Relative equilibria of identical point vortices may be associated with a generating polynomial that has the vortex positions as its roots. A formula is derived that relates the first and second ...

Providence, RI---The mathematicians were trying to extend an illustrious result in their field, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. The astrophysicists were working on a fundamental problem in their ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...

The mathematicians were trying to extend an illustrious result in their field, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. The astrophysicists were working on a fundamental problem in their field, the problem ...

For the 2022-2023 academic year, the senior seminar topics are The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, Infinite Series or the Generalized Stokes Theorem. To ensure the senior seminar experience is an ...

“There are five fundamental operations in mathematics,” the German mathematician Martin Eichler supposedly said. “Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and modular forms.” Part of the joke, ...