The '' Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library '' is an expository
monograph series published by the
Mathematical Association of America
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(MAA). The books in the series are intended for a broad audience, including undergraduates (especially in their first two years of collegiate study), advanced high school students, the general public, and teachers. The
American Mathematical Society
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(AMS) makes available the AMS/MAA Press Archive eBook Collection featuring several MAA book series, including the Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library.
History
The book series was initiated in 1958 with the name '' New Mathematical Library '' by the Monograph Project of the
School Mathematics Study Group
The School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG) was an American academic think tank focused on the subject of reform in mathematics education. Directed by Edward G. Begle and financed by the National Science Foundation, the group was created in 1958 i ...
(SMSG) with financing from the
National Science Foundation
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.
Anneli Cahn Lax was the editor-in-chief of the series, intended as mathematical expositions written by outstanding mathematicians for an audience not necessarily having advanced mathematical education. The first six volumes in the series were published in 1961 by
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
and the L. W. Singer Company.
wrote volume 1 of the series.
In 1958 there were 13 mathematicians on the series editorial committee, including
Lipman Bers,
Paul Halmos
Paul Richard Halmos (; 3 March 1916 – 2 October 2006) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian-born United States, American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operat ...
,
Norman Jacobson,
Herbert Robbins,
Norman Steenrod,
James J. Stoker, and
Leo Zippin
Leo Zippin (January 25, 1905 – May 11, 1995) was an American mathematician. He is best known for solving Hilbert's fifth problem, Hilbert's Fifth Problem with Deane Montgomery and Andrew M. Gleason in 1952.
Biography
Leo Zippin was born in 19 ...
. In 1975, the MAA became the publisher of the New Mathematical library.
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front matter, Hungarian Problem Book I: Based on the Eötvös Competitions, 1894–1905
- Translated by Elvira Rapaport, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Upon the death of Anneli Cahn Lax in 1999, the MAA renamed the book series the ''Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library'' in her honor.
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Series list
* Volume#
* NML/055 2000; ebook 202
Lost in the Math Museum: A Survival Story
- Colin Adams, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
* NML/054 ebook 202
Hex: A Playful Introduction
- Ryan B. Hayward, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
* NML/053 ebook 200
The Contest Problem Book VI: American High School Mathematics Examinations 1989-1994
- Compiled and augmented by Leo J. Schneider, John Carroll University
* NML/052 ebook 201
Portal through Mathematics: Journey to Advanced Thinking
- O. A. Ivanov, St. Petersburg State University. Translated by Robert G. Burns
* NML/051 ebook 201
Invitation to Number Theory: Second Edition
- Øystein Ore, Yale University. Revised and updated by John J. Watkins, emeritus, Colorado College and Robin Wilson, emeritus, Open University, UK
* NML/050 ebook 201
Exercises in (Mathematical) Style: Stories of Binomial Coefficients
- John McCleary, Vassar College
* NML/049 2017
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* NML/048 2017 ; pbk ; Exercises in (mathematical) style: stories of binomial coefficients by John McCleary.
* NML/047 2017 ; ; Portal through mathematics: journey to advanced thinking / Oleg A. Ivanov, St. Petersburg State University; translated by Robert G. Burns
* NML/046 ebook 201
The Riemann Hypothesis
- Roland van der Veen, Leiden University and Jan van de Craats, University of Amsterdam
* NML/045 ebook 201
When Life is Linear: From Computer Graphics to Bracketology
- Tim Chartier, Davidson College
* NML/044 ebook 200
Geometric Transformations IV: Circular Transformations
- I. M. Yaglom
* NML/043 ebook 200
Mathematical Miniatures
- Svetoslav Savchev, mathematical journal Matematika and Titu Andreescu, Director of the American Mathematics Competitions AA
* NML/042 ebook 200
Hungarian Problem Book III: Based on the Eötvös Competitions, 1929–1943
- Translated and edited by Andy Liu, University of Alberta
* NML/041 ebook 200
The Geometry of Numbers
- C. D. Olds, San Jose University, Anneli Lax, New York University and Giuliana Davidoff, Mount Holyoke College
* NML/040 2000 The contest problem book VI : American high school mathematics examinations 1989-1994 / compiled and augmented by Leo J. Schneider
* NML/039 ebook 199
Over and Over Again
- Gengzhe Chang, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui and Thomas W. Sederberg, Brigham Young University
* NML/038 ebook 199
Contest Problem Book V: American High School Mathematics Examinations and American Invitational Mathematics Examinations, 1983-1988
- Compiled and augmented by George Berzsenyi, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Stephen B. Maurer, Swarthmore College
* NML/037 ebook 199
Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry
- Ross Honsberger, University of Waterloo
* NML/036 ebook 199
Game Theory and Strategy
- Philip D. Straffin, Beloit College
* NML/035 ebook 199
Exploring Mathematics with Your Computer
- Arthur Engel, University of Frankfurt
* NML/034 ebook 199
Graphs and Their Uses
- Øystein Ore, Yale University. Revised and updated edition prepared by Robin Wilson, The Open University, England
* NML/033 ebook 198
USA Mathematical Olympiads 1972-1986
- Murray S. Klamkin
* NML/032 ebook 198
Riddles of the Sphinx: And Other Mathematical Puzzle Tales
- Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner (October 21, 1914May 22, 2010) was an American popular mathematics and popular science writer with interests also encompassing magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and literatureespecially the writin ...
