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Resources - Web Sites, Books and Formulas

Here we provide useful resources including websites, books, and formula pages.

Web sites (pdf) Books (pdf) Formulas (pdf)
Competitions General Reference History Teaching Mentoring Books Journals Circles Fairs/Scholarships Camps Miscellaneous

Competitions

http://archives.math.utk.edu/contests/ -- list of competitions at varying levels
http://bigcheese.math.sc.edu/contest/ -- University of South Carolina HS Math Contest
http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/ -- Canadian Mathematics Competitions
http://courses.ncssm.edu/goebel/statecon/state.htm -- North Carolina State HS Mathematics Contest
http://endeavor.macusa.net/mathpropress/index.htm -- math problems, high school
http://math.furman.edu/tournament/tournament.html -- Furman University Wylie Mathematics Tournament, Greenville, SC
http://math.uww.edu/mathmeet/ -- Purple Comet M/HS Math Meet
http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/ -- problems, high school
http://mathforum.org/library/view/41814.html -- Maritime Mathematics Competition, University of Prince Edward Island,
http://nciml.org/NCIMLCoachesGuide.pdf -- Nassau County Interscholastic Mathematics League Long Island, NY
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm#1 -- – competitions prep
http://web.mit.edu/hmmt/ -- Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, MA
http://www.amatyc.org/SML/ -- American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges Student Mathematics League
http://www.arml.com/ -- American Regions Math League, past questions, high school
http://www.cms.math.ca/CMS/Competitions/IMTS/ -- questions, high school
http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/CMO/ -- Canadian Mathematical Olympiad
http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/COMC/ -- Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm/ -- Mathematical Contest in Modeling
http://www.imo.org.yu -- mathematical olympiads, for those who prepare for math competitions or love problem mathematics.
http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/index.html -- problems, high school
http://www.katev.org/impc/ -- International Mathematics Project Competition
http://www.lehigh.edu/%7edmd1/hs.html -- Lehigh University High School Math Contest, PA
http://www.maml.org/ -- Massachusetts Association of Mathematics Leagues
http://www.mandelbrot.org/ -- Mandelbrot
http://www.math.fau.edu/MathematicsCompetition/Home.htm -- Internet High School Math Competition, Florida Atlantic University
http://www.math.okstate.edu/%7ehsc/ -- Oklahoma State University HS Math Contest
http://www.math.umd.edu/highschool/mathcomp/ -- University of Maryland HS Mathematics Competition
http://www.math.wisc.edu/%7etalent/ -- University of Wisconsin Mathematics, Engineering and Science Talent Search
http://www.mathcounts.org/ -- MathCounts grouop competition for Middle Schools
http://www.mathleague.com/ -- Math League (New England)
http://www.mathleague.com/reglist/REGIL.HTM -- Illinois Math League
http://www.mathpropress.com/competitions.html -- - links to multiple contests’ problems
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~eulers/RMT.html -- Rice University Math Tournament, Houston, TX
http://www.testprepreview.com/thea_practice.htm -- – THEA practice tests (Texas Higher Education Assessment)
http://www.uccs.edu/~olympiad/ -- Colorado Math Olympiad
http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/problemarchive.shtml -- problems, high school
http://www.unl.edu/amc/a-activities/a7-problems/putnamindex.shtml -- questions, college
http://www.usamts.org/ -- USA Mathematical Talent Search

General

http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html -- games
http://mathcounts.org/ -- middle school competition website
http://mathforum.org/ -- for students and teachers, math resource
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ -- Wolfram MathWorld - math resource for anyone
http://milan.milanovic.org/math/english/contents.html -- Rasko Jovanovic`s World of Mathematics
http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/MOCP/ -- Mathematical Olympiads Correspondence Program
http://www.curiousmath.com/ -- Curious Math
http://www.maa.org/ -- The Mathematical Association of America
http://www.mathaware.org/ -- Mathematics Awareness
http://www.mathfrog.ca -- free site of Fun Resources and Online Games for teachers, parents & students, grades 4-6
http://www.mathispower.com/ -- Math is Power
http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/portal.php -- MathLinks EveryOne
http://www.mathpath.org/ -- Math Path
http://www.mathsisfun.com -- Mainly K-12 site, it sometimes helps to have basic concepts explained, + plenty of math puzzles.
http://www.nctm.org/ -- lessons, resources, etc for teachers
http://www.visualmathlearning.com/ -- Interactive tutorial -pre-algebra students, games, puzzles, + animated manipulatives

Reference

http://eqworld.ipmnet.ru -- World of Mathematical Equations, post high school
http://historical.library.cornell.edu/math/ -- online math books
http://math.usask.ca/emr/menu.html -- math readiness, high school
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ -- ask math questions, 7-12
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ -- student resource, high school
http://www.circusofpatterns.com -- research in mathematics number patterns, a series of mathematical charts math
http://www.curiousmath.com/ -- tips, tricks, facts, etc; middle school
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ -- extra math reference, 7-12
http://www.sosmath.com/ -- classroom math reference, 7-12
http://www.webmath.com/ -- classroom math questions, 7-10

Math History

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html -- math history, regional, chronological
http://library.thinkquest.org/22584/ -- math history, biographies
http://members.aol.com/jeff570/mathword.html -- history of mathematical terms
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html -- math biographies

Teaching

http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/SuccessinMath.html -- How to study (mainly college)
http://gametheory.net/ -- Game Theory - resource for educators
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt725/PSsyn/PSsyn.html -- Teaching problem solving
http://mathforum.org/ -- Math Forum @ Drexel University
http://www.claymath.org/index.php -- Clay Mathematics Institute
http://www.lessonplanz.com/ -- Lesson plans for teachers
http://www.mathaware.org/ -- List of professional websites
http://www.mathgoodies.com/ -- Worksheets, lessons, articles; middle school
http://www.mathsolutions.com/ -- Math Solutions Professional Development
http://www.mathswap.ca -- web site for teachers to share materials with each other, 9-12
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/math/lk_problemsolving.shtm -- List of teaching resources for k-12
http://www.totallyfreemath.com/ -- GetMath - Terry Wesner's page – algebra reference materials
http://www.wiredmath.ca -- free student/teacher mathematics resources, on-line games + drills, for 7-9; English + French.

Mentoring

http://jhuniverse.jhu.edu/%7egifted/set/ -- Study of Execptional Talent, middle school - Johns Hopkins University
http://www.awesomemath.org/ -- Awesome Math
http://www.tip.duke.edu/ -- Talent Identification Program, middle school - Duke University

Books

http://store.doverpublications.com/ -- Dover Books
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/13884/ -- Amazon.com Mathematics Books
http://www.ams.org/bookstore/ -- American Mathematical Society Bookstore
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ -- Art of Problem Solving
http://www.cms.math.ca/Publications/ -- Canadian Mathematical Society
http://www.geocities.com/asoifer/orderform -- Center for Excellence in Mathematical Education
http://www.mathpropress.com/ -- MathPro Press
http://www.nctm.org/publications/ -- NCTM Book Store
http://www.springeronline.com/ -- Springer Publishing
http://www.tarquin-books.demon.co.uk/ -- Tarquin Books
http://www.whfreeman.com/generalreaders/sal.asp -- W. H. Freeman Publishers
https//enterprise.maa.org/ecomtpro/timssnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm -- Mathematical Association of America Bookstore

Journals & Magazines

http://journals.cms.math.ca/CRUX/welcome.html -- CRUX Mathematicorum with Mathematical Mayhem
http://komal.elte.hu/info/bemutatkozas.e.shtml -- KöMaL
http://mathdl.maa.org/convergence/1/convergence/1/ -- MAA’s Convergence, where mathematics, history and teaching interact
http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/ioi/misc/miq.html -- Mathematics and Informatics Quarterly
http://plus.maths.org.uk/issue18/index.html -- Plus Magazine ..living Mathematics
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ -- Art of Problem Solving
http://www.informs.org/index.php?c=31&kat=-+INFORMS+Journals - Interfaces -- Interfaces
http://www.joma.org/jsp/index.jsp -- Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications
http://www.maa.org/mathhorizons/ -- mMath Horizons
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/math/ -- White House Math

