Contents of Volume 6 

September 1998:

 5   Egyptian Rope, Japanese Paper, and High 

        School Math    David Gale

 8   The Youngest Tenured Professor in 

       Harvard History    Ravi Vakil

13  Ten Amazing Mathematical Tricks

         Martin Gardner

16  Working with Recruiters    Jack Wilson

18  Mathematical Modeling in the World of Finance

         Eric Wepsic, Sendehil Revuluri, and Chris Welty

20  Statistics and Passive Smoking

         Mark Schilling

23  Power Tools: Synthesizing Math and 

        Computer Science    Benjamin Weiss

24  Can a Mathematics Major Become 

        a Statistician?    Robert Schaefer and John Skillings

25  Bringing Math to the Market

         Glen Whitney

27  Surprising Geometric Properties 

        of Exponential Functions    Tom M. Apostol 

          and Mamikon Mnatsakanian

30  Selecting Potential Employers    Jack Wilson 

32  Problem Section    Murray Klamkin, Editor

 

Donald J. Albers, Editor

 

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November 1998:

 5    A Student Guide to the National Math Meetings

          Dan Kalman

 8    The Use and Care of Numbers    Joseph Zikmund II

12   Internships     Jack Wilson

14   Art Benjamin - Mathemagician    Donald J. Albers

21   Census 2000: Count on Controversy    Mark Schilling

24   Exploring Moduli Spaces    Jordan Ellenberg

26   A Dozen Questions About a Donut    James Tanton 

32   Problem Section    Murray Klamkin, Editor

 

Donald J. Albers, Editor

 

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February 1999:

 5   The PhD of Comedy 

       Deanna Haunsperger and Steve Kennedy 

10   Legislating Pi 

       Underwood Dudley 

14   The Ultimate Flat Tire 

       Stan Wagon 

18   The Roots of the Branches of Mathematics 

       Rheta Rubenstein and Randy Schwartz 

21   A Dozen Reasons Why 1=2 

       James Tanton 

26   Irrationality Dominates Pi 

       Barry Cipra 

27   A Student Visits Mathfest  

       Vince Lucarelli 

30   Fighting Tuberculosis with Mathematics  

       Wendy Mills 

32  Problem Section 

       Murray Klamkin, Editor 

35   The Final Exam: Who Said It? 

 

Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors

 

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April 1999

  5   The Magician of Budapest 

       Peter Schumer 

10   Math Majors Study Abroad in Beautiful   Budapest 

       Paul Humke 

14   Szerda to Vasarnap 

       Barbie Gregory and Matthew Feig 

18   Beyond Wonderland: The Mathematics of Lewis

Carroll 

       S.I.B. Gray 

24   Math Major Wins College Jeopardy! 

       Arthur Benjamin 

27   How I Lost on Jeopardy! 

       Patrick Headley 

29   Books for the Beach  

       Jeffrey Ondich 

31   Index  

32   Problem Section 

       Murray Klamkin, Editor 

35   The Final Exam: Pi Mnemonics 

       Mimi Cukier 

Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors

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