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Mathematics
Selector: Paula Carey
GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION
The Mathematics collection
reflects the research and teaching interests of the Department of
Mathematics and Statistics of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).
The collection is focused on pure and applied mathematics and mathematical
statistics. The book and journal collections have strengths in the
following areas: dynamical systems, geometry and topology, number
theory, operations research and mathematical finance, mathematical
physics, and probability and statistics.
The Mathematics collection primarily supports the undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The collection also supports the Undergraduate program in Mathematics offered by Metropolitan College. Undergraduate degree programs (BA) are offered by the Mathematics Department (CAS) with programs in calculus and mathematics. The concentration in mathematics includes pure and applied mathematics and statistics. Joint concentrations are offered in mathematics and computer science, mathematics and philosophy, economics and mathematics, and mathematics and mathematical education. A combined (BA/MA) degree program in mathematics is offered. Graduate Programs (MA and PhD) are also offered in mathematics and statistics; an MA is offered in mathematical finance. An MA in Actuarial Science is offered by Metropolitan College.
Faculty research interests are numerous and diverse. Algebra and number theory, applied mathematics, dynamical systems, geometry and topology, mathematical logic, mathematical physics, operations research and mathematical finance, and probability and statistics are of particular interest and are actively collected.
The research of the Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (CNS) and the Center for Adaptive Systems is supported by the Mathematics collection. The research of the Center for BioDynamics and the Center for Mathematical Physics is also supported. The Mathematics collection generally supports research in all areas of science and engineering. Materials collected in mathematical statistics support research in both the sciences and the social sciences, especially economics, finance, and accounting programs.
SCOPE OF COVERAGE
1. Languages collected (primary and selective) or excluded: Materials are collected primarily in English and only occasionally in other languages.
2. Geographical areas covered by the collections in terms of intellectual content, publication sources, or both, and specific areas excluded, as appropriate: There are no limitations on geographical areas covered in terms of intellectual content. Publication sources are generally English language publishers.
3. Chronological periods covered by the collection in terms of intellectual content, movements or schools, and specific periods excluded, as appropriate: All chronological periods are covered by the collection in terms of intellectual content.
4. Chronological periods collected in terms of publication dates, and specific periods excluded, as appropriate: All chronological periods are collected in terms of publication dates, but emphasis is on recent publications and new research.
GENERAL SUBJECT BOUNDARIES AND LIBRARY LOCATIONS
The subject scope of this collection is primarily determined by the Library of Congress call number QA (Mathematics) except QA71-90 (Instruments and machines) which is collected by Computer Science. All items in these categories are housed in the Science and Engineering Library.
| QA 1-43 | Mathematics-General |
| QA 47-59 | Tables |
| QA 101-145 | Arithmetic |
| QA 150-272.5 | Algebra |
| QA 273-280 | Probabilities, Mathematical statistics |
| QA 299.6-433 | Analysis |
| QA 440-699 | Geometry, Trigonometry, Topology |
| QA 801-939 | Analytical mechanics |
| Z 6651-6655 | Mathematics Bibliography |
| Z 7963 | Women and Mathematics Bibliography |
| Z 8001-8999 | Personal Bibliography |
RELATED SUBJECTS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIPS
The selector for Mathematics consults with selectors in several
other subject areas:
Biology: Some relationship between Mathematics and Biology exists
in the areas of biostatistics, mathematical biology, neuroscience,
and neural networks.
Computer Science: The Mathematics collection relies on a strong
relationship with the Computer Science collections for computational
mathematics.
Education: Mathematics has occasional overlapping interests with Education for the study and teaching of mathematics.
Engineering: The Mathematics collection relies on a strong relationship with the Engineering collection for applied mathematics, engineering mathematics, and statistical methods in engineering.
Management, Economics, and Accounting: Some relationship among
Mathematics and Management, Economics, and Accounting exists for
probabilities and mathematical statistics as applied to research
in the social sciences, for operations research, and mathematics
of finance.
Philosophy: Mathematics has occasional overlapping interests with
Philosophy in the areas of philosophy of mathematics and mathematical
logic.
Physics: The collection has significant overlapping interests
with Physics for mathematical and computational physics.
Psychology: Some relationship between Mathematics and Psychology exists in the areas of mathematical psychology, mathematical models in psychology and human behavior, psychometrics, neuroscience, and neural networks.
TYPES
OF MATERIALS
Collected: Books, conference proceedings, periodicals, and reference materials, including indexes and abstracts, bibliographies, encyclopedias, and handbooks.
Collected Selectively: Electronic resources, microforms, dissertations, and theses. Textbooks are collected very selectively (see Comments/Notes).
Not Collected: Solutions manuals and popular works.
COMMENTS/NOTES
Textbooks are generally not collected except where the text has become a standard or classic work in the area or is aimed at advanced graduate students and researchers in a specific area of mathematics.
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