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Contents of Volume 9 
September 2001

September 2001:

 5    A Dozen Questions About the Powers of Two
       James Tanton 
11    Dick Termes and his Spheres 
       Sandra Keith 
16   The Edge of the Universe 
       Frank Farris 
18   The Case of the Murdered Mathematician 
       Julia Barnes and Kathy Ivey 
29   Ranking NFL Teams 
       Roger Johnson 
31   Problem Section 
       Murray Klamkin, Editor 
35   The Final Exam: A Self-Referential Final Exam 
 
Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors
 

November 2001:

  2   White Narcissus 
       John Bruning, Robert Longhurst, Dan Schwalbe, Stan Wagon,
       Matthias Weber 
  5   Math Makes the Movies 
       Steve Kennedy and Deanna Haunsperger  
11   How Many Women Mathematicians Can You Name?  
       Judy Green 
16   If Pascal Had a Computer 
       Thaddeus N. Selden and Bruce F. Torrence 
20   Sums of Squares of Distances  
       Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian 
25   Things Aren't Always What They Seem 
       Mark Schilling 
26   Another Verse, Changed from the First   
       Rheta Rubenstein and Randy Schwartz
28   A Mathematical Life   
       Michael Monticino
28   Packing Rectangles with the L and P Pentominoes   
       Andris Cibulis and Andy Liu
32   Problem Section
       Murray Klamkin and Andy Liu
35   The Final Exam: Listen up! 
Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors
 

February 2002:

  5   Refractive Relief 
       Karla J. Oty 
  7   President Garfield and the Pythagorean Theorem 
       Victor E. Hill IV  
10   A Mathematical Seduction  
       Drew Aderburg 
13   Life and Death on the Go Board 
       Peter Schumer 
17   The Canoe Curve  
       Thomas Winter;
23   In Search of a Practical Map Fold 
       Thomas Hull 
27   The Prizes Rite   
       William T. Butterworth and Paul R. Coe
30   Fishy Mathematics   
       Allison DeLong
32   Problem Section
       Murray Klamkin and Andy Liu
35   The Final Exam: Function Fun 
       Gary Wood
Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors
 

April 2002:

  2   A Beautiful Mind 
       Stephen Abbott  
  5   The World's First Mathematics Textbook 
       Underwood Dudley  
11   The Instability of Democratic Decisions  
       Philip D. Straffin, Jr. 
16   A Baseball Giant, A Math Giant, and the Epsilon in the
       Middle 
       Carl Pomerance 
20   Digging for Squares  
       Paul Pasles 
25   Mathematical Femmes Fatales 
       Nicholas Reich 
26   A Dozen Questions about a Triangle   
       James Tanton
28   Measuring Diversity in the United States   
       Mark Schilling
32   Problem Section
       Murray Klamkin and Andy Liu
35   The Final Exam: Tan Line Lofts Curve, Ouch! 
       Mullah McCoy, Armsborg the Swede, and Johnny H. Waco
Deanna Haunsperger and Stephen Kennedy, Editors

Contents of Volume 9