FYI

Judy Ann Brown (judyann@dimacs.rutgers.edu)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:38:38 -0400


FYI

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> From: Melissa June Dershewitz <dersh@forum.swarthmore.edu>
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 11:06:05 -0400
> To: math-history-list@maa.org
> Subject: Celebrate Math Awareness Week
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> THIS IS MATH AWARENESS WEEK! 20-26 April 1997
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> http://forum.swarthmore.edu/maw/
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> The 1997 theme of Math Awareness Week is MATHEMATICS AND THE
> INTERNET. Mathematics is the language of Internet operation,
> from the binary numbers that describe text and images to the
> complex data structures of search engines for the World Wide
> Web. Ideas from fields like number theory have led to such
> key Internet technologies as data encryption for secure
> financial transactions and data compression for audio and
> video. At the same time, the Internet has given birth to
> world-wide collaborations among mathematics teachers and
> researchers, collaborations that are advancing both
> kindergarten through undergraduate education and our
> understanding of some of the most difficult problems in pure
> and applied mathematics.
>
> Institutions across America and beyond are celebrating
> Math Awareness Week (MAW) right now! All this week,
> invited lecturers will speak, posters will receive awards,
> math call-in radio shows will be on the air, and students
> everywhere will gain a better appreciation of math.
>
> Read about a variety of MAW outreach activities on the Web:
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> http://forum.swarthmore.edu/maw/97/local/
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> Melissa Dershewitz
> Web Site Manager
> Math Awareness Week
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