Der George Pólya Award ist ein 1976 von der Mathematical Association of America (MAA) eingeführter und seit 1977 vergebener Mathematikpreis für besonders elegante Artikel, die in der ebenfalls von der MAA herausgegebenen Mathematikzeitschrift College Mathematics Journal erschienen sind. Der nach George Pólya benannte Preis, der jährlich bis zu zweimal vergeben wird, ist (Stand 2013) mit 1000 US-Dollar dotiert.
Preisträger Jahr Preisträger Artikel2025Tova Brown, Brody JohnsonPull-Back Cars: Vehicles for the Instruction of Differential Equations, Band 55:3, 192–204. doi:10.1080/07468342.2024.2302300Jason SnyderA Modern Spin on Archimedes’ Quadrature of the Parabola, Band 55:2, 134–139. doi:10.1080/07468342.2023.2278992024Damiano Fulghesu, James A. Sellers, Courtney K. TaylorInfinite Families of Infinite Series With Integer Sums, Band 54:1, 33–43. doi:10.1080/07468342.2022.2160611William DunhamBryn Mawr College Matriculation Exams from a Century Ago, Band 54:2, 83–89. doi:10.1080/07468342.2023.21898202023William Q. EricksonHaste Makes Waste: An Optimization Problem, Band 53:2, 122–133. doi:10.1080/07468342.2021.2022955Johnner BarrettUnlawful Calculations: A Look into Lie’s Notebook, Band 53:2, 104–115. doi:10.1080/07468342.2021.20195502022Joseph Previte, Michelle PreviteThe Beautiful Chaotic Dynamics of iz, Band 52:5, 364–372. doi:10.1080/07468342.2021.1973820Adrian Rice, Ezra BrownWhy Hamilton Couldn’t Multiply Triples, Band 52:3, 185–192. doi:10.1080/07468342.2021.18974182021James Christian, Holly Middleton-SpencerOn the Nth Roots of –1 and Complex Basin Boundaries: Fractals from Newton-Raphson, Band 51:2 (2020), 95–104. doi:10.1080/07468342.2020.1703452Adam HammettEuler’s Limit and Stirling’s Estimate, Band 51:5, 330–336. doi:10.1080/07468342.2020.18110582020Christopher CatoneBringing Calculus into Discrete Math via the Discrete Derivative, Band 50:1 (2019), 21–27Adam Glesser, Matt Rathbun, Isabel Serrano, Bogdan D. SuceavăEclectic Illuminism: Applications of Affine Geometry, Band 50:2 (2019), 82–922019Stanley R. Huddy, Michael A. JonesThe Calculus Behind Generic Drug Equivalence, Band 49:1 (2018), 2–9Peter McGrathNewton’s Shell Theorem via Archimedes’ Hat Box and Single Variable Calculus, Band 49:2 (2018), 109–113 2018 Ben Blum-Smith, Samuel Coskey Fundamental Theorem on Symmetric Polynomials: History’s First Whiff of Galois Theory, Band 48:1 (2017), 18–29 Stephen Kaczkowski Mathematical Models for Global Mean Sea Level Rise, Band 48:3 (2017), 162–169 2017 Viktor Blåsjö How to Find the Logarithm of Any Number Using Nothing But a Piece of String, Band 47:2 (2016), 95–100 Travis Kowalski The Sine of a Single Degree, Band 47:5 (2016), 322–332 2016 Gordon Hamilton, Kiran S. Kedlaya, Henri Picciotto Square-Sum Pair Partitions, Band 46:4 (2015), 264–269 Hassan Boualem, Robert Brouzet To Be (a Circle) or Not To Be, Band 46:3 (2015), 197–206 2015 David Joyner The Man Who Found God’s Number. Band 45:4 (2014), 258–266. Michael Brilleslyper, Lisbeth Schaubroeck Locating Unimodular Roots. Band 45:3 (2014), 162–168. 2014 Adam E. Parker Who Solved the Bernoulli Differential Equation and How Did They Do It? Band 44:2 (2013), 89–97. Christiane Rousseau How Inge Lehmann Discovered the Inner Core of the Earth. Band 44:5 (2013), 399–408. 