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Russell Merris, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science, California State University East Bay (nee Hayward)


The paramount obligation of a college is to develop in its students the ability to think clearly and independently and the ability to live confidently, courageously and hopefully. -- Ellen Browning Scripps


Announcement(s): I retired from the university on 21 June 2005.


About Russ Merris --

  • Vita
  • Articles
  • Books

  • Links to

  • the Math Department
  • the CS Department
  • the University
  • Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Music Performances
  • Theatre and Dance Performances
  • Careers in Math.

  • Recent articles of interest to mathematicians:

  • Carolyn Gordon and Barbara Lee Keyfitz, Women in Academia: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
  • Allyn Jackson, Has the Women-in-Mathematics Problem Been Solved?
  • Herbert A. Medina, Doctorate Degrees in Mathematics Earned by Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Americans: A Look at the Numbers

  • Random quotes and court cases.


    Discover the flavor of mathematics from a variety of perspectives, e.g.,

  • Neil Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
  • the web pages of CSU Hayward alumni Chris Caldwell and Bruce Sagan.
  • the joy of pi, and/or other fun facts.
  • the art of Escher or the sculpture of Hart.
  • Eric Weisstein's World of Math,
  • the AMS, the MAA, SIAM, or the NCTM.
  • its female practitioners, past and present;
  • its African American practitioners, via MAD or CAARMS; or
  • SACNAS, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
  • its history.
  • photos arranged by Nick Gilbert or Brendan McKay.
  • the biographies of some of its legends, e.g., Archimedes, Hypatia, and Erdos.
  • the geometry junkyard.
  • GIMPS.
  • or the National Curve Bank,

  • Russ.Merris@csueastbay.edu