http://forum.swarthmore.edu/maw/
The 1997 theme of Math Awareness Week is MATHEMATICS AND THE
INTERNET. Mathematics is the language of Internet operation,
from the binary numbers that describe text and images to the
complex data structures of search engines for the World Wide
Web. Ideas from fields like number theory have led to such
key Internet technologies as data encryption for secure
financial transactions and data compression for audio and
video. At the same time, the Internet has given birth to
world-wide collaborations among mathematics teachers and
researchers, collaborations that are advancing both
kindergarten through undergraduate education and our
understanding of some of the most difficult problems in pure
and applied mathematics.
Institutions across America and beyond are celebrating
Math Awareness Week (MAW) right now! All this week,
invited lecturers will speak, posters will receive awards,
math call-in radio shows will be on the air, and students
everywhere will gain a better appreciation of math.
Read about a variety of MAW outreach activities on the Web:
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/maw/97/local/
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Melissa Dershewitz
Web Site Manager
Math Awareness Week
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