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Content Teasers for November 2007
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William Dunham Discover how Euler single-handedly increased the world’s supply of amicable numbers twenty-fold. |
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Archimedes in the 5th Dimension Dan Kalman Relating the volume of a sphere to cylinders, cones, and other geometric objects in three and five dimensions. |
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An Interview with Sir Issac Newton H.W. "Chuck" Straley The real story of Newton’s life, passions, and confrontations. |
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A Rational Approach to Trigonometry N.J. Wildberger An intriguing and innovative twist on a classic subject. |
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William Lindgren |
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Annalisa Crannell and Martina Mincheva Exploring M.C. Esher’s three-dimensional world through the lens of his reflecting sphere etchings. |
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Diana Davis and Natalya St. Clair Students review Euler: Master of Us all by William Dunham and Conics by Keith Kendig. |
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Abhisek Ukil Mixing Euler’s formulae and Fourier series to create a bit of pi. |
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From Double Takes to Double Periods Leon Harkleroad A surprising integral relation between a particular function and its reciprocal. |
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Jonathan Benefiel See the MAA Study tour to St. Petersburg, Basel, and Berlin through the eyes of an undergraduate mathematics major. |
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Katharine Merow A poetic tribute to Eulcid's fifth postulate. |
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Problem Section Andy Liu and Derek Smith |