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1. Women in mathematics There are many women known for their contributions to mathematics. The woman in mathematics that I chose was Suzan Rosa Benedict. Suzan was born in Norwalk, Ohio in 1873. She received her B.A. degree in 1895 from Smith College with a major in chemistry and a minor in mathematics, German, and physics. Suzan taught high school mathematics in Norwalk from 1895 to 1905 while also working as a real estate agent. She then entered Columbia University, receiving her master's degree in the history of mathematics in 1906. In the same year she started teaching mathematics at Smith College and where she remained for the rest of her professional career. Suzan continued her graduate studies while teaching, and in 1914 she became the first woman to receive a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan. At Smith College Suzan continued her research in the history of mathematics, publishing papers in the Mathematics Teacher the American Mathematical Monthly. Through her efforts the Smith College library developed a large collection of rare books on the history of mathematics. She was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1921. Benedict was also a charter member of the Mathematical Association of America, founded in 1915. Benedict retired from Smith in February, 1942.She died from a heart attack two months later. Her friendliness was not confined to the College. To her an acquaintance was a friend and people of all sorts and conditions in the town felt that they knew her and will miss her. By : Christina Math articles
2. Math Articles Biographical sketch of a great mathematician Annie Dale Biddle was born in Hanford, California in 1885. She was the youngest child of Samuel E. Biddle and A. A. Biddle. Annie received her B.A degree from the University of California in 1908.In 1911 she became the first women to receive a PhD in mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. Annie was an instructor in mathematics at the University of Washington in 1911-1912. On October 7, 1912 she married Wilhelm Samuel Andrews. They had a daughter, born in 1913, and a son, born in 1919. Annie Andrews was an instructor in mathematics at the University of California during various years between 1915 and 1932. During 1922-23 she taught Mathematical Theory of Investment, Plane Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus, Solid Analytic Geometry, Integral Calculus, and Infinite Series, College Algebra, and Introduction to Projective Geometry. She was dismissed from her teaching position when the mathematics department was reorganized in 1993. Also in March, 1933, she presented a research paper on "The space quartic of the second kind by synthetic methods" at a meeting of the American Mathematical Society in Palo Alto. The abstract for the talk was published in the AMS Bulletin. After a two year illness, Andrews died on April 14, 1940, survived by her husband and two children. During the last four years of her life she took an active interest in public affairs and charitable work in addition to her mathematical research. By: Christina Rockwell
3. Math Articles Carol Ruth Vander Velde was born in Forest Grove, Michigan, part of the Dutch farming community near Holland, Michigan. She attended school there and in Ohio where her family moved when she was 11. She graduated with distinction from Manchester College, Indiana, in 1948, and then earned a master's degree in mathematics from Michigan State University in 1950. Before entering the graduate program in mathematics at the University of Southern California in 1951, she spent time as a violist in a touring all-woman orchestra. During her first year at USC, Carol married Arthur Karp. During the next 8 years she pursued her graduate studies while following her thesis advisor, Leon Henkin, and her husband around the country and the world. She spent two years at the University of California at Berkeley and parts of the years 1957 and 1958 in Japan where her husband was stationed in the Navy. In 1958 she accepted a position at the University of Maryland. Karp finally received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California in 1959 with a dissertation on "Languages with expressions of infinite length" [Abstract]. Karp spent her entire career at the University of Maryland, reaching the rank of professor only 7 years after earning her Ph.D. She was a highly respected member of the international logic community and a leader in the developing theory of infinitely logic. Her book Languages with Expressions of Infinite Length was one of her most important contributions to this area. She was instrumental in the growth of the mathematical logic group in the mathematics department at Maryland and supervised four Ph.D. students in logic. She was a consulting editor of the Journal of Symbolic Logic and an active member of her department until her death from breast cancer at the age of 46. Lopez-Escobar, a colleague at the University of Maryland, writes [3]: Carol Karp died...after a brave battle against cancer which had lasted for three long years. To her, teaching had always been more than a duty, and even during her illness she taught all her classes in addition to carrying out her administrative tasks. Her research, too, was pushed forward with her usual determination, but unfortunately the planned new monograph on infinitely languages remained unfinished. Her early work was collected in her one published book, but she realized that it very much need to be brought up to date. Self-help article Begin preparing early Pay attention during class: 1 minute of day dreaming costs 2 minutes of study time. Do those annoying homework assignments: math is a building process and in order to understand the next step you need to understand the present and previous steps. Simulate test conditionsafter you have studied and think you know the material, practice it under test conditions. Solve unassigned homework problems in a test-like location (like the kitchen table using a cooking timer.) Know your professorStudy a copy of the exam of a previous class if available (it usually isn’t but it can’t hurt to ask) Talk with someone who’s taken that class before, preferably someone who DOESN’T FAIL! Form a study group of 3-4 dedicated studentsnot only will other students be able to help you with problems, but by helping others you will better learn the material. If you are unable teach another student a topic you believe you know, chances are you don't know that topic very well after all. If you can't teach it, you don't know it!
4. Math Articles Maria Gaetana Agnesi. A child prodigy, an Italian linguist and a math wizard, Maria was multi-dimensional talent. Born in a wealthy family in 1718, she was the 21st child of her parents. She had a command over half a dozen languages. She is a renowned personality in the field of mathematics. Her contributions are as follows: She wrote the first book introducing integral and differential calculus. She also wrote 'Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventu Italian'; a master piece regarded as the best extension to her work. She wrote a treaty, which was never published, but very well liked. She determined the equation of a peculiar curve, which came to be known as the 'Witch of Agnesi'. The name of this curve has a history. Versaria is the name given by Ghandi, meaning "turning in every direction". In the course of time the word Versaria took on another meaning. The Latin words adversaria, and by aphaeresis, versaria, signifies a female that is contrary to God. Thus gradually the curve versaria is understood in English as the Witch. Math and space: Weight on earth, and the weight varies as you travel. On different planets you change in weight, and the gravity factor is different. Planet.Approximate weight.
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6. Math Challenge Problems Helen has 3 inches of hair cut off each time she goes to the hair salon. If n equals the length of hair before she cuts it and c equals the length of hair after she cuts it, which equation would you use to find the length of Helen's hair after she visit the hair salon?a) n = 3 - c       c) c = n - 3b) c = 3 - n       d) n = c – 3 If Mary is 5 inches taller than john, and john is 3 inches shorter than Kate, and Kate is 6’0, how tall is Mary? Answer Mary is 6’2 and John is 5’9.
7. Math Puzzles Math puzzle: Ask.com/math puzzles for kids Answer key: 0+4=4 3+0=2+1 Answer Key: Across.Down. 12x6= y 6x3= y 2xy= 26