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Mathematics Magazine - February 1999

ARTICLES

The Dynamics of Circle Homeomorphisms: A Hands-on Introduction
by James A. Walsh

Chaos and One-to-Oneness
by Rodney Nillsen

When and Why Do Water Levels Oscillate in Three Tanks?
by Keith M. Kendig

NOTES

Woven Rope Friezes
by Frank A. Farris and Nils Kristian Rossing

Compounding Evidence from Multiple DNA-Tests
by Sam C. Saunders, N. Chris Meyer, and Dane W. Wu

Math Bite: Further Generalizations of a Curiosity that Feynman Remembered All His Life
by Garry J. Tee

Finding Exact Values for Infinite Sums
by Costas J. Efthimiou

A Polynomial Approach to a Diophantine Problem
by Lenny Jones

On Solid Angles and the Volumes of Regular Polyhedra
by Jeffrey Nunemacher

The Go Full Circle
by Russell Euler and Jawad Sadek

Proof Without Words:

by Rick Mabry

PROBLEMS

Proposals 1564-1568

Quickies 887-888

Solutions 1539-1543

Answers 887-888

REVIEWS

NEWS AND LETTERS

59th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition