Pi Mu Epsilon

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Pi Mu Epsilon

The Pi Mu Epsilon Key
The Pi Mu Epsilon Key
Motto To Promote Scholarship and Mathematics
Formation May 25, 1914
Type Honor society
Official languages English
President Joan W. Weiss
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

  1. ^ Pi Mu Epsilon Home Page. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  2. ^ The Earliest Days of Pi Mu Epsilon. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  3. ^ Our Newest PME Chapters. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  4. ^ a b What is Pi Mu Epsilon?. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  5. ^ The Pi Mu Epsilon Journal. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  6. ^ Constitution of Pi Mu Epsilon. Pi Mu Epsilon. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.