Math Links

• MathWorld, an excellent online math dictionary
• MacTutor History of Mathematics, the most complete math history web site I know of.
• Combined Membership List of all the professional math societies, searchable.
• Mathematics Genealogy Project: see the family tree of mathematics!
• arXiv of mathematics preprints

Math Organizations, etc.

• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• Headlines & Deadlines for students from AMS.
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• MAA students page
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• SIAM Careers & Jobs

My Academic History

• Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (summer '80):
  • official page
  • yellow pigs and seventeen
• Special Projects High School, (since renamed University H.S.), Tucson AZ ('80-'82)
• Caltech (BS, '86)
  • Ricketts House
  • Math Department
• MIT (PhD, '91)
  • Math Department
  • my academic "family tree", starting at Rota (go to Stanley, then me).

Other Organizations I've worked with or for

• Ysleta Independent School District
• El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence
  • T-STEM
  • K-16 Mathematics Alignment
  • Algebra II Alignment and Assessment
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), "The Nation's Report Card"

Hex

• Learn the basics (and then the advanced strategies) on the Hex Wiki [dead link], archived here.
• Hex Strategy: Making the Right Connections by Cameron Browne remains the only book published about Hex. There are some typos, and the section on openings is outdated, but it is still a solid introduction to the game.
• Playing aginst a computer
  • Six for Unix (in theory, this includes Mac OS X, but I haven't figured out how yet)
  • Hexy for Windows
  • Queenbee for everyone [dead link]
• Playing against people
  • Hex on Little Golem, a free turn-based game server.
  • invite me to play against you on Little Golem. (Warning: I am very good.)
• University of Alberta Computer Hex Research Group
• Academic articles about Hex: still under construction