Journals for undergraduates - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-19T01:26:42Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/36850 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates Journals for undergraduates nikmil 2010-08-27T07:49:57Z 2013-01-29T16:23:47Z <p>Are there math journals that are aimed for undergraduates? I don't mean here journals where students can publish their papers, but journals that publish introductory articles that an undergraduate can read without too much sweating, preferably when he gets bored or tired from his assignments and wants to read something different. What journals do you recommend to undergrads to read on a regular basis?</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36852#36852 Answer by Gjergji Zaimi for Journals for undergraduates Gjergji Zaimi 2010-08-27T07:53:34Z 2010-08-27T07:59:16Z <p><a href="http://www.maa.org/pubs/monthly.html" rel="nofollow">The American Mathematical Monthly</a>.</p> <p>See also <a href="http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/biblio/journals-biblio.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> list.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36854#36854 Answer by Benoît Kloeckner for Journals for undergraduates Benoît Kloeckner 2010-08-27T08:21:39Z 2010-08-27T08:21:39Z <p>The <a href="http://www.springer.com/mathematics/journal/283" rel="nofollow">mathematical intelligencer</a> can be interesting.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36855#36855 Answer by Benoît Kloeckner for Journals for undergraduates Benoît Kloeckner 2010-08-27T08:23:02Z 2010-08-27T08:23:02Z <p>If you read German, you can also try <a href="http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/journal.php?jrn=em" rel="nofollow">Elemente der Mathematik</a>, which also have some articles in english.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36857#36857 Answer by Benoît Kloeckner for Journals for undergraduates Benoît Kloeckner 2010-08-27T08:24:10Z 2010-08-27T08:24:10Z <p>A journal similar to the American Mathematical Monthly, but in french, shall be launched by the SMF (french mathematical society) but I do not know when exactly nor what will be the title.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36860#36860 Answer by Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson for Journals for undergraduates Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson 2010-08-27T08:41:53Z 2010-08-27T08:41:53Z <p>If you read German, you might also be interested in <a href="http://www.wurzel.org/" rel="nofollow">die Wurzel</a>.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36869#36869 Answer by Dai Tamaki for Journals for undergraduates Dai Tamaki 2010-08-27T10:29:42Z 2010-08-27T10:29:42Z <p>The journal "<a href="http://chucha.math.cinvestav.mx/morfismos/indenglish.html" rel="nofollow">Morfismos</a>" published by CINVESTAV, Mexico, is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students. Although some articles are in Spanish, they publish fairly good expository articles in English. For example, there is a survey on the recent solution of the Kervaire invariant one problem in <a href="http://chucha.math.cinvestav.mx/morfismos/v13n2/index.html" rel="nofollow">this issue</a>.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36878#36878 Answer by Thierry Zell for Journals for undergraduates Thierry Zell 2010-08-27T11:58:08Z 2010-08-27T11:58:08Z <p>As the name suggests, the <a href="http://www.maa.org/pubs/cmj.html" rel="nofollow">College Mathematics Journal</a></p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36882#36882 Answer by Igor Pak for Journals for undergraduates Igor Pak 2010-08-27T13:24:23Z 2010-08-27T13:24:23Z <p>Speaking of non-English language publications, Сборник <a href="http://www.mccme.ru/free-books/matpros.html" rel="nofollow">Математическое Просвещение</a> is a terrific (and often overlooked) Russian journal, aimed primarily at undergraduates. </p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36889#36889 Answer by vonjd for Journals for undergraduates vonjd 2010-08-27T15:48:27Z 2013-01-29T09:19:32Z <p>This one is nice: <a href="http://www.pims.math.ca/resources/publications/pi-sky" rel="nofollow">$\pi$ in the sky</a>.