Mathematics Magazine - April 1997

ARTICLES

Are Individual Rights Possible?
by Donald G. Saari

Variations on an Irrational Theme--Geometry, Dynamics, Algebra
by Dan Kalman, Robert Mena, and Shahriar Shahriari

Arithmetic Triangles
by Raymond A. Beauregard and E. R. Suryanarayan

NOTES

A Study in Step Size
by Temple H. Fay

Loosest Circle Coverings of an Equilateral Triangle
by Hans Melissen

The Smallest Equilateral Cover for Triangles of Perimeter Two
by John E. Wetzel

Proof Without Words: The Sum of the Squares of Consecutive Triangular Numbers Is Triangular
by Roger B. Nelsen

Fibonacci With a Golden Ring
by Kung-Wei Yang

Proof Without Words: The Distributive Property of the Triple Scalar Product
by Constance C. Edwards and Prashant S. Sansgiry

How (Knot?) to Play Hangman
by Harvey Schmidt, Jr.

PROBLEMS

Proposals 1519-1523

Quickies 862-864

Solutions 1494-1498

Answers 862-864

REVIEWS

NEWS AND LETTERS

57th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition