Math History
This mathematician is well-known for developing axioms in planar geometry, one of which remained quite controversial for over 2000 years.
Who is Euclid?
Most TI calculator run on a language called TI-BASIC. This was the company's first series to also accommodate the use of the language Lua.
What is the TI-NSpire?
"A prism is to a pyramid as a cylinder is to this [shape]."
What is a cone?
This club pairs undergraduate students of different years to help acclimate new students to the department and the process of studying math.
What is the Mathematics Engagement and Mentorship Association?
A number theorist, this professor is often seen spending his type in other ways. According to his Discord statuses, this frequently includes video games.
Who is Evan Dummit?
A founder of set theory, this mathematician was the first to formulate what is now known as the continuum hypothesis.
Who is Georg Cantor?
Not the largest player in the US calculator industry, this Japanese company is more well-known in the US for its manufacture of cameras.
What is Canon?
"In the world of circles, it is the opposite of concentric. It is also used to describe people."
What is "eccentric"?
This organization meets regularly to help ensure that underrepresented communities in math have a community and voice.
What is the Association for Women in Math?
This professor studies singularities in geometry, but is perhaps better known for his espresso routine in the department's lounge.
Who is David Massey?
Having improved techniques like long division in her revisions of work by Ptolemy and Diophantus, this Roman is among the first known female mathematicians.
Who is Hypatia?
This producer of calculators is well-rounded, manufacturing several other instruments, including the musical kind.
What is Casio?
"In math it's a rotated 'V'; In society, it's a feeling of some marginalized or underrepresented people."
What is "less than"?
This event in the math department encourages meetings and conversing with others, be it undergraduates, graduate students, or faculty.
What is tea-time?
(When is tea-time? Wed. 4-5)
The card game SET is a popular choice for students in the math department. This Northeastern lecturer is also a big fan!
Who is Matt Garcia?
A research-mathematician-turned-aerospace-technologist, this person calculated routes and timing for NASA missions, including Mercury and Apollo 11.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This model of graphing calculator is assigned the largest prime number of any model by Texas Instruments.
What is the TI-89?
"Natural objects, such as ferns, often exhibit these patterns of similar structures at smaller and larger scales, studied since the 1970s."
What are fractals?
This organization connects groups of students of different experience levels to help provide learning and mentorship.
What is the Directed Reading Program?
This commutative algebraist, among other hobbies, takes part in a family tradition of interest in visual art and design.
Who is Anthony Iarrobino?
Known for his work in calculus and mathematical physics, this mathematician served briefly as Minister of the Interior under Napoleon Bonaparte.
Who is Pierre-Simon Laplace?
This calculator was the first to include what is now called a Computer Algebra System.
What is the HP-28C?
"Mathematician Emmy Noether formulated a theorem that scientists make use of to this day. There is an associated symmetry for every law of this [property], meaning a total quantity remains constant".
What is conservation?
Working with Northeastern math students over the summer, this department program prepares students for more advanced work later in their careers.
What is Bridge to Calculus?
During her graduate study at MIT, this professor was an organizer for Friends of the Arts, a student organization which plan trips to events such as theatre and music performances.
Who is Xuwen Zhu?