Circles

http://comet.lehman.cuny.edu/mathcircle/ -- Lehman College Math Circle, City University of New York
http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/ -- Berkley Math Circle, Berkley, CA area
http://mathcircles.fiu.edu/ -- Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/SDMC/AoPS_S_About.php -- Math Circle in San Diego
http://www.fiu.edu/~draghici/mathcircle_files/mathcircle.html -- Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL
http://www.ma.utexas.edu/users/smmg/ -- University of Texas at Austin Saturday Morning Math Group
http://www.math.uci.edu/%7emathcirc/ -- Math Circle at University of California, Irvine
http://www.math.utah.edu/mathcircle/ -- University of Utah Math Circle, Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.mathlessons.com/ -- Offers free Math Lessons Classifieds, Goal - make it easier to find what’s available and fits them best.
http://www.mualphatheta.org/ -- Mu Alpha Theta, a national organization which has local chapters, similar to a Math Circle
http://www.southalabama.edu/mathstat/non-css-mathcircle.shtml -- University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
http://www.themathcircle.org/ -- The Math Circle, Boston, MA area

Fairs/Scholarships

http://www.ams.org/prizes/epsilon-award.html -- AMS Epsilon Awards for Young Scholars Programs
http://www.ditdservices.org/Articles.aspx?ArticleID=36&NavID=1_0 -- Davidson Institute Programs & Scholarships
http://www.questbridge.org/ -- Quest Bridge
http://www.sciserv.org/isef/ -- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
http://www.sciserv.org/sts/ -- Intel Science Talent Search
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/ -- Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology

Summer Camps

http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/ysp/ -- Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics, Rutgers University, NJ
http://math.bu.edu/people/promys/ -- PROMYS-Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists
http://math.stanford.edu/sumac/ -- Stanford University Mathematics Camp
http://mrsec.uchicago.edu/outreach/ysp.html -- 4 week Summer camp at University of Chicago
http://www.awesomemath.org/ -- Awesome Math
http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml -- Research Science Institute, MIT
http://www.hcssim.org/ -- Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, Amherst, MA
http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/mmss/ -- University of Michigan Math and Science Scholars
http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/ross/ -- Ross Program
http://www.mathcamp.org/ -- Canada/USA Mathcamp

Miscellaneous

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html -- Euclid’s Elements
http://gams.nist.gov/ -- Guide to Available Mathematical Software
http://knotplot.com/ -- The Knot Plot Site
http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/ -- Mathematical Fiction
http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/ -- Mark Woodard’s Mathematical Quotation Server (Mark.Woodard@furman.edu)
http://olympiads.win.tue.nl/imo/soviet/RusMath.html -- Soviet Union Olympiad problems
http://primes.utm.edu/ -- The Prime Pages
http://puzzleshq.com/ -- Puzzles HQ
http://random.mat.sbg.ac.at/ -- Random Number Generation
http://wims.unice.fr/ -- Interactive mathematics on the internet
http://www.aimsedu.org/ -- AIMS Foundation (Activities Integrating Mathematics & Science)
http://www.ams.org/ -- American Mathematical Society
http://www.ams.org/mathweb/ -- Math on the Web, by the American Mathematical Society
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/ -- Mega Mathematics
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/knot/knot.html -- Untangling the Mathematics of Knots
http://www.cms.math.ca/Competitions/IMTS/ -- International Mathematical Talent Search - discontinued in 2001, but all problems listed
http://www.emis.de/ -- European Mathematical Information Service
http://www.e-tutor.com/ -- Online mathematics Dictionary
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4661/ -- Olympiad Math Madness
http://www.imo.org.yu/ -- The IMO Collection
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/math/ -- Mathematics Research Guide, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
http://www.math.fsu.edu/Virtual/index.php -- WWW virtual Mathematical Library, located at Florida State University
http://www.math.kth.se/~shapiro/problem.html -- Mathematical Problem Solving
http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/Contents.html -- Mathematics Information Servers at Penn State U.
http://www.math-atlas.org/welcome.html -- Mathematical Atlas
http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/ -- MathLinks Math
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/loyd/ -- Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fib.html -- Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section
http://www.oakland.edu/enp/ -- The Erdös Number Project
http://www.qbyte.org/puzzles/ -- Nicks Mathematical Puzzles
http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/ -- Sloane’s On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
http://www.siam.org/ -- SIAM [ Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
http://www.testprepreview.com/thea_practice.htm -- THEA Online Courses, Practice Tests
http://www.testprepreview.com/thea_practice.htm -- THEA Online Courses, Practice Tests
http://www.w3.org/Math/ -- W3C Math Home, What is MathML?
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/ -- The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive