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By DCMath
Posted Sun Apr 29, 2007 at 02:22:10 AM PDT

Hi there, I am a young working professional with a BS in math, getting ready to start graduate school in math. I am looking for a journal to subscribe to as my employer will reimburse it and since I am traveling a lot, I would like to have a print copy. Any suggestions on a journal that would cover enough in-depth for someone with advanced undergraduate math experience, but be general enough to cover a wide variety of topics for a mathematician that is not sure what area to specialize in?

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[new] Try the society main publications (none / 0) (#1)
by Cotati on Sun Apr 29, 2007 at 06:57:08 PM PDT

Perhaps one place to start is with one of the publications that the various math societies send out to all members. For example, for the American Mathematical Society (AMS), this would be the Bulletin. Some (most?) of its articles might be above undergrad level, but the topics will range over all areas of mathematics. The AMS also has a publication called Communications, and it does have some technical articles, usually accessible to a fairly broad audience, but it also has all the stuff like announcements of conferences and workshops, meetings, job openings, fellowships, awards, obituaries, and the like. If you do not want to outright join the AMS, you can still subscribe, I believe. If your interests lean towards teaching, check out the publications of the MAA; if they lean to applied math, perhaps SIAM.

[new] Society Publications (none / 0) (#2)
by Vanes63 on Mon Apr 30, 2007 at 12:55:42 PM PDT

I like what Cotati said about the societal publications and would like to add that although MAA is more teaching centered they do publish a few magazines that I think are worth while for any type of mathematician to read.

I have found a lot of use from browsing the American Mathematical Monthly, Mathematics Magazine and College Mathematics Journal - all published by the MAA.

In particular, the American Mathematical Monthly has a section of problems in the back that are published by mathematicians around the world. I know some departments recommend these as undergraduate (and sometimes even graduate) research topics. Some of the problems have solutions, while others do not. If you submit your solution before the due date, X months after the problems are proposed, then your name gets published in the journal together with the "best" solution.

My two cents: go to the closest well-stocked university library you know and spend a Saturday reading through a few publications to see what you like the best, then get your company to pay for that one. I love reading my Amer. Math Monthly, but only read a few articles if at that. Make it a goal to try to read a few articles and grow to understand them, versus trying to find a publication full of articles that are easy for you to read. Challenge yourself and grow as a mathematician, I think it is really the only way to go.

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