This article from the magazine _The Economist_ argues that the notion of mathematical proof is now in flux and that "the use of computers to prove mathematical theorems is forcing mathematicians to re-examine the foundations of their discipline." The author discusses the differences between proofs conducted by hand and those conducted by computers, using the classification of finite simple groups...

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences aims to "enhance mathematical activity in Canada by bringing together mathematicians from Canada and abroad, and by promoting contact and collaboration between professional mathematicians and the increasing numbers of users of mathematics." They support research in pure and applied mathematics, statistics and computer science, as well as...

The Freudenthal Institute is part of Utrecht University in the Netherlands and conducts research on math education. The goals are "to understand and improve the teaching of arithmetic and mathematics at all levels, but particularly in kindergarten, primary, secondary and vocational education." The Freudenthal Institute has developed a theoretical approach known as Realistic Mathematics Education,...

The International Erwin Schrodinger Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI) was founded in 1993 "with the aim of providing a meeting place for leading experts in Mathematical Physics and Mathematics in the international scientific community, nurturing the development and exchange of ideas not only in the international arena, but also in Austria through its affiliations with Austrian...

Statistics is a subject for all seasons and years, but 2013 is the International Year of Statistics, a designation supported by almost 1,850 organizations. The primary movers behind this noble activity include the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society, and the Royal Statistical Society. The goal of this initiative is to promote "the importance of statistics to the...

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian living in the first century when he and his comrades found themselves trapped in a cave. Surrounded by Roman centurions, this band chose suicide over capture, and they elected to form a circle and then start killing themselves. From this rather traumatic situation came the well-known Josephus Problem, a classic problem of recreational mathematics. This...

The Journal of Problem Solving is an open-access online journal that focuses on "empirical and theoretical papers on mental mechanisms involved in problem-solving." Currently in its eleventh volume and generally publishing one issue each year, this multidisciplinary journal publishes original research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, and operations...

Over the last decade standards-based teaching has become the single greatest push in education. The question for teachers often lies with wondering how and where to find resources that match the standards. The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center, funded by the National Science Foundation, seeks to do just that by offering to "inform and assist schools and districts as they select and implement...

Created and maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson of the University of St. Andrews, this site contains a cornucopia of materials related to the history of mathematics and well-known mathematicians through the ages. Users can start by clicking on the biography index and diving right into short biographies of noted mathematicians arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Moving...

This is a collection of papers that high school teacher Kenny Fleder and his brother Gary, a professor in the Physics Department of Smith College, wrote to explain various concepts in math and physics. Some of the mathematical concepts addressed here include: "Why is it when you multiply two negative numbers you get a positive number?," base eight calculations, an overview of trigonometry, and an...