THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS
AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Instructions to Authors

Mathematics Today aims to provide members of the Institute with news and other informative items on mathematics and related topics and includes research papers, overviews of recent developments or applications, news items, puzzles and letters. Contributions from Institute members and non-members will be considered.

Submissions
Manuscripts may be submitted by email (in Word or PDF format), disc or hard copy and must be entirely the work of the named author(s). If the article has been published before, or if it is being considered for another publication, this must be clearly stated and full details given. Authors are encouraged to discuss proposed articles with Rebecca Waters (rebecca.waters@ima.org.uk) before submission.

• Articles should not exceed 4000 words in length.

• Please provide a short summary of articles.

• For each author please provide a full name, address and email address/daytime telephone.

• Please ensure that copyright approval has been obtained for all illustrations used.

Editorial and refereeing policy
It is Institute policy to send all articles, letters and puzzles, that have mathematical or scientific content to referees, as a matter of routine, in order to ensure the accuracy of the material. At the same time confirmation is sought from the referees that the article is suitable, both in subject matter and style, for Mathematics Today. A balance of topics, and items, is maintained within issues and over several issues. Non-acceptance does not imply that an article does not meet the academic standard required. The Institute reserves the right to edit manuscripts for clarity of expression and to adjust the length of articles.

Permission must be obtained before items from Mathematics Today are reproduced or published in other publications.

Submissions should be sent to Rebecca Waters (rebecca.waters@ima.org.uk).

Dates for 2009

Issue	Copy Required By	Publication Date
February	29 December	30 January
April	3 March	29 March
June	1 May	30 May
August	3 July	30 July
October	28 August	30 September
December	2 November	29 November