Trevor Evans Award Winners

Trevor Evans Award Winners

The Trevor Evans Awards, established by the Board of Governors in 1992 and first awarded in 1996, are presented by the Mathematical Association of America to authors of exceptional articles that are accessible to undergraduates and published in Math Horizons. The Awards are named for Trevor Evans, a distinguished mathematician, teacher and writer at Emory University. The award is $250.

2008
William Dunham, "Euler's Amicable Numbers," Math Horizons, November 2007, pp. 5-7.
Robert K. Moniot, "The Taxman Game," Math Horizons, February 2007, pp. 18-20.

2007
Adrian Rice and Eve Torrence, "Lewis Carroll's Condensation Method for Evaluating Determinants," Math Horizons, November 2006, pp. 12-15.
Robert Bosch, "Opt Art," Math Horizons, February 2006, pp. 6-9.

2006
Ronald Barnes and Linda Becerra, "The Evolution of Mathematical Certainty," Math Horizons, September 2005, pp. 13-17.
Stuart Boersma, "A Mathematician's Look at Foucault's Pendulum," Math Horizons, February 2005, pp. 19-21, 32.

2005
Robert L. Devaney, "Chaos Rules!",  Math Horizons, November 2004.

2004
Douglas Dunham, “A Tale Both Shocking and Hyperbolic,” Math Horizons, April, 2003.
Hugh McCague, “A Mathematical Look at a Medieval Cathedral,” Math Horizons, April, 2003.

2003
Laura Taalman and Eugenie Hunsicker, "Simplicity is not Simple," Math Horizons, September, 2002. 
Philip D. Straffin, Jr., "The Instability of Democratic Decisions," Math Horizons, April, 2002.

2002
James Tanton, "A Dozen Questions about the Powers of Two", Math Horizons, September 2001, pp 5-10. 
Frank A. Farris, "The Edge of the Universe", Math Horizons, September 2001, pp. 16-23.

2001
Ira Rosenholtz, "One Point Determines a Line – A Geometric Axiom of Choice," Math Horizons, November 2000, pp. 20-24. 
James Tanton, "A Dozen Areal Maneuvers,” Math Horizons, September 2000, pp. 26-30, 34.

2000
Stan Wagon, "The Ultimate Flat Tire," Math Horizons, February 1999, pp.14-17.
Peter Schumer, "The Magician of Budapest," Math Horizons, April 1999, pp. 5-9.

1999
Ravi Vakil, "The Youngest Tenured Professor in Harvard History," Math Horizons, September 1998, pp. 8-12.

1998
Tom M. Apostol, "What IS the Most Surprising Result in Mathematics?" (Part II), Math Horizons, February 1997, pp. 26-31. 
Martin Gardner, "The Square Root of Two = 1.41421 35623 73095 ...", Math Horizons, April 1997, pp. 5-8.

1997
William Dunham, "1996--A Triple Anniversary", Math Horizons, September 1996, pp. 8-13. 
Dan Kalman, "A Perfectly Odd Encounter in a Reno Cafe", Math Horizons, April 1996, pp. 5-7.

1996
Joel Chan, "As Easy as Pi", Math Horizons, Winter 1993, pp. 18-19. 
Underwood Dudley, "Why History?", Math Horizons, November 1994, pp. 10-11.
Joseph Gallian, "Weird Dice", Math Horizons, February 1995, pp. 30-31. 
Alan Tucker, "The Parallel Climbers Puzzle", Math Horizons, November 1995, pp. 22-24.