This section contains material of historical and human interest. We are archiving some of our old web pages here, as well as other odds and ends. Please send comments and questions to webmaster@math.ohio-state.edu [1].

Alumni

If you are an alumnus, former faculty or staff of our department we would like to hear from you.

• Alumni Guestbook [1] - please leave a message.

History of the Department of Mathematics

• A Brief History [1]
• Historical Photo Album [1]
• Ph. D. Dissertations since 1909 [1]
• The Rasor-Bareis-Gordon Competitions [1] (see also: current contests [1])

Grace Marie Bareis [1]

Marshall Hall, Jr. [1]

James R. C. Leitzel [1]

Henry B. Mann [1]

Tibor Radó [1]

Samuel Eugene Rasor [1]

Arnold E. Ross [1]

Herbert J. Ryser [1]

Hans Zassenhaus [1]

For further biographies please visit the page Biographical Information [1].

See also the Ohio Masters of Mathematics [2], a collection of biographical sketches by the Ohio Section [3] of the Mathematical Association of America [4] (MAA).

In Memorium

• Judy Berenstein [4]
• Phil Huneke [4]

Rhodus Gift

• Wife Makes Gift to `Mistress' [4] - Campaign Update article
• N. Wayne Rhodus Alcove and Display [4]

Alain Connes' 1998 Course at Ohio State

Videotapes [4] of Connes' course on Noncommutative Geometry, Trace Formulas and the Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function [4], Oct. 12 - Nov. 13, 1998.

Reception with Ohio State President William E. Kirwan

Pictures from the reception [4] for President Kirwan and new faculty on Oct. 2, 1998

The Solving of Fermat's Last Theorem

Overhead slides from Karl Rubin's Ohio State University Distinguished Lecture on May 22, 1997. (Copied from Karl's home page with his gracious permission.)

• frames version [4]
• no frames version [4]

Math Matrix

In the 1980's Professor James Leitzel [4] published a department newsletter called "Math Matrix". The following issues of this newsletter have been preserved and digitized:

• Spring 84 Math Matrix [4]
• Autumn 84 Math Matrix [4]
• Spring 85 Math Matrix [4]
• Autumn 85 Math Matrix [4]
• Spring 86 Math Matrix [4]
• Autumn 86 Math Matrix [4]
• Autumn 88 Math Matrix [4]
• Spring 89 Math Matrix [4]
• Autumn 89 Math Matrix [4]
• Spring 90 Math Matrix [4]