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/36895#36895 Answer by Theo Johnson-Freyd for Journals for undergraduates Theo Johnson-Freyd 2010-08-27T16:10:42Z 2010-08-27T16:10:42Z <p>MAA's <a href="http://www.maa.org/pubs/mathmag.html" rel="nofollow">Mathematics Magazine</a> is a reasonable expository journal.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/39206#39206 Answer by Pasha Zusmanovich for Journals for undergraduates Pasha Zusmanovich 2010-09-18T09:00:41Z 2013-01-29T09:18:52Z <p><a href="http://thehcmr.org" rel="nofollow">The Harvard College Mathematics Review</a> was another interesting venture, but it seems to be discontinued as of now. </p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/46187#46187 Answer by Amritanshu Prasad for Journals for undergraduates Amritanshu Prasad 2010-11-16T04:50:43Z 2010-11-16T04:50:43Z <p>There are two such journals published in India: </p> <ol> <li><p><a href="http://www.ramanujanmathsociety.org/mnl.html" rel="nofollow">Mathematics Newsletter</a> published by the Ramanujan Mathematical Society.</p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/" rel="nofollow">Resonance</a> (journal of science education) published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, which is a general science journal, but usually has a maths article in each issue.</p></li> </ol> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/120193#120193 Answer by Dirk for Journals for undergraduates Dirk 2013-01-29T10:08:15Z 2013-01-29T10:08:15Z <p>In the applied field there is <a href="http://www.siam.org/students/siuro/" rel="nofollow">SIAM Undergraduate Research Online</a>. Although it is mainly for for research papers written by undergraduates they write that </p> <blockquote> <p>"Outstanding expository papers written for the undergraduate audience by a faculty member or researcher featuring a survey topic or a subject of historical interest will also be considered."</p> </blockquote> <p>An example is the paper "Moving Forward by Traveling in Circles" from the <a href="http://www.siam.org/students/siuro/vol1issue1/index.php" rel="nofollow">first volume</a>.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/120206#120206 Answer by Barry Cipra for Journals for undergraduates Barry Cipra 2013-01-29T13:13:05Z 2013-01-29T13:13:05Z <p>The MAA quarterly <a href="http://www.maa.org/mathhorizons/" rel="nofollow">Math Horizons</a> is explicitly aimed at undergraduates interested in mathematics.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/120217#120217 Answer by Vorph for Journals for undergraduates Vorph 2013-01-29T14:20:30Z 2013-01-29T14:20:30Z <p>If you understand french, "Quadrature" is also a good magazine which for instance contains sections about counter examples and history of mathematics. Recently a special issue about Poincaré has been published.</p> <p><a href="http://www.quadrature.info/index.php?page=002" rel="nofollow">http://www.quadrature.info/index.php?page=002</a></p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36850/journals-for-undergraduates/120227#120227 Answer by Margaret Friedland for Journals for undergraduates Margaret Friedland 2013-01-29T16:23:47Z 2013-01-29T16:23:47Z <p>Plus"- an online-only British journal (similar to Math Horizons):</p> <p><a href="http://plus.maths.org/content/" rel="nofollow">http://plus.maths.org/content/</a></p> <p>From their home page: Plus provides articles and podcasts on any aspect of mathematics, covering topics as diverse as art, medicine, cosmology and sport, a news section, showing how recent news stories were often based on some underlying piece of maths that never made it to the newspapers, reviews of popular maths books, and puzzles for you to sharpen your wits. We have a regular interview with someone in a maths-related career, showing the wide range of uses maths gets put to in the real world."</p> <p>The intended audience is not limited to math undergraduates; science undergrads would find something interesting there, too. Some articles can be accessible even to high-school students. </p> <p>And for those who read Polish, there is Delta" (which I used to read regularly in the paper version as an undergrad):</p> <p><a href="http://www.deltami.edu.pl/" rel="nofollow">http://www.deltami.edu.pl/</a></p> <p>The 01/2013 issue contains e.g. an article on William Thurston and geometrization conjecture (by Zdzislaw Pogoda).</p>