https://www.siam.org/rss-feed/siam-news/issue-archive/volume-46-number-02-march-2013SIAM News Rss Issue Archive Feeden-USCopyright 2026Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:16:19 Zhttps://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-unconventional-history-of-the-early-ias-computer/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/an-unconventional-history-of-the-early-ias-computer/Thomas Haigh reviews Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZThomas Haighhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/back-story-mathematics-awareness-month-2013/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/back-story-mathematics-awareness-month-2013/Mathematics Awareness Month is held each April to raise awareness of the important role mathematics plays in our lives.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/grace-satellite-data-delineates-changing-earth-surface/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/grace-satellite-data-delineates-changing-earth-surface/The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment maps the Earth’s gravitational field with previously unattained precision.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZJames Casehttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gaussian-elimination-as-an-iterative-algorithm/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/gaussian-elimination-as-an-iterative-algorithm/ Alex Townsend and Lloyd N. Trefethen point out that gaussian elimination has an iterative side.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZAlex Townsend, Lloyd N. Trefethenhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modeling-the-origin-of-eusociality/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/modeling-the-origin-of-eusociality/Bill Kolata discusses a 2010 paper that challenged a decades-old explanation for the evolution of “eusocial organization” in many insects.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZBill Kolatahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-momentum-for-applied-mathematics-in-east-asia/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/new-momentum-for-applied-mathematics-in-east-asia/The opportunity to host EASIAM2012 injected new momentum into applied mathematics in Taiwan.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZIrene Fonsecahttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-chia-chiao-lin-1916-2013/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/obituaries-chia-chiao-lin-1916-2013/The 16th president of SIAM, Chia-Chiao Lin died in Beijing on January 13, at the age of 96.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-journals-introduce-supplementary-materials/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/siam-journals-introduce-supplementary-materials/A committee recently formulated recommendations for expanding the online options associated with SIAM journal papers.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 Zhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-2012-ig-nobel-for-physics/https://www.siam.org/publications/siam-news/articles/the-2012-ig-nobel-for-physics/Read a letter to the editor praising "And the Ig Nobel Goes to...Joseph B. Keller," which published in December.Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 ZAlain Gorielyhttp://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/