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Mathematics

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Since you're here, you either are someone wishing to share your knowledge of Mathematics, or you are someone who wishes to gain knowledge about Mathematics. If you are the first kind of person, have a look around, and see how you can contribute. If you are of the second kind, read on!

Mathematics has many facets. Though it has a wealth of applications, Mathematics is also a science, and an art, in its own right. Like other sciences, Mathematics is useful, but, just like other forms of art, Mathematics is beautiful, in its own unique way. You might not see this beauty at first, but the main goal of the Wikiversity School of Mathematics is to let you see this beauty, through inquiry and learning. To achieve this goal, we want to inspire you, since inspiration is essential to learning, discovery, and ultimately, seeing the beauty of Mathematics. A little bit of inspiration can put the beauty of Mathematics, and all its facets, before your eyes.

The School of Mathematics is a work in progress. We are trying to organize our material into a logical order, create new material, and revise existing material. Although we try to keep clarity in mind, if any of the material is confusing, you don't know where to start, or you have other questions, ''do not hesitate to pose your question at [[Topic:School of Mathematics Help Desk|our help desk]]''. There is no such thing as a "dumb question"; learning is driven by questions!

The School of Mathematics wishes you a very warm welcome. We hope that you will benefit from what we have to offer, and we hope that we will benefit from what you have to offer, either now or in the future.
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==Divisions and departments==
Divisions and Departments of the School exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix; departments reside in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|Topic: namespace]]. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. Divisions can link subdivisions or to departments. For more information on schools, divisions and departments look at the [[Wikiversity:Naming_conventions|Naming Conventions]].

To add additional Divisions or Departments within the School of Mathematics, edit the list of "Topic:" namespaces on the [[Template:MathDeps|MathDeps Template]].

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==Active participants==
[[Image:Lorenz_attractor.svg|right|300px|thumb|The Lorenz attractor is a chaotic map, noted for its butterfly shape. The map shows how the state of a dynamical system evolves over time in a complex, non-repeating pattern. The attractor itself, and the equations from which it is derived, were introduced by Edward Lorenz in 1963, who derived it from the simplified equations of convection rolls arising in the equations of the atmosphere.]]
The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who are the active participants (listed below). If you are an active participant in this school, you can list your name here (this can help small schools grow and the participants communicate better; for large schools it is not needed).

*[[User:Tastymangojuice|Tastymangojuice]] (Computer Science)
*[[User:ehremo|ehremo]]
*[[User:Deltinu|Deltinu]]
*[[User:EulerGamma|EulerGamma]]
*[[User:Ravi12346|Ravi12346]]
*[[User:lgallindo|Lucas Gallindo]]
*[[User:Pgbridge2000|Pgbridge2000]] (Cryptography)
*[[User:Tachyon01|Tachyon01]] (Pure Mathematics)
*[[User:fidocancan|fidocancan]] (pre-uni teacher)
*[[User:Mo Anabre|Mo Anabre]]
*[[User:master.signal|sutton]]
*[[User:Drini|Drini]]
*[[User:Ananth nag|Ananth nag m]]
*[[User:TeapotScar|TeapotScar]] (Calculus, Number Theory, Topology)
*[[User:pbran7|pbran7]]
*[[User:Juan Marquez|Juan]] (Topology, Algebra, Geometry and Analysis)
*[[User:King Bee|King Bee]] (graduate student in pure mathematics)
*[[User:Verin Sedai|Verin Sedai]] (Algebra, Combinatorics, basic number theory)
*[[User:haresh kumar|haresh kumar]](analytic geometry,calculus)
*[[User:A.K.Karthikeyan|A.K.Karthikeyan]](True knowledge lies in knowing you know nothing)
*[[User:Tlep|Tlep]] (Algebra)
*[[User:Bigyan Shrestha|Bigyan Shrestha]] (Mathematical Statistics)
*[[User:Rogerh|Rogerh]]
*[[user:sarinmadhur|Madhur Sarin]] (Number system,Geometry,Calculas)
*[[User:AFriedman|AFriedman]] (Computer Science, Biology)

==School news==
* '''August 20, 2006''' - School founded!
* '''August 21, 2006''' - Added various departments

