June’s Site of the Month is: Mathematical Impressions A series of video presentations of mathematical phenomena, and discussion of their properties. These videos by geometer George Hart are part of the Simons Foundation scientific outreach. George Hart’s work can be…

TEDEd Lessons Worth Sharing

April’s Site of the Month is: TEDEd Lessons Worth Sharing TEDEd Lessons are short (~4mins) video clips, and the ones on mathematics include several riddles, plus unusual uses of mathematics. There are also some conventional clips such as “The Secrets…

CultureMATH

March’s Site of the Month is: CultureMATH CultureMATH is a French language website dedicated to secondary mathematics teacher education. Published articles present mathematical ideas at several levels. The topics are often related to the curriculum, to present them more deeply.…

Mathematical Etudes

February’s Site of the Month: Mathematical Etudes This is a Russian site, but has an English and a French version, use “en” or “fr” at the end of the URL. The site contains several 3D animated films that illustrate theorems…

The Largest Known Primes

January’s Site of the Month: The Largest Known Primes – A Summary In January a new largest prime was found – with over 22 million digits. Cooper, Woltman, Kurowski and Blosser used GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) which is…