{"id":702,"date":"2020-08-18T18:02:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/fcsandbox\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:30:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mathvoices.ams.org\/featurecolumn\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Feature Column"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n

These essays are designed for those who have already discovered the joys of mathematics as well as for those who are curious about its promise. Each column spotlights math that is useful, fun, inspiring, or startling. The Feature Column was founded in 1997: if you peruse our archives, you will find timeless ideas as well as the first hints of new ways to use mathematics!<\/p>\n

We write these columns for students, teachers, and the general public, as well as for mathematicians. Thus, we try to make it possible for people at many different levels to get something out of what is here. This does not mean that everything in each column will interest you or that you will be able to understand everything. We encourage you to skip around, dip into different sections, or re-read as necessary: discovery is not a linear process!<\/p>\n

Mathematicians are trained to look at ideas in special ways that often differ from those of other intellectually curious people. We hope that our calling these approaches to your attention helps you understand what is special about mathematics. We welcome feedback on these columns, though we can not promise to respond in all cases.<\/p>\n

We hope you will enjoy reading these columns. We know that we enjoy preparing them for you.<\/p>\n

About the Feature Column Authors<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\"TheBill Casselman<\/strong>
Department of Mathematics
\nUniversity of British Columbia
\nVancouver, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"The
\nCourtney Gibbons<\/strong>
Mathematics and Statistics Department
\nHamilton College
\nClinton, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"TheJoseph Malkevitch<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Mathematics\/Computing
\nYork College (CUNY)
\nJamaica, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"TheSara Stoudt<\/strong>
\nMathematics Department
\nBucknell University
\nLewisburg, PA
\n<\/tr>\n
\"TheAnil Venkatesh<\/strong>
\nMathematics and Computer Science
\nAdelphi University
\nGarden City, NY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"The Ursula Whitcher<\/strong>
\nFeature Column contributor and editor
\nMathematical Reviews
\nAmerican Mathematical Society
\nAnn Arbor, MI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Contributing to the Feature Column<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n

If you are interested in writing a guest Feature Column, send us a pitch! Email a CV, a sample of your expository writing, and a one-paragraph description of your proposed column to the column editor, Ursula Whitcher, uaw at ams dot org. If we’re interested, we’ll get back to you within two weeks to discuss next steps. If we don’t follow up on a specific pitch, you are welcome to pitch us again six months later.<\/p>\n

We also welcome suggestions for guest columnists from interested readers: if you’ve seen some delightful mathematical exposition, let us know about it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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