==Pre-university courses==
*[[b:Applied_Math_Basics|Basic Mathematics:1st Stage]] (numbers, arithmetic, fractions, decimals)
*[[School:Mathematics/Primary School Mathematics|Primary School Mathematics:2nd Stage]] (numbers, arithmetic, pre-algebra)
*[[Topic:High School Mathematics|High School Mathematics:3rd Stage]] (algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus)
*[[Nonkilling Mathematics]]

==Undergraduate-level study==
===Study guides===
Not sure where to start? Consult the following guides to help you make a study plan and determine which prerequisites you might be missing.
*[[School:Mathematics/Course guide|Course guide]]
*[[School:Mathematics/Facultative courses|Facultative courses]]

===Course categories===
*[[School:Mathematics/Undergraduate/Applied Mathematics|Applied Mathematics]] (mathematical methods, mathematical physics)
*[[School:Mathematics/Undergraduate/Pure Mathematics|Pure Mathematics]] (foundations, algebra, analysis, calculus, discrete math)
*[[School:Mathematics/Undergraduate/Probability and Statistics|Probability and Statistics]]
*[[Math contest preparation|Math contest preparation]]
*[[School_of_Mathematics:Course_Catalog|All Courses (Course Catalog)]]
*[[Nonkilling Mathematics]]

==Ask a question==
Have a question about mathematics? Ask it at [[Topic:School of Mathematics Help Desk|our help desk]]!

== Resources ==
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*[[Wikibooks:Mathematics bookshelf|Mathematics bookshelf]] for online mathematics textbooks.
*[http://www.math.gatech.edu/~cain/textbooks/onlinebooks.html A large list of cost-free online mathematics textbooks]
*[[School of Mathematics:Software|Mathematics Software]]

=== Videos courses ===

* [http://www.chycho.com/?q=math_Table_Contents Chycho], has video's on Youtube organized by subject.
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/MathTV MathTV's Youtube channel] with all of their videos.
* [http://www.mathtv.com/ MathTV's] website with the material organized by subject, but they say they may start charging, but the videos will still be accessible on Youtube.

=== Wikibooks ===
* [[b:Mathematics|Browse Textbooks]]
* [[b:Beginning Mathematics|Beginning Mathematics]]
* [[b:High School Mathematics Extensions|High School Mathematics Extensions]]
* [[b:Geometry|Geometry]]
* [[b:Algebra|Algebra]]
* [[b:Trigonometry|Trigonometry]]
* [[b:Calculus|Calculus]]
* [[b:Applied Math Basics|Applied Math Basics]]
* [[b:Differential Equations|Differential Equations]]
* [[b:Applied Mathematics|Applied Mathematics]]
* [[b:Cryptography|Cryptography]]
* [[b:Discrete mathematics|Discrete mathematics]]
* [[b:Complex Analysis|Complex Analysis]]
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===Wikipedia===
* [[w:Calculus|Calculus]]
====Algebra====
* [[w:Mapping_cylinder|Mapping cylinder]]
====Math tools====
* [[w:R_programming_language|R programming language]]
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== International relations ==
*[[:it:Wikiversità]] - [[:it:Wikiversità:Facoltà di Matematica|Facoltà di Matematica]]
*[http://pt.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversidade:_Ci%C3%AAncias_Exatas_e_Ci%C3%AAncias_da_Terra#Curso_de_Matem.C3.A1tica| Wikiversidade - Ciências Exatas e da Terra]

== External links ==
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave]
* [http://mum.edu/math_dept/courses.html An interesting perspective on mathematics.]
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=91526 FreeMat] - An open source Matlab clone
* [http://www.sagemath.org Sage] - a math program
* [http://www.matematikcafe.com/ Matematik]
* [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/31392/title/Still_debating_with_Plato 'are new mathematical truths discovered or invented?']
* [http://www.matematikcafe.net/ Matematik]

===Related news===
* March 2008 ''[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/icl-1yo030308.php 140-year-old math problem solved by researcher]
* April 2007 [http://www.physlink.com/News/070327AnotherDimensionE8.cfm E8 mapped...]

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[[pt:Portal:Matemática e Estatística]]

Top 100 Global Universities

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The '''Top 100 Global Universities''' is a ranking of the best College and University programs in the world as indicated by a survey conducted by [[Newsweek]]. The schools were evaluated on some of the measures used in well-known rankings published by [[Shanghai Jiaotong University]] and the [[Times of London]] Higher Education Survey. Fifty percent of the score came from equal parts of three measures used by Shanghai Jiatong: the number of highly-cited researchers in various academic fields, the number of articles published in Nature and Science, and the number of articles listed in the ISI Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities indices. Another 40 percent of the score came from equal parts of four measures used by the Times: the percentage of international faculty, the percentage of international students, citations per faculty member (using ISI data), and the ratio of faculty to students. The final 10 percent came from library holdings (number of volumes).

