Prairie State College

Department of Mathematics Links to Internet Sites

Software:

MUPAD - A very nice free computer algebra system

GNUPLOT - A great (free) program for plotting data or graphing functions. (Or try here.)

Calculus Software - The program CC4 is old but pretty good.

Mathematica | The Mathematica Book On-Line | Mathematica Quick Reference

Peanut Software

Online Computation:

The Integrator - Interactive integration brought to you by the makers of Mathematica.

Function calculator

MathServ Calculus Toolkit

TILU - Table of Integrals Look Up

Calculus Review / Tutorials / Topics:

Visual Calculus - *** Highly recommended ***

Calculus on The Web - Excellent practice problems! Highly recommended

Mathematics Archives

Math Forum

Ask Dr. Math

THE CALCULUS PAGE PROBLEMS LIST - Very nice for help with problems.

Math For Morons Like Us

Review material

S.O.S. Math

The Connected Curriculum Project

Calculus@Internet

Calculus graphics

MATH - abundance

Finite Mathematics and Applied Calculus Resource Page

Problems:

• The Math Forum Trig/Calc Problem of the Week
• The Math Forum Math Fundamentals Problem of the Week
• The Math Forum Pre-Algebra Problem of the Week
• Math Forum: Geometry Project of the Month
• Math Forum - Geometry Problem of the Week

Reference:

Dave's Math Tables

Favorite Mathematical Constants

Visual Dictionary of Plane Curves

National Curve Bank

On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Mathematical Functions

Digital Library of Math Functions

MAA Calculus articles especially for students

History and Other Stuff:

• History of Mathematics
• Einstein - Image and Impact
• Mathematicians of the Day
• Mathematical Quotation Server
• Famous Problems in the History of Mathematics
• Women Mathematicians
• A Modern History of Blacks in Mathematics
• AMS Math Moments

Calculators:

• TI Calculators

Organizations:

• Mathematical Association of America
• American Mathematical Society
• Society for Inductrial and Applied Mathematics
• American Mathematical Society of Two-Year Colleges
• Illinois Mathematics Association of Community Colleges
• NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
• Association for Women in Mathematics
• Shortcuts to Departments of Physics, Engineering, and Mathematics

Math Education Links:

Mathematics Archives

NIU's Elementary Ed. Links

Math Forum

Math Links Page

Education Place - K-8 Resources

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Eduation

MathGoodies

A+ Math

FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Teachers and Kids

MegaMath

Project Interactive - This is a very nice site with lots of interactive activites.

Patterns/Sequences/Numbers/Number Theory:

Fibonacci Numbers

Exploring Pascal's Triangle

The Prime Pages

On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences

Triangular Number Activities

Golden Ratio

Geometry:

Basic constructions

Geometry Software - There is some nice free software available here (not only geometry stuff).

Polyhedra - Paper nets, nice tessellation tutorial.

Geometry Web Page

Pythagorean Theorem and its many proofs

Statistics:

• Research Randomizer
• WebStat - Very nice freely available online data analysis. This can be a big help when doing homework!
• National Agricultural Statistics Service "Pie-Chart Pam"
• Histograms
• Data sets on the web
  • U.S. Census Bureau's International Database
  • UNICEF's End of Decade Database
  • World Health Organization
  • United Nations Development Program

Graph paper:

• Mathematics Help Central

Prairie State College Department of Mathematics Chicago Heights, IL 60411