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Contents of Volume 12 

September 2004

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents

48 Hours of Putnam
Robert Beezer 
6 By the Numbers
Joseph A. Gallian
8 Putnam, Pizza, & Problems Solving
Andrew J. Bernoff & Francis Edward Su
10 Perelman's Possible Poincaré Proof
Keith Devlin
12 Biography of a Contest Problem
Steven R. Dunbar & David Hankin
13  A Conversation with Melanie Wood
Joseph A. Gallian
15 How to Win a Fellowship
Evans M. Harrel & Michael Lacey
18 Book Reviews
Andy Niedermaier & Steven Byrnes
20 Chomping on Mathematics
Edward Siegfried
22 Alumni Profiles: St. Olaf College
Paul D. Humke & Paul Zorn
24 REU Spotlight: The University of Washington
James Morrow
26 In Her Own Words
Kimberly Hopkins
28 A Dozen Questions About: Pile Splitting
James Tanton
32 Problem Section
Andy Liu
35 Contest: Bus Problems
James Tanton

Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors

 
November 2004

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents

The Ancient World's Magical Genius Thinks Big
Erza Brown 
9 A Conversation with Scott Kim
Gwen Spencer
11 Chaos Rules!
Robert L. Devaney
15 Polyhedra from Pyramids
Hans Walser
18

Indeed, You Do Tattoo

20  Alumni Profiles: Appalachian State University
Sarah J. Greenwald & Holly P. Hirst
23 A Continuity Quandary
Paul K. Stockmeyer
23 Remembering Murray Klamkin
Andy Liu
A more detailed celebration is available.
24 REU Spotlight: Lafayette College
Gary Gordon
26 Reviews
Rebecca Jungman & Aaron Magid
28 Taming Mathematical Monsters
Robert W. Vallin
32 Problem Section 
Andy Liu
35 Contest: Create an Inversion!
Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors
February 2005

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents

Pi Day
Joanne Caniglia & Barbara Leapard 
5 A Dozen Questions About Fibonacci Numbers
James Tanton
10 Integers Causing Bipolar Orientation Reversal of Appendage Motion
Colin Adams
12 One in Two, Two in One: Mathematics and the Arts
Carla Farsi & Doug Craft
16

A Conversation with Leonardo Pisano
Ezra Brown

19  A Mathematician's Look at Foucault's Pendulum
Stuart Boersma
22 Alumnae Profiles: Wellesley College
Megan M. Kerr, Alan Shuchat, & Ann N. Trenk 
25 REU Spotlight: Clarkson University-SUNY Potsdam
Kazem Mahdavi
26 Book Reviews
Mike Giannetto, Sarah Gourlie, & Rebecca Russ
28 Fibonacci Decimals
Curtis D. Bennett
31 The Fibonacci Association
Fredric T. Howard
33 Problem Section 
Andy Liu
35 Self-Referential Aptitude Test
Jim Propp
Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors
April 2005

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents

Knot Divided
Stan Wagon & Carlo Séquin 
5 A Mathematical Model to Predict Award Winners
Rebecca L. Sparks & David Abrahamson
9 Chance Encounters: Sporting Chances
Mark Schilling
11 One, Two, Three, ...Jump: A Model of the Long Jump and Other Field Events
Alan Levine
14

Graphic Violence
Dale Hathaway

17  Spotlight: Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters
Serge Tabachnikov
18 Alumnae Profiles: Colorado State University-Pueblo
Hortensia Soto-Johnson
20 Can You Beat the Odds(makers)?
John A. Trono
22 Book Reviews
Ché Smith & Michael Flake
24 Math in The Real World: Mathematical Moments from Reality Television
Mark MacLean
28 Cardano and the Case of the Cubic
Jeff Adams
32 Problem Section
Andy Liu
35 Playing with Matches
Eric Libicki
Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors

 

Contents of Volume 12