, Scientific American
* NML/031 ebook 198
International Mathematical Olympiads 1978–1985: and forty supplemental problems
- Compiled and with solutions by Murray S. Klamkin, University of Alberta
* NML/030 ebook 198
The Role of Mathematics in Science
- M. M. Schiffer, Stanford University and Leon Bowden, University of Victoria, B.C.
* NML/029 ebook 198
The Contest Problem Book IV: Annual High School Mathematics Examinations, 1973–1982
- Compiled and with solutions by Ralph A. Artino, The City College of New York, Anthony M. Gaglione, The U.S. Naval Academy and Niel Shell, The City College of New York
* NML/028 ebook 200
The Mathematics of Games and Gambling: Second Edition
- Edward Packel, Lake Forest College
* NML/027 ebook 197
International Math Olympiads: 1959–1977
- Compiled and with solutions by Samuel L. Greitzer, Rutgers University
* NML/026 ebook 197
Mathematical Methods in Science
- George Pólya
George Pólya (; ; December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian-American mathematician. He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University. He made fundamental contributi ...
, Stanford University. Edited by Leon Bowden, University of Victoria, B.C.
* NML/025 ebook 197
The Contest Problem Book III
- Compiled and with solutions by Charles T. Salkind, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and James M. Earl, University of Nebraska at Omaha
* NML/024 ebook 197
Transformations III
- I. G. Yaglom. Translated by Abe Shenitzer, York University, Toronto
* NML/023 ebook 197
Ingenuity in Mathematics
- Ross Honsberger, University of Waterloo, Canada
* NML/022 ebook 200
Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach, Second Edition
- Abraham Sinkov, Arizona State University. Revised and updated by Todd Feil, Denison University
* NML/021 ebook 196
Geometric Transformations II
- I. M. Yaglom. Translated by Allen Shields, University of Michigan
* NML/020 1967 Invitation to number theory by Øystein Ore
* NML/019 ebook 196
Geometry Revisited
- H. S. M. Coxeter, University of Toronto and S. L. Greitzer, Rutgers University
* NML/018 ebook 196
First Concepts of Topology: The Geometry of Mappings of Segments, Curves, Circles, and Disks
- W. G. Chin, San Francisco Public Schools and N. E. Steenrod, Princeton University
* NML/017 ebook 196
The Contest Problem Book II: Annual High School Contests 1961–1965
- Compiled and with solutions by Charles T. Salkind, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
* NML/016 ebook 196
From Pythagoras to Einstein
- Kurt O. Friedrichs, Courant Institute of Mathematics
* NML/015 ebook 196
Mathematics of Choice: How to Count without Counting
- Ivan Niven, University of Oregon
* NML/014 ebook 196
Groups and Their Graphs
- Israel Grossman, Albert Leonard Junior High School and Wilhelm Magnus, New York University
* NML/013 ebook 199
Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics
- Asger Aaboe, Yale University;
* NML/012 ebook 196
Hungarian Problem Book II: Based on the Eötvös Competitions, 1906–1928
- Translated by Elvira Rapaport, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
* NML/011 ebook 196
Hungarian Problem Book I: Based on the Eötvös Competitions, 1894–1905
- Translated by Elvira Rapaport, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
* NML/010 1963 Graphs and their uses by Øystein Ore
* NML/009 ebook 196
Continued Fractions
- C. D. Olds, San Jose University
* NML/008 ebook 196
Geometric Transformations I
- I. M. Yaglom. Translated by Allen Shields, University of Michigan
* NML/007 ebook 196
Uses of Infinity
- Leo Zippin
Leo Zippin (January 25, 1905 – May 11, 1995) was an American mathematician. He is best known for solving Hilbert's fifth problem, Hilbert's Fifth Problem with Deane Montgomery and Andrew M. Gleason in 1952.
Biography
Leo Zippin was born in 19 ...
, Queens College
* NML/006 ebook 196
The Lore of Large Numbers
- Philip J. Davis
Philip J. Davis (January 2, 1923 – March 14, 2018) was an American academic Applied mathematics, applied mathematician.
Biography
Davis was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theor ...
, National Bureau of Standards
* NML/005 ebook 196
The Contest Problem Book I: Annual High School Mathematics Examinations 1950–1960
- Charles T. Salkind, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
* NML/004 ebook 196
Geometric Inequalities
- Nicholas D. Kazarinoff, University of Michigan
* NML/003 ebook 196
An Introduction to Inequalities
- Edwin Beckenbach, University of California, Los Angeles and Richard Bellman
Richard Ernest Bellman (August 26, 1920 – March 19, 1984) was an American applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and made important contributions in other fields of mathematics, such as biomathematics. He foun ...
, The RAND Corporation
* NML/002 ebook 196
What Is Calculus About?
- W. W. Sawyer, University of Toronto; (1st edition, 1961, Random House)
* NML/001 ebook 200
Numbers: Rational and Irrational
- Ivan Niven, University of Oregon; (1st edition, 1961, Random House)
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