Pi Mu Epsilon
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| Motto | To Promote Scholarship and Mathematics |
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| Formation | May 25, 1914 |
| Type | Honor society |
| Official languages | English |
| President | David C. Sutherland |
| Website | http://www.pme-math.org/ |
Pi Mu Epsilon (ΠΜΕ or PME) is the U.S. honorary national mathematics society.[1]
The society was founded at Syracuse University on May 25, 1914, by Professor Edward Drake Roe, Jr,[2] and currently has chapters at 321 institutions across the nation.[3]
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[edit] Goals
Pi Mu Epsilon is dedicated to the promotion of mathematics and recognition of students who successfully pursue mathematical understanding.[4] To promote mathematics, the National Pi Mu Epsilon Council co-sponsors an annual conference in conjunction with the Mathematical Association of America.[4]
The society also publishes a semi-annual journal, the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, which both presents research papers particularly focusing on student authored papers, as well as a problem section.[5]
[edit] Membership
One can become a member of PME if one meets any one of the following requirements:
- Be an undergraduate with two years of math courses, including calculus, with a B average and an overall ranking in the top 1/3 of their class.
- Sophomore math majors with at least three semesters of math courses, including calculus, with all A's and an overall ranking in the top 1/4 of their class.
- Graduate students who meet either of the above requirements, and with a B average in math courses over the past year.
- Any faculty member in mathematics.
- Any person who has some special distinction in mathematics (e.g. major math publication of importance, Putnam competition winners).[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Pi Mu Epsilon Home Page". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "The Earliest Days of Pi Mu Epsilon". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/organization/historydecker.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "Our Newest PME Chapters". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/chapters/newchapters.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ a b "What is Pi Mu Epsilon?". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/organization/whatispme.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "The Pi Mu Epsilon Journal". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/journal/overview.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "Constitution of Pi Mu Epsilon". Pi Mu Epsilon. http://www.pme-math.org/organization/articles.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
