International Benchmarking of US Mathematics Research (1997) / Chapter Skim
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. In this report, to conform with the 1992 report Educating Mathematical Scientists: Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States, published by the NRC Board on Mathematical Sciences, mathematics broadly includes pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics and probability, operations research, and scientific computing.
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Second, given the diversity of mathematical sciences, no pane} could represent all the subfields of mathematics. The pane]
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Nash. A third indicator is the US representation among the plenary speakers at two large and prestigious international mathematics meetings.
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, attended by about 2,500 mathematical researchers, olenarv sneakers are chosen by a committee representing mathematics societies from 12 countries or regions, and substantial attention is paid to balancing the plenary speakers among those countries.
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. Mathematical physics is extremely active in the United States, many questions of common interest in mathematics and physics arise Mom quantum mechanics and field theory, general relativity, fluid and multiphase flow, electromagnetic theory, and materials science.
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discusses the need for mathematical research in, for example, number theory and logic to develop and analyze cryptographic techniques guaranteed to remain secure when faced with continuing gains in raw computing power. · Imaging has relied on and inspired new mathematics for over 20 years.
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In France, a rapid development immediately followed World War II in the fields of applied mathematics and scientific computing; many strong researchers took jobs in industry. In Germany, recently created Institutes combine academic and industrial partners, for example, in aerospace and automotive manufacturing.
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There apparently remain a large number of research mathematicians in the Defense Research Agency, but their numbers are classified. Major decreases in defense spending in the UK have led to concomitant reductions in mathematical research in the associated laboratories.
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Policy-making and professional organizations of US research mathematicians are deeply involved in education. The NRC Board on Mathematical Sciences, the NRC Mathematical Sciences Education Board, AMS, MAA, and SIAM regularly initiate studies and publish reports about various aspects of mathematics education.
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The large number of "baby boom" undergraduates entering colleges and universities in the 1960s and 1970s led to substantial expansion in mathematics departments and graduate programs throughout the United States.
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is the Courant Institute which is integrated with the mathematics and computer science departments at New York University. Those four and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences have increased awareness of research accomplishments, brought leading and junior researchers together, provided support for postdoctoral students, and created ties between different subfields of mathematics-for example, geometry and mathematical physics-and between mathematics and industry.
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