Mathematics · General Awareness

Mathematics Research and Institutions

1,854 Questions

Test your general knowledge regarding the historical and administrative aspects of mathematics. This includes questions on professional mathematical societies, academic journals, and global research conferences. These topics occasionally appear in general awareness and current affairs sections.

Mathematical societiesAcademic journalsResearch conferencesEducational outreach

Mathematics Research and Institutions Questions

Multiple choice

Which journal is dedicated to the study of the applications of mathematics in the engineering sciences?

  1. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

  2. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

  3. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics

  4. Applied Mathematics and Computation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research papers in the applications of mathematics in the engineering sciences.

Multiple choice

What do you call a mathematician who is always making mistakes?

  1. A blundering mathematician

  2. A careless mathematician

  3. A sloppy mathematician

  4. A fallible mathematician
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Fallible means 'liable to make mistakes'. A fallible mathematician is someone who is always making mistakes.

Multiple choice

What do you call a mathematician who is always bragging?

  1. A boastful mathematician

  2. A conceited mathematician

  3. A pompous mathematician

  4. A self-important mathematician
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Boastful means 'tending to boast or brag'. A boastful mathematician is someone who is always bragging about their mathematical abilities.

Multiple choice

What do you call a mathematician who is always getting into trouble?

  1. A reckless mathematician

  2. A mischievous mathematician

  3. A troublemaking mathematician

  4. A disruptive mathematician
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mischievous means 'causing or enjoying trouble or harm in a playful way'. A mischievous mathematician is someone who is always getting into trouble, but in a playful way.

Multiple choice

What do you call a mathematician who is always complaining?

  1. A whiny mathematician

  2. A complaining mathematician

  3. A grumbling mathematician

  4. A moaning mathematician
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Whiny means 'complaining in a petulant or demanding way'. A whiny mathematician is someone who is always complaining.

Multiple choice

What is the NCTM's flagship publication?

  1. Mathematics Teacher

  2. Teaching Children Mathematics

  3. Journal of Mathematics Education

  4. Mathematics and Its Applications
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The NCTM's flagship publication is Mathematics Teacher.

Multiple choice

Which journal published Pierre de Fermat's Last Theorem in 1995?

  1. Annals of Mathematics

  2. Journal of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Inventiones Mathematicae

  4. Acta Mathematica
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem was published in the Annals of Mathematics in 1995.

Multiple choice

In which journal did Srinivasa Ramanujan publish his famous paper on mock theta functions in 1917?

  1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

  2. Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

  3. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  4. Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Ramanujan's paper on mock theta functions was published in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society in 1917.

Multiple choice

Which journal published Bernhard Riemann's groundbreaking paper on Riemann surfaces in 1851?

  1. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  2. Mathematische Annalen

  3. Göttinger Nachrichten

  4. Crelle's Journal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Riemann's paper on Riemann surfaces was published in the Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik in 1851.

Multiple choice

In which journal did Emmy Noether publish her seminal paper on Noether's theorem in 1918?

  1. Mathematische Annalen

  2. Göttinger Nachrichten

  3. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  4. Crelle's Journal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Noether's paper on Noether's theorem was published in the Mathematische Annalen in 1918.

Multiple choice

Which journal published Alan Turing's groundbreaking paper on computability and undecidability in 1936?

  1. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

  2. Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

  3. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  4. Journal of the London Mathematical Society
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Turing's paper on computability and undecidability was published in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society in 1936.

Multiple choice

In which journal did John von Neumann publish his seminal paper on game theory in 1928?

  1. Mathematische Annalen

  2. Göttinger Nachrichten

  3. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik

  4. Crelle's Journal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Von Neumann's paper on game theory was published in the Mathematische Annalen in 1928.

Multiple choice

Which journal published Kurt Gödel's famous incompleteness theorems in 1931?

  1. Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik

  2. Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

  3. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien

  4. Ergebnisse eines mathematischen Kolloquiums
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gödel's paper on the incompleteness theorems was published in the Monatshefte für Mathematik und Physik in 1931.

Multiple choice

In which journal did Paul Erdős publish his groundbreaking paper on random graphs in 1960?

  1. Publications of the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

  2. Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

  3. Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica

  4. Mathematica (Cluj)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Erdős' paper on random graphs was published in the Publications of the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1960.

Multiple choice

Which journal published Stephen Smale's seminal paper on dynamical systems in 1967?

  1. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

  2. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

  3. Annals of Mathematics

  4. Journal of Differential Equations
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Smale's paper on dynamical systems was published in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society in 1967.