MAA FOCUS

MAA FOCUS is the news magazine of the MAA. It contains information about MAA activities, news about mathematics and the mathematical community, and lively articles about interesting new (or sometimes not so new) ideas in mathematics, mathematics education, and related areas. It is published six times a year and is received by all members of the MAA.

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December-January 2011

December 2011 / January 2012 Table of Contents

The Startling Unity of Discrete Mathematics
How to Run an AMC Contest (Full article)
A Fond Farewell
Math-Flavored Budapest (Full article)
Erdös Number 1 . . . for Mountain Climbing (Full article)
Good Enough for Great Courses? (Read an interview with Michael Starbird)
President's Message: MAA and AWM: 40 and Counting
Section Meetings
Gathering for Logic Puzzles
AAAS Offers Math Symposia (Full article)
Competitions: Common Core and the AMC: What Can We Learn?
Archives Spotlight: Putting Names to Faces
Teaching with Tech: Online Discussion Boards (Full article)
Puzzle Page: A Four-Color Problem (Problem and Solution)
Continuum Society Debuts
John Kenelly, Treasurer, Retires
IMO Scholarships Given
Editors Past and Future
On Books: Buy More Books!
SIGMAA Notes (Full Article)

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