SIAM: The Early Years Happening NowSIAM News Jim Crowley looks back at SIAM’s early years and explores how it came to be about math and computing.
Mean Field Game Theory: A Tractable Methodology for Large Population Problems ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsControl and Systems Theory Peter E. Caines presents the basic notions of mean field game theory, which finds applications in a wide variety of areas.
Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth: Reflections on the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting Happening NowGet InvolvedConferencesSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsGeosciences and Math of Planet Earth Hans Kaper reflects on the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting, which coincided with the objectives of SIAG/MPE.
Helping Faculty Prepare Students for the Workforce CareersStudents and EducationProfessional DevelopmentSIAM Newssiam.org FeedsEducationStudentCareerApplied Mathematics Education One focus of the 2020 Joint Mathematics Meetings was improving the role of STEM educators in workplace preparation.
Symmetry and Polar Decomposition by Mechanics ResearchInsightsCommentarySIAM Newssiam.org FeedsClassical Applied Mathematics There are several mechanical or geometrical interpretations of the symmetry of a matrix; Mark Levi describes one of them.