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Meetings
The MAA sponsors the annual summer MathFest and cosponsors with the American Mathematical Society the Joint Mathematics Meeting, held in early January of each year. On occasion the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics joins in these meetings. Twenty-nine regional sections also hold regular meetings.Publications
The association publishes multiple journals in partnership with Taylor & Francis:WEB, Newsroom {{!, Taylor & Francis| access-date = 2018-01-10| url =weblink| archive-url =weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180110114714weblink">weblink| archive-date = 2018-01-10| url-status = dead}}- The American Mathematical Monthly is expository, aimed at a broad audience from undergraduate students to research mathematicians.
- Mathematics Magazine is expository, aimed at teachers of undergraduate mathematics, especially at the junior-senior level.
- The College Mathematics Journal is expository, aimed at teachers of undergraduate mathematics, especially at the freshman-sophomore level.
- Math Horizons is expository, aimed at undergraduate students.
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The MAA publishes several book series, aimed at a broad audience, but primarily for undergraduates majoring in mathematics. The series are: Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Carus Mathematical Monographs, Classroom Resource Materials, Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, MAA Notes, MAA Textbooks, Problem Books, and Spectrum.WEB,weblink Book Series | Mathematical Association of America, , Lang
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Competitions
The MAA sponsors numerous competitions for students, including the William Lowell Putnam Competition for undergraduate students, the online competition series, and the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) for middle- and high-school students. This series of competitions is as follows:- AMC 8: 25 multiple choice questions in 40 minutes
- AMC 10/AMC 12: 25 multiple choice questions in 75 minutes
- AIME: 15 short answer questions in a 3-hour period
- USAMO/USAJMO: 6 questions, 2 days, 9 hours, proof-based olympiad
Sections
The MAA is composed of the following twenty-nine regional sections:Allegheny Mountain, EPADEL, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Intermountain, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana/Mississippi, MD-DC-VA, Metro New York, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska â SE SD, New Jersey, North Central, Northeastern, Northern CA â NV-HI, Ohio, Oklahoma-Arkansas, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Seaway, Southeastern, Southern CA â NV, Southwestern, Texas, WisconsinSpecial Interest Groups
There are seventeen Special Interest Groups of the Mathematical Association of America (SIGMAAs). These SIGMAAs were established to advance the MAA mission by supporting groups with a common mathematical interest, and facilitating interaction between such groups and the greater mathematics community.Special Interest Groups of the MAA Mathematical Association of 654153{{div col|colwidth=30em}}- Mathematics and the Arts
- Business, Industry, Government
- Mathematical and Computational Biology
- Environmental Mathematics
- History of Mathematics
- Inquiry-Based Learning
- Math Circles for Students and Teachers
- Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
- Philosophy of Mathematics
- Quantitative Literacy
- Recreational MathematicsThree New Sigmaas Formed by Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, MAA
- Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
- Mathematics and Sports
- Statistics Education
- Teaching Advanced High School Mathematics
- Undergraduate Research
- Mathematics Instruction Using the WEB
Awards and prizes
The MAA distributes many prizes, including the Chauvenet PrizeWEB,weblink The Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, and the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award,WEB,weblink The Mathematical Association of America's Carl B. Allendoerfer Award, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, Trevor Evans Award,WEB,weblink The Mathematical Association of America's Trevor Evans Awards, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, Lester R. Ford Award, George Pólya Award,WEB,weblink The Mathematical Association of America's George Pólya Award, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, Merten M. Hasse Prize,WEB,weblink The Mathematical Association of America's Merten M. Hasse Prize, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, Henry L. Alder Award,WEB,weblink Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member, The Mathematical Association of America, 8 March 2010, Euler Book Prize awards, the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics, and Beckenbach Book Prize.Memberships
The MAA is one of four partners in the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM), and participates in the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS), an umbrella organization of sixteen professional societies.Historical accounts
A detailed history of the first fifty years of the MAA appears in {{harvtxt|May|1972}}. A report on activities prior to World War II appears in {{harvtxt|Bennett|1967}}. Further details of its history can be found in {{harvtxt|Case|1996}}. In addition numerous regional sections of the MAA have published accounts of their local history.The MAA was established in 1915. But the roots of the Association can be traced to the 1894 founding of the American Mathematical Monthly by Benjamin Finkel, who wrote "Most of our existing journals deal almost exclusively with subjects beyond the reach of the average student or teacher of mathematics or at least with subjects with which they are familiar, and little, if any, space, is devoted to the solution of problemsâ¦No pains will be spared on the part of the Editors to make this the most interesting and most popular journal published in America."The MAA records are preserved as part of the Archives of American Mathematics.Inclusivity
The MAA has for a long time followed a strict policy of inclusivity and non-discrimination.In previous periods it was subject to the same problems of discrimination that were widespread across the United States. One notorious incident at a south-eastern sectional meeting in Nashville in 1951 has been documented{{harvnb|Lorch|1994}} by the American mathematician and equal rights activist Lee Lorch, who in 2007received the most prestigious award given by the MAA (the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics).{{harvnb|Hamilton|2007}}{{harvnb|Jackson|2007}} The citation delivered at the 2007 MAA awards presentation, where Lorch received a standing ovation, recorded that:
"Lee Lorch, the chair of the mathematics department at Fisk University, and three Black colleagues, Evelyn Boyd (now Granville), Walter Brown, and H. M. Holloway came to the meeting and were able to attend the scientific sessions. However, the organizer for the closing banquet refused to honor the reservations of these four mathematicians. (Letters in Science, August 10, 1951, pp. 161â162 spell out the details). Lorch and his colleagues wrote to the governing bodies of the AMS and MAA seeking bylaws against discrimination. Bylaws were not changed, but non-discriminatory policies were established and have been strictly observed since then."