2013 Jacob Siehler The Finite Lamplighter Groups: A Guided Tour. Band 43:3 (2012), 203–211. David Applegate, Marc LeBrun, Neil J. A. Sloane Carryless Arithmetic Mod 10 Band 43:1 (2012), 43–50. 2012 T.S. Michael Guards, Galleries, Fortresses, and the Octoplex, Band 42:3 (2011), 191–200. Leslie A. Cheteyan, Stewart Hengeveld, Michael A. Jones Chutes and Ladders for the Impatient, Band 42:1 (2011), 2–8. 2011 Jonathan K. Hodge, Emily Marshall, Geoff Patterson Gerrymandering and Convexity, Band 41:4 (2010), 312–324 John Martin The Helen of Geometry, Band 41:1 (2010), 17–27. 2010 Andrew Barker Evolutionary Stability in the Traveler’s Dilemma, Band 40:1 (2009), 33–38 Curtis Feist, Ramin Naimi Topology Explains Why Automobile Sunshades Fold Oddly, Band 40:2 (2009), 93–98 2009 Lawrence Brenton Remainder Wheels and Group Theory, Band 39, no. 2, März 2008, 129–135 Greg N. Frederickson Designing a Table Both Swinging and Stable, Band 39, no. 4, September 2008, 258–266 2008 Roland Minton, Timothy J. Pennings Do Dogs Know Bifurcations?, Band 38, no. 5, November 2007, 356–361 Andrew J. Simpson Pursuit Curves for the Man in the Moone, Band 38, no. 5, November 2007, 330–338 2007 Richard Jerrard, Joel Schneider, Ralph Smallberg, John Wetzel Straw in a Box, Band 37, März 2006, 93–102 Allen Schwenk Distortion of Average Class Size: The Lake Wobegon Effect, Band 37, September 2006, 293–296 2006 Ezra Brown Phoebe Floats!, März 2005, 114–122 James Sandefur A Geometric Series from Tennis, Mai 2005, 224–226 2005 Brian Hopkins, Robin J. Wilson The Truth About Königsberg, Mai 2004, Seite 198 Stephen M. Walk Mind Your ∃s and ∀s, November 2004, Seite 3622004 Greg N. Frederickson A New Wrinkle on an Old Folding Problem, September, 2003, vol. 34(4) pp. 258–263 2003 David L. Finn Can a Bicycle Create a Unicycle Track?, Band 33 (2002), 283–292 Dan Kalman An Undetermined Linear System for GPS, Band 33 (2002), 384–3902002 Timothy G. Freeman Conformality, the Exponential Function, and World Map Projections, Band 32, November 2001, 334–342 2001 Ezra A. Brown Three Fermat Trails to Elliptic Curves, Band 31, No. 3, (2000), 162–172 Chip Ross, Jody M. Sorensen Will the Real Bifurcation Diagram Please Stand Up!, Band 31, No. 1, (2000), 2–14 2000 Ezra Brown Square roots from 1;24,51,10 to Dan Shanks, Band 30 (1999), 82–95 Martin Gardner The asymmetric propeller, Band 30 (1999), 18–22 1999 Aaron Klebanoff, John Rickert Studying the Cantor Dust at the Edge of the Feigenbaum Diagrams, Taco, Band 29 (1998), 189–198 David Bleecker, Lawrence J. Wallen The World’s Biggest Taco, Band 29 (1998), 2–17 1998 Kevin G. Kirby Of Memories, Neurons, and Rank-One Corrections, Band 28 (1997), 2–19 Aimee Johnson, Kathleen Madden Putting the Pieces Together: Understanding Robinson’s Nonperiodic Tilings, Band 28 (1998), 172–181 1997 Chris Christensen Newton’s Method for Ressolving Affected Equations, Band 27 (1996), 330–340 Leon Harkleroad How Mathematicians Know What Computers Can’t Do, Band 27 (1996), 37–42 1996 John H. Ewing Can We See the Mandelbrot Set?, Band 26 (1995), 90–99 James G. Simmonds A New Look at an Old Function, e, Band 26 (1995), 6–10 1995 Anthony P. Ferzola Euler and Differentials, Band 25 (1994), 102–111 Paulo Ribenboim Prime Number Records, Band 25 (1994), 280–290 1994 Charles W. Groetsch Inverse Problems and Torricelli’s Law, Band 24 (1993), 210–217 Dan Kalman Six Ways to Sum a Series, Band 24 (1993), 402–421 1993 L. H. Lange, J. W. Miller A Random Ladder Game: Permutations, Eigenvalues, and Convergence of Markov Chains, Band 23 (1992), 373–385 D. N. MacKenzie Triquetras and Porisms, Band 23 (1992), 118–131 1992 William Dunham Euler and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, Band 22 (1991), 282–293 Howard Eves Two Surprising Theorems on Cavalieri Congruence, Band 22 (1991), 118–124 1991 William B. Gearhart, Harris S. Shultz The Function Sin x/x, Band 21 (1990), 90–99 Mark F. Schilling The Longest Run of Heads, Band 21 (1990), 196–207 1990 Israel Kleiner Evolution of the Function Concept: A Brief Survey, Band 20 (1989), 282–300 D. Neidinger Automatic Differentiation & APL, Band 20 (1989), 238–251 1989 Beverly L. Brechner, John C. Mayer Antoine’s Necklace - or How to Keep a Necklace from Falling Apart, Band 19 (1988), 306–320 Edward Rozema Why Should We Pivot in Gaussian Elimination?, Band 19 (1988), 63–72 1988 Dennis M. Luciano, Gordon D. Pritchett Cryptology: From Caesar Ciphers to Public-Key Cryptosystems, Band 18 (1987), 2–17 V. Frederick Rickey Isaac Newton: Man, Myth, and Mathematics, Band 18, (1987), 362–389 1987 Irl C. Bivens What a Tangent Line Is When It Isn’t a Limit, Band 17 (1986), 133–143 Constance Reid The Autobiography of Julia Robinson, Band 17 (1986), 2–211986 Philip J. Davis What Do I Know? A Study of Mathematical Self-Awareness, Band 16 (1985), 22–41 1985 Anthony Barcellos The Fractal Geometry of Mandelbrot, Band 15 (1984), 98–114 Kay Dundas To Build a Better Box, Band 15 (1984), 30–36 1984 Ruma Falk, Maya Bar-Hillel Probabilistic Dependence Between Events, Band 14 (1983), 240–247 Richard J. Trudeau How Big is a Point?, Band 14 (1983), 295–300 1983 Paul R. Halmos The Thrills of Abstraction, Band 13 (1982), 243–251 Douglas R. Hofstadter Analogies and Metaphors to Explain Gó's Theorem, Band 13 (1982), 98–114 Warren Page, V.N. Murty Nearness Relations Among Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Part 1, Band 13 (1982), 315–327 1982 John A. Mitchem On the History and Solution of the Four-Color Map Problem, Band 12 (1981), 108–116 Peter L. Renz Mathematical Proof: What It Is and What It Ought to Be, Band 12 (1981), 83–103 1981 Gulbank D. Chakerian Circles and Spheres, Band 11 (1980), 26–41 Robert G. Dean, Ennis D. McCune, William D. Clark Calculators to Motivate Infinite Composition of Functions, Band 11 (1980), 189–195 1980 Robert Nelson Pictures, Probability, and Paradox, Band 10 (1979), 182–190 Hugh F. Ouellette and Gordon Bennett The Discovery of a Generalization: An Example in Problem Solving, Band 10 (1979), 100–106 1979 Richard L. Francis A Note on Angle Construction, Band 9 (1978), 75–80 Richard Plagge Fraction without Quotients: Arithmetic of Repeating Decimals, Band 9 (1978), 11–15 1978 Allen H. Holmes, Walter Sanders, John W. LeDuc Statistical Inference for the General Education Student - It Can Be Done, Band 8 (1977), Seite 223–230 Freida Zames Surface Area and the Cylinder Area Paradox, Band 8 (1977), 207–211 1977 Anneli Lax Linear Algebra, A Potent Tool, Band 7 (1976), 3–15 Julian Weissglass Small Groups: An Alternative to the Lecture Method, Band 7 (1976), 15–20
Siehe auch George-Pólya-Preis
Weblinks George Pólya Awards bei der MAA
Kategorie:Auszeichnung der Mathematical Association of America Kategorie:Erstverleihung 1977