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Steve Abbott
Bruce Torrence
Editors

April 2012: Table of Contents

Artists Respond to Alan Turing
Michael Olinick
The triumphs and tragedy of Turing’s life inspire artists across the creative spectrum.

Can Machines Feel? A Reporter Discusses Life, Politics, and God with an Android
Andrew Stein
A snapshot of where we stand and what’s at stake in the ongoing explorations of Alan Turing’s imitation game.

Pythagoras in a Box
Joel E. Cohen
Wrapping the Pythagorean diagram in bronze inspires some cost-cutting calculations.

The Man Who “Whammied” Press Your Luck
Anthony DeLegge
Was it just chance when Michael Larson won his record fortune on the popular 1980s TV game show?

Metric Madness
David Clark
How to decide who is closest when predicting NCAA basketball scores.

The Disgruntled Math Major: How Smart Is Too Smart?
Nick Boredaki

Interweaving Art and Geometry: Encounter with an African Master Weaver
Paulus Gerdes

THE VIEW FROM HERE: Taking the Plunge
Elise delMas
An undergraduate math major survives her first go at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.

THE PLAYGROUND!
The Math Horizons problem section, edited by Derek Smith

Aftermath:My Conversion to Tauism (click to read and respond)
Stephen Abbott
Michael Hartl’s “The Tau Manifesto” shows that π is irrational.

 


Math Horizons Editors Past and Present: Former editors Steve Kennedy, Deanna Haunsperger, Art Benjamin, Jenny Quinn, and current editors Steve Abbott and Bruce Torrence together at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington, D.C.