V.I. Arnold: On Teaching Mathematics

"On teaching mathematics" by V.I. Arnold is an extension of a talk given in Paris in 1997 -- an inspiring, amusing, provoking and fascinating little gem that some may not know, yet. Due to the courtesy of Russian Mathematical Surveys we can reprint it here with some added links and a brief introduction, pointing to related material.

Fund raising for the Moser Lecture Fund

A message from our Chair concerning the Moser Lecture Fund.

The Moser, Crawford and Red Sock winners of 2013.

An overview of the Moser, Crawford and Red Sock winners of 2013.

Teaching Dynamical Systems: A New Forum

In Snowbird the first Prizes for Teaching Dynamical Systems were awarded by a panel of distinguished judges. Anne Catlla and Eric Shea-Brown report on the successful launch of a new forum.

A somewhat formal report on Snowbird

Your current secretary reports on the DSWeb Editors meetings and the SIAG DS business meeting.

On the ballot for DSWeb Magazine

Mason Porter and Elizabeth Cherry agreed to run for Secretary of our AG. The Secretary is also the Editor-in-Chief of DSWeb Magazine. Traditionally, SIAM invites each candidate to write one or two paragraphs to lay out their plans and opinions. These blurbs will appear on the ballot, along with those of the aspiring Chairs, Vice-Chairs, Program Directors and members of the Advisory Board.
We invited Mason and Elizabeth to explain their vision for the Magazine in particular.

Featured minisymposia at Snowbird

The new thing at Snowbird this year: featured minisymposia. What are they about and why should you attend them? Below you will find an overview.

Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates: (Super)fluids with a twist

P.G. Kevrekidis, R. Carretero-González and D.J. Frantzeskakis showcase some recent experimental and theoretical work in the coldest temperatures in the universe involving vortices in the newest state of matter: the atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. The remarkable feature that these experiments and associated analysis illustrate is a new kind of ``classical mechanics'' for vortices, which revisits the integrability of the two-body system and opens up exciting extensions for N-body generalizations thereof.