Mathematical Atlas Online

vitaly.friedman writes "Whether you are looking for Complex analysis, Differential Equatiions or Probability and Statistics references, the Mathematical Atlas covers the whole area of mathematics and related subjects. The so-called 'Gateway to Mathematics' is a collection of articles about aspects of mathematics at and above the university level, but (usually) not at the level of current research. "The goal of this collection is to introduce the subject areas of modern mathematics, to describe a few of the milestone results and topics, and to give pointers to some of the key resources where further information is to be found. Like any good atlas, we try to present several ways to look at each area and to show its relationship with neighboring areas and sub-areas."

Comments

How recent is this site?

[musselm]

From the site: "This site last updated (and all links checked) 2002/04/1"

It's a cool project, but man, it's ugly.

Specific design suggestions

[HerbieTMac]

It has been noted that the design of this website needs work. Let me reiterate that and add some specifics.

• Color. Forget the dithering. It renders horribly on LCD monitors and low-refresh rate CRTs.
• Search. Wow does that search need work. A google "site:math-atlas.org" thingy will work better.
• Navigation. Some may not agree with me but tables would be a definite plus on this site. Keep a sidebar visible so that I can see where I am and easily click around.

Overall, kudos for the content and generally improving the web.

Re:ANd what's wrong with Wolfram site? ;-)

[WaterBreath]

Well, there's nothing wrong with it. The Atlas doesn't appear to be intended to provide the level of detail that MathWorld does.

But it does give a good overview of what a given broad topic is all about, in relatively layman terms. (Something MathWorld is not particularly concerned with.) And one thing it does offer that MathWorld doesn't is lists of resources for learning about the topics. Mathworld just has citations.