==Top 100 Global Universities 2007 ==

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|1. [[Harvard University]]
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|2. [[Stanford University]]
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|3. [[Yale University]]
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|4. [[California Institute of Technology]]
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|5. [[University of California at Berkeley]]
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|6. [[University of Cambridge]]
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|7. [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
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|8. [[Oxford University]]
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|9. [[University of California at San Francisco]]
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|10. [[Columbia University]]
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|11. [[University of Michigan at Ann Arbor]]
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|12. [[University of California at Los Angeles]]
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|13. [[University of Pennsylvania]]
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|14. [[Duke University]]
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|15. [[Princeton University]]
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|16. [[Tokyo University]]
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|17. [[Imperial College London]]
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|18. [[University of Toronto]]
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|19. [[Cornell University]]
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|20. [[University of Chicago]]
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|21. [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich]]
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|22. [[University of Washington at Seattle]]
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|23. [[University of California at San Diego]]
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|24. [[Johns Hopkins University]]
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|25. [[University College London]]
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|26. [[Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne]]
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|27. [[University Texas at Austin]]
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|28. [[University of Wisconsin at Madison]]
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|29. [[Kyoto University]]
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|30. [[University of Minnesota Twin Cities]]
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|31. [[University of British Columbia]]
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|32. [[University of Geneva]]
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|33. [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
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|34. [[London School of Economics]]
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|35. [[Northwestern University]]
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|36. [[National University of Singapore]]
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|37. [[University of Pittsburgh]]
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|38. [[Australian National University]]
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|39. [[New York University]]
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|40. [[Pennsylvania State University]]
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|41. [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]
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|42. [[McGill University]]
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|43. [[Ecole Polytechnique]]
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|44. [[University of Basel]]
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|45. [[University of Maryland]]
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|46. [[University of Zurich]]
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|47. [[University of Edinburgh]]
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|48. [[University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign]]
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|49. [[University of Bristol]]
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|50. [[University of Sydney]]
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|51. [[University of Colorado at Boulder]]
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|52. [[Utrecht University]]
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|53. [[University of Melbourne]]
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|54. [[University of Southern California]]
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|55. [[University of Alberta]]
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|56. [[Brown University]]
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|57. [[Osaka University]]
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|58. [[University of Manchester]]
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|59. [[University of California at Santa Barbara]]
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|60. [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]]
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|61. [[Wageningen University]]
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|62. [[Michigan State University]]
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|63. [[University of Munich]]
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|64. [[University of New South Wales]]
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|65. [[Boston University]]
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|66. [[Vanderbilt University]]
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|67. [[University of Rochester]]
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|68. [[Tohoku University]]
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|69. [[University of Hong Kong]]
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|70. [[University of Sheffield]]
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|71. [[Nanyang Technological University]]
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|72. [[University of Vienna]]
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|73. [[Monash University]]
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|74. [[University of Nottingham]]
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|75. [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
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|76. [[Lund University]]
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|77. [[Texas A&M University]]
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|78. [[University of Western Australia]]
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|79. [[Ecole Normale Super Paris]]
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|80. [[University of Virginia]]
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|81. [[Technical University of Munich]]
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|82. [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]
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|83. [[Leiden University]]
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|84. [[University of Waterloo]]
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|85. [[King's College London]]
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|86. [[Purdue University]]
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|87. [[University of Birmingham]]
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|88. [[Uppsala University]]
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|89. [[University of Amsterdam]]
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|90. [[University of Heidelberg]]
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|91. [[University of Queensland]]
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|92. [[University of Leuven]]
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|93. [[Emory University]]
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|94. [[Nagoya University]]
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|95. [[Case Western Reserve University]]
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|96. [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]]
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|97. [[University of Newcastle]]
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|98. [[Innsbruck University]]
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|99. [[University of Massachusetts at Amherst]]
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|100. [[Sussex University]]
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[http://newsmambo.blogspot.com/2007/05/top-100-global-universities.html]