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Mathematics links

Computer Algebra systems

• Mathematica:
  • Pages from the official WRI site: MathSource, wri support, Mathematica ring, MathGroup, links, resources, Mathematica Journal, webMathematica examples.
  • Non-WRI sites: Mathematica freeware links, Scientific Arts, Verbeia, Student demo, Calculus with Mathematica, LiveGraphics3D, Mathematica timings, Knot plots, Allan Hayes, David and Alice Park, Xah Lee, Principia Consulting, Dynamics, Abstract Algebra, Leibniz, Ricci, US Air Force Academy Mathematica Notebook Library, Outback Software's Mathematica pages, John H. Mathews, Preston Nichols, FeynCalc.
• Maple.
• MuPAD.
• Reduce.
• Derive.
• Maxima (free!)
• Yacas (free!)
• LiveMath Maker.

Numeric/graphic Math systems

• Gnuplot (free!)
• Octave (free!)
• 3D-Filmstrip (free! for MacOS)
• Generic Mapping Tools (free!)
• HippoDraw (free!)
• RLPlot (free!)
• Dataplot (free!)
• Reference list of Math calculators.

Sites of Italian mathematicians with teaching material on-line

• Elio Cabib (Udine).
• Maurizio Candilera (Padova).
• Lorenzo Freddi (Udine).
• Massimo Furi (Firenze).
• Marco Sabatini (Trento).

Interactive math sites: java

• Math-calculators is a site with online math calculators, from the very basic to the more specialized.
• Here is a site with a vast collection of Java applets for teaching mathematics. For example an applet to visualize the effect of a linear transformation in the plane.
• Here is a Java applet that draws the trajectories to first order systems of two differential equations.
• In this site you will find a list of Java programs to graphically solve differential equations. For example vector field plotter, the first-order diff. eq. plotter, the second-order diff. eq. plotter, and the system of diff. eq. plotter.
• An applet illustrating Fourier Series, in a site devoted to digital audio. (See also this related freeware Waveform Analysis application for Macintosh, even if it is not in java).
• Cabri java project.
• Living mathematics.
• Euclid's Elements illustrated with Java.

Interactive math sites: WebMathematica

• Quickmath.
• Optics calculations

On-line courses

• Analysis WebNotes by John Lindsay Orr.
• Complex Analysis animations.
• e-calculus (calculus tutorial in pdf format)
• Calculus animations.

Mathematical institutions

• Mathematical Reviews.
• Zentralblatt.
• Unione Matematica Italiana.
• American Mathematical Society.
• Mathematical Association of America.
• Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics

Math reference sites

• Mathematics FAQ.
• Mathematics Archives.
• Eric Weisstein's world of Mathematics.
• Mathematical Functions.
• Math2.org.

History of Mathematics

• Mathematicians of the day.
• The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
• Articles on the history of Mathematics by David R. Wilkins.
• Mathematical Notation: past and future, a lecture by Stephen Wolfram.

Special Math topics

• Visual Complex Analysis.
• Classic Fractals and Spherical Harmonics.
• Xah Lee's Visual Dictionary of Special Plane Curves.
• Encyclopaedia of integer sequences.
• Number Theory Web.
• The Prime Pages (prime number research, records, and resources).
• Introduction to Analytical Number Theory.
• Mathematical constants.
• Combinatorial objects server and The Amazing Mathematical Object Factory.
• Infinite Ink's Mathematics Page (foundations of Mathematics).
• Mathematics, pdf and TeX.
• True Random Number Service.

Recreational Math sites

• University of Parma-Modena Math museum.
• University of Pavia Virtual Museum of Math models.
• Il Giardino di Archimede (Math museum).
• WebCrawler for Math.
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles.
• Mathpuzzle.com.
• Pi-search page (search for a string of digits in the decimal expansion of Pi).
• Math Fun Facts from Harvey Mudd College Math Department.
• Récréations informatiques & mathématiques.
• Mathematical Quotation Server.
• The Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes.
• Common errors in college math.
• I love calculus (collection of calculus links) by Cynthia Lanius.
• Problem of the week, from the Math and Computer Science dept. of Macalester College.
• 2001 International Mathematical Olympiad.

Miscellaneous sites

• Erik Schechter's home page.
• Pedagoguery Software Inc.
• Differential Equations QuickTime Movies.
• Mathematics Free Software for Education
• A free Brownian motion simulator.
• Physics visualization tools for the Macintosh: hydrogen atom orbitals, celestial mechanics, Fresnel diffraction.
• Math.com.
• Wolfram Research's World of Science.
• Scientific web.
• Numeritek.
• Journal of Young Investigators.
• Les-Mathematiques.net.