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Math Horizons - April 2003
Content Teasers for April 2003
Great mathematical moments from Springfield.
Be optimistic and live longer.
Honeybees, Fibonaccis, and Renaissance banking: Sunday morning math class in Boston.
The prerequisite for stonemasonry? Mathematics.
Sculpture inspired by mathematics: a photo essay.
What M.C. Escher learned about non-Euclidean geometry.
Did you ever wonder why mathematics is so effective in describing the real world?
Proposed by Michael C. Rotundo (graduate student), Rochester, NY. Let m, n, p, and q be positive integers with p and q relatively prime and not both 1. Solve the equation p^{mx} + q^{nx}=0 over the complex number field.
Let a, b, and c be distinct real numbers. Solve the following system of equations for real variables x, y, and z: x/(1+a) + y/(2+a) + z/(3+a)=1, x/(1+b) + y/(2+b) + z/(3+b)=1, x/(1+c) + y/(2+c) + z/(3+c)=1.
A puzzle by Barry Cipra based on the conceptual art of Sol LeWitt.
Dummy View - NOT TO BE DELETED