Loci Volume 4

Table of Contents

Loci Convergence January 2012 through December 2013

Articles

• A Political Redistricting Tool for the Rest of Us by Evan Kleiner and Albert Schueller
• The Japanese Theorem for Nonconvex Polygons by David Richeson
• Algebraic Formalism within the Works of Servois and Its Influence on the Development of Linear Operator Theory by Anthony J. Del Latto and Salvatore J. Petrilli, Jr.
• Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: A Historical Reflection by Jorge M. Lopez Fernandez and Omar A. Hernandez Rodríguez
• Georg Cantor at the Dawn of Point-Set Topology by Nicholas Scoville
• When a Number System Loses Uniqueness: The Case of the Maya by Amy Shell-Gellasch and Pedro J. Freitas
• HOM SIGMAA 2012 Student Paper Contest Winners by Janet Beery and Kathleen M. Clark
• Servois' 1813 Perpetual Calendar, with an English Translation by Salvatore J. Petrilli, Jr.
• Maya Cycles of Time by Sandra Monteferrante
• An Analysis of the First Proofs of the Heine-Borel Theorem by Nicole R. Andre, Susannah M. Engdahl, and Adam E. Parker
• Primary Historical Sources in the Classroom: Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science by Janet Barnett, Guram Bezhanishvili, Hing Leung, Jerry Lodder, David Pengelley, Inna Pivkina, Desh Ranjan, and Maria Zack
• Maya Geometry in the Classroom by John Diamantopoulos and Cynthia Woodburn
• External Influences on U.S. Undergraduate Mathematics Curricula: 1950-2000 by Walter Meyer
• Visualizing and Utilizing Symmetries of Differential Equations by Shirley Yap

Feature

• Who's That Mathematician? Images from the Paul R. Halmos Photograph Collection by Janet Beery and Carol Mead

Reviews

• In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman by William J. Cook. Reviewed by Christopher Thompson.
• The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution by Keith Devlin. Reviewed by Frank J. Swetz.
• Mathematics Emerging: A Sourcebook 1540–1900 by Jacqueline Stedall. Reviewed by Frank J. Swetz.
• The Lost Millennium: History's Timeline under Siege by Forin Diacu. Reviewed by Branden Anglin.
• A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts by Jöran Friberg. Reviewed by Frank J. Swetz.
• Mathematical Expeditions: Exploring Word Problems across the Ages by Frank Swetz. Reviewed by Kathleen M. Clark.