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Initially a textbook publisher, the company added journal publishing in the 1970s, and encyclopedia publishing in the early 1980s. Serving mathematics, it published a series of Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics. The company was purchased by Taylor and Francis in 2003. At that time, it published 78 journals and 300 new books annually.
The first book on the systematic algebraic solutions of linear and quadratic equations by the Persian scholar Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī. The book is considered to be the foundation of modern algebra and Islamic mathematics. [10] The word "algebra" itself is derived from the al-Jabr in the title of the book. [11]
SIAM publishes roughly 20 books each year, [21] including textbooks, conference proceedings and monographs. Many of these are issued in themed series, such as "Advances in design and control", "Financial mathematics" and "Monographs on discrete mathematics and applications".
The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals , the IMU Abacus Medal (known before 2022 as the Nevanlinna Prize), the Gauss Prize , and the Chern Medal are awarded during the ...
Presented since 1976, the awards annually recognize distinguished professional and scholarly books, reference works, journals, and electronic content. The awards are judged by peer publishers, academics, librarians, and medical professionals. Publishers and authors are honored at a luncheon ceremony at the PSP Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
It seeks to bring international strengths into the United States, translating non-English math textbooks for English students and sponsoring international conferences on the subject of math education. Launched in 1983 with the aid of a six-year grant from Amoco, [1] the UCSMP is used throughout the United States.
Harold R. Jacobs (born 1939), who authored three mathematics books, both taught the subject and taught those who teach it. [1] Since retiring he has continued writing articles, and as of 2012 had lectured "at more than 200" math conferences. His books have been used by some homeschoolers [2] and has inspired followup works.
Mathematical Sciences Publishers is a nonprofit publishing company run by and for mathematicians. [1] It publishes several journals and the book series Geometry & Topology Monographs . It is run from a central office in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.