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Mathematics & Statistics Library Home Page
Welcome to the new website of the recently renamed Mathematics & Statistics Library! The old site for the former Mathematical & Computer Sciences Library has been retired.
Workshop: Finding and Using Databases
What are databases? Which ones does Stanford make available? How to find databases that are perfect for your research projects and how to use them. Setting up e-mail alerts for subject, titles, and authors will be covered. Presented by the Engineering Library. Date: Wednesday, January 25Location: Huang 219
Time: Noon-1:00 PM
RSVP: http://goo.gl/qLJX5
Selected Cambridge University Press Books now online
Selected ebooks published by Cambridge University Press from a wide range of subjects are now available and can be located by using SearchWorks. To see a list of all 1,391 ebooks, mostly published in 2009-11, search "Cambridge Books Online" (including quotation marks) in SearchWorks.My Account has a new look
As part of the continuing migration of the Stanford University Libraries' web site to the Drupal platform, a new My Account interface has been unveiled. When you log into "My Account" (requires SUNet ID), you'll see a summary of how many items you have checked out. Select "Checkouts" or "Requested Items" to see more details. More improvements are planned in the coming months.Professor Kannan Soundararajan wins the 2011 Infosys Prize for Mathematical Sciences
From the Stanford Report's The Dish blog:
"The Infosys Science Foundation recently announced that KANNAN SOUNDARARAJAN, professor of mathematics and director of the Mathematics Research Center, won the Infosys Prize 2011 for Mathematical Sciences. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in engineering and computer science, life sciences, mathematical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences."
"The citation credits Soundararajan for 'fundamental contributions to analytic number theory. These include numerous brilliant breakthroughs in well known and difficult problems, as well as the resolution of some that have been open for a long time.'" More....
See also: Infosys Prize 2011 Laureates
Professor Persi Diaconis' new book
The publisher's description states, "Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician.... Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem."
The library has purchased a copy of the book, which is shelved under the call number GV1549 .D53 2012, but it's currently checked out. Click here to be next in line to see it.
You may also wish to read two interviews conducted in conjunction with the book's release (SUNet ID required):
Jeffrey R. Young, "The Magical Mind of Persi Diaconis" (The Chronicle Review), The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 16, 2011
Jascha Hoffman, "Q&A: The mathemagician", Nature, v478, p457, October 27, 2011