2012 PME National Meeting at MAA MathFest,
Madison, Wisconsin, August 2-4, 2012
Conference highlights:
- MAA-PME Student Reception, Wednesday, August 1, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
- PME Student Presentations, afternoons of Thursday, August 2 and Friday, August 3.
- The 2012 J. Sutherland Frame Lecture, Friday, August 3, 8:00pm - 8:50pm.
Dr. Melanie Matchett Wood of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is also a Five-Year Fellow at the American Institute of Mathematics, is this year's Frame Lecturer. Her talk titled
"The Chemistry of Primes"
will be Friday, August 3, 8:00 - 8:50pm.
Abstract: We are familiar with the prime numbers as those integers which cannot be factored into smaller integers, but if we consider systems of numbers larger than the integers, the primes may indeed
factor in those larger systems. We discuss various questions
mathematicians ask about how primes may factor in larger systems, talk about both classical results and current research on the topic, and
give a sense of the kind of tools needed to tackle these questions.
Two former Frame lecturers, Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham, have a new book out! The Oct. 21 issue of The
Chronicle Review (in The Chronicle of Higher Education) has a story about the book and a review. You can see
the article here.
April is Mathematics Awareness Month! 
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What is Pi Mu Epsilon?
Pi Mu Epsilon, Inc (PME), is the National Mathematics Honorary Society.
Founded on May 25, 1914 at Syracuse University, PME currently has over 350 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
The purpose of the Society is to promote scholarly activity in mathematics among the students in academic institutions.
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Welcome to the Newest PME Chapters!
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Want to establish a chapter of Pi Epsilon at your college or university? Learn how here.
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PME Merchandise is now available for order online. Click here to visit the new merchandise page.
The Fall 2011 Pi Mu Epsilon Journal is now available.
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