The first group of students of mathematics to be organized into a fraternity was the Society of Pythagoras. It was decided that the emblems of Kappa Mu Epsilon be those of the Pythagoreans. The emblems chosen for the new fraternity were the five-pointed star and the pentagon.
CREST: A shield enclosing the five-pointed star. In the star is the graph of the rose, rho = a * sin (5 theta) , the symbol of pure mathematics. Around the star are five symbols indicative of the many applications of mathematics : at the upper right is a conventionalized butterfly, for the biological sciences; at the lower right is a moon and three stars, for the physical sciences; at the bottom is the symbol S angle n, for the business world; in the lower left is a shamrock and a slide rule, for the engineers; at the upper left is a book of knowledge, for the students and teachers who are continually extending the boundaries of mathematics and its applications. Above the shield is the design of the badge of the Society, and below it is a streamer upon which is printed the Greek motto. |
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