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Contents of Volume 13 
September 2005

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents
2  Inversion Contest Winners
5 Liars and Truthtellers: Learning Logic from Raymond Smullyan
Robert L. Holliday
8 What Good is Proof by Induction Anyway?
Catherine Abbott
8 Knowin' Induction
Lawrence Mark Lesser
10

NUMB3RS: The Intersection between Mathematics and Hollywood is Not Empty
Ron Buckmire
11  Another Mathematician Looks at NUMB3RS
Adam N. Rosenberg
13 The Evolution of Mathematical Certainty
Linda Becerra and Ron Barnes
18 Mathematics and Oil: Do They Mix?
Sylvia Forman
22 Book Reviews
Aaron Magid and Elizabeth D. Russell
24 Organizational Profile: Operations Research---The Science of Better
Barry List
26 It's Only Natural
Stan Wagon
30 REU Spotlight: Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics
Javier Rojo
31 The Virginia Tech Regional Math Contest
Peter A. Linnell
32 Problem Section
Andy Liu
35 Self-answering Problem Contest
Chris Hill
  Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors

 
       November 2005

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents
5 Transcendentals and Early Birds
Martin Gardner
6 A Dozen Questions about: Triangular Numbers
James Tanton
8 A Conversation with the Klein Four
Moshe Cohen
10

1000 Years of Math Bowl at Layfayette College
Gary Gordon and Liz McMahon
12  Organizational Profile: Young Mathematicians' Network
David Kung and John Vano
13 In Search of Talented Teachers
Irwin Kra
14 The Mathematical Contest in Modelling: An Inside View
William P. Fox
16 Creating and Publishing an Undergraduate Math Paper
Tram Hoang and Roger Lautzenheiser
18 FoxTrot Brings Mathematics to the Comics Page
Amy Ksir and Russell Goodman
24 The Gangs of New Math
Robert W. Vallin
26 REU Spotlight: Williams College—The SMALL Program
Jennifer Novak and Eric Schoenfeld
  28 Book Reviews
Michael Flake, Rebecca Russ, and Jacob McMillen
  30 A (Mostly) Differential Equations Crossword Puzzle
Thomas Dence, Jenise Smalley, and Kenneth Gasser
  32 Problem Section
Andy Liu
    Arthur T. Benjamin  and Jennifer J. Quinn, Editors

 

  February 2006

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents
5 Mathematical Connections in Art
George W. Hart
6 Opt Art
Robert Bosch
10 H. P. Lovecraft: a Horror in Higher Dimensions
Thomas Hull
13

American π
Larry Lesser
14  Dahlia Flowers in Mathematics, Nature, Art and Design
Gwen L. Fisher
18 Counting on the Art of James Mai
Daylene Zielinski
22 Guarding the Guards in Art Galleries
T. S. Michael and Val Pinciu
24 Play Review: Calculus--A Play by Carl Djerassi
Mary Gray and Shirley B. Gray
26 Movie Review: Proof
Stephen Abbott
28 Book Reviews
Sarah Gourlie and Jacob McMillen
30 Alumni Profiles: University of Washington
James Morrow
  31 REU Spotlight: James Madison University
Leonard Van Wyk
  33 Problem Section
Andy Liu
  35 Hidden Word Crossword and Contest
Laura Taalman
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 April 2006

 

Arthur T. Benjamin 
Jennifer J. Quinn
Editors

 

Table of Contents
5 Historical Ciphers and Ancient Languages
Sarah Spence Adams
8 Fighting Terrorism with Mathematics
Peter Allison
11 Devastating Roundoff Error
Tim Chartier
12 SENDing MORE MONEY in any base
Christopher Kribs-Zaleta
14  Could Your iPod Be Holding the Greatest Mystery in Modern Science?
Bernard Chazelle
16 Decoding the Hamming Code
Richard Ehrenborg
19 Self-answering Problems
20 Organizational Profile: The Inside Scoop on Mathematics at the NSA
Michelle Wagner
24 The NSA Director's Summer Program
Sage Briscoe & Aaron Magid
25 Advice on Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation
Joseph A. Gallian
28 Book Reviews
Elizabeth D. Russell and Natalya St. Clair
  32 Problem Section
Andy Liu
  35 Saddle Point in Sandstone
Stan Wagon

Contents of Volume 13