The Association's first woman president was Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (1979â1980).Moskol, Ann. 1987. "Dorothy Lewis Bernstein" Women of Mathematics. eds. Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell. Greenwood Press.Presidents
The presidents of the MAA:WEB, MAA Officers,weblink Mathematical Association of America, 30 September 2018, {{div col|colwidth=28em}}- 1916 Earle R Hedrick
- 1917 Florian Cajori
- 1918 Edward V Huntington
- 1919 Herbert Ellsworth Slaught
- 1920 David Eugene Smith
- 1921 George A Miller
- 1922 Raymond C Archibald
- 1923 Robert D Carmichael
- 1924 Henry L Rietz
- 1925 Julian L Coolidge
- 1926 Dunham Jackson
- 1927â1928 Walter B Ford
- 1929â1930 John W Young
- 1931â1932 Eric T Bell
- 1933â1934 Arnold Dresden
- 1935â1936 David R Curtiss
- 1937â1938 Aubrey J Kempner
- 1939â1940 Walter B Carver
- 1941â1942 Raymond Woodard Brink
- 1943â1944 William D CairnsWEB, W. D. Cairns 1871-1955, Mathematical Association of America,weblink
- 1945â1946 Cyrus C MacDuffee
- 1947â1948 Lester R Ford
- 1949â1950 Rudolph E Langer
- 1951â1952 Saunders Mac Lane
- 1953â1954 Edward J McShane
- 1955â1956 William L Duren, Jr
- 1957â1958 G Baley Price
- 1959â1960 Carl B Allendoerfer
- 1961â1962 Albert W Tucker
- 1963â1964 R H Bing
- 1965â1966 Raymond L Wilder
- 1967â1968 Edwin E Moise
- 1969â1970 Gail S Young
- 1971â1972 Victor Klee
- 1973â1974 Ralph P Boas
- 1975â1976 Henry O Pollak
- 1977â1978 Henry L Alder
- 1979â1980 Dorothy L Bernstein
- 1981â1982 Richard D Anderson
- 1983â1984 Ivan Niven
- 1985â1986 Lynn A Steen
- 1987â1988 Leonard Gillman
- 1989â1990 Lida K Barrett
- 1991â1992 Deborah Tepper Haimo
- 1993â1994 Donald L Kreider
- 1995â1996 Kenneth A Ross
- 1997â1998 Gerald L Alexanderson
- 1999â2000 Thomas F Banchoff
- 2001â2002 Ann E. Watkins
- 2003â2004 Ronald L Graham
- 2005â2006 Carl C Cowen
- 2007â2008 Joseph A Gallian
- 2009â2010 David M Bressoud
- 2011â2012 Paul M Zorn
- 2013â2014 Bob Devaney
- 2015â2016 Francis E. Su
- 2017â2018 Deanna Haunsperger
- 2019â2020 Michael Dorff
- 2021-2022 Jennifer Quinn
- 2022-Present Hortensia Soto
See also
- American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
- American Mathematical Society
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Notes
{{reflist}}References
- JOURNAL, Brief History of the Mathematical Association of America Before World War II, Albert A., Bennett,
- WEB, The Painful Path Toward Inclusivity, Lee, Lorch, Lee Lorch, 1994,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080906170043weblink">weblink September 6, 2008, , talk by Lee Lorch at AMS Special Session, Cincinnati, January 1994. Reprinted in {{harvtxt|Case|1996}}.
- BOOK, The Mathematical Association of America: its first fifty years, Kenneth Ownsworth, May, Mathematical Association of America, 1972,weblink
- BOOK, A century of mathematical meetings: Published in connection with the 100th annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society, held in Cincinnati, Jan. 1994, Bettye Anne, Case, Bettye Anne Case, American Mathematical Society, 1996, 978-0821804650,
- JOURNAL, Allyn, Jackson, Notices of the American Mathematical Society,weblink MAA Prizes Presented in New Orleans, 54, 2007, 641â642,
- JOURNAL, Richard, Hamilton,weblink MAA Prizes and Awards at the 2007 Joint Mathematics Meetings, MAA Online, 2007, (includes citation for Lee Lorch)
External links
{{Commons category|Mathematical Association of America}}- MAA official website
- A Guide to the Mathematical Association of America Records, 1916âpresent: Homepage
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070714162958weblink">Mathematical Sciences Digital Library (MathDL)
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070713083148weblink">Convergence, the MAA's Math History and Math Education Magazine (part of MathDL)
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