Subject: Welcome to sci.math.research
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 09:59:58 -0600 (CST)


Welcome to sci.math.research.  

The charter
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    CHARTER: This newsgroup is a forum for the discussion of
             current mathematical research.


Where to find this and other information
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This document is available at 
.http://www.math.uiuc.edu/sci.math.research/
You can also find pointers there to other useful sources of information on
the Internet for mathematicians.


Additional hints about suitability of materials
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In addition to discussing current mathematical research, you are
encouraged to post announcements of
   - mathematics conferences
   - preprints available, electronically or physically
   - new mathematics journals
   - online services for distribution of preprints
   - availability of new mathematical software
   - job openings for mathematicians
   - professional obituaries of mathematicians

We discourage requests for
   - a particular complicated equation to be solved symbolically
   - a particular function to be integrated symbolically
   - solutions of problems at an undergraduate level
   - elementary combinatorial algorithms
   - information about computer software
   - information pertaining to mathematics education
   - e-mail addresses of mathematicians
   - jobs


The moderators
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The moderators of this group are

     Dan Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
     Greg Kuperberg <greg@math.yale.edu>


The basics of posting to a moderated newsgroup
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Related newsgroups
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     If you are considering posting to sci.math.research, it's possible that
the article is better suited to another moderated research group such as:

comp.graphics.research  Highly technical computer graphics discussion.
sci.crypt.research      Cryptography, cryptanalysis, and related issues.
sci.econ.research       Research in all fields of economics.
sci.physics.research    Current physics research.

.or to one of the following unmoderated groups:

comp.graphics.algorithms  Algorithms used in producing computer graphics.
comp.theory               Theoretical computer science.
comp.theory.cell-automata Discussion of all aspects of cellular automata.
comp.theory.dynamic-sys   Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems.
sci.crypt                 Different methods of data en/decryption.
sci.econ                  Economics.
sci.fractals              Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos.
sci.logic                 Logic -- math, philosophy & computational aspects.
sci.math                  Mathematical discussions and pursuits.
sci.math.num-analysis     Numerical analysis.
sci.math.symbolic         Symbolic algebra.
sci.nonlinear             Chaotic systems and other nonlinear scientific study.
sci.op-research           Operations research.
sci.physics               Physical laws, properties, etc.
sci.physics.particle      Particle physics.
sci.stat.math             Statistics from a strictly mathematical viewpoint.


Archives for sci.math.research
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     Archives of all articles posted to sci.math.research are available via
gopher to math.lfc.edu, under the heading
.- Mathematics Related Items
and its subheading
.- Archive of sci.math.research USENET newsgroup.
Alternatively, it can be obtained under the URL 
.gopher://math.lfc.edu/11/MathRelItems/scimathArchive
using a world wide web server such as Mosaic or Netscape.  It is indexed for
fast retrieval of articles based on words within the text of the articles.
The location of these archives is due to change in July.

