Newsletter

Issue 1, Fall 2000

  • Problem Corner
  • Logical Reasoning in Mathematics
  • Infinity
  • Where is the Best Seat in the Movie Theatre?
  • Parse-O-Grams
  • Proof with Pictures
  • Zero = Love?

Issue 2 , Winter 2001

  • Problem Corner
  • Careers in Mathematics
  • Fun with Calculators
  • Wwbiste & Books: Careers
  • Mathematics in Medicine
  • Infigers

Issue 3 , Spring 2001

  • Problem Corner
  • The Woman at the Well
  • Tiling of the Euclidian Plane
  • Proving Impossibility
  • Mersennes Primes
  • The Numbers Game
  •  Transition from High School to University Calculus

Issue 4, Fall 2001

  • Problem Corner
  • What Shape is This Planet?
  • Mathematics and ?
  • Issac Newton (1642 – 1727)
  • Visual Proof of the Convergence of Geometric Series

Issue 5, Winter 2002

  • Problem Corner
  • Probability: Even the Odds are not Obvious
  • Mathletics at the U of M
  • When Bad Sums Happen to Good Fractions

Issue 6, Spring 2002

  • Problem Corner
  • Legacy of Ludolph Lemus

Issue 7, Fall 2002

  • Problem Corner
  • Two Problems with Nice Solutions
  • Professor Snape’s Challenge

Issue 8, Spring 2003

  • Problem Corner
  • Helpful Hints for First Year Students
  • Josephus and Euler… A Coincidence or ?
  • The RSA Encryption Algorithm
  • Special Relativity: Simultanity is in the Eye of the Beholder

Issue 9, Fall 2003

  • Problem Corner
  • A-mazeing Mathematics
  • Graphs: Cutting and Pasting
  • Twenty Questions

Issue 10, Spring, 2004

  • Problem Corner
  • Hamiltonian Graphs
  • Statistics…for you, me, everyone
  • A-mazeing Mathematics
  • Definitions with es
  • Magic with Magic Squares

Issue 11, Fall, 2004

  • Problem Corner
  • Sisler visits
  • Why Support Research in Matheamtics?
  • Not all pis are created equal

Issue 12, Spring, 2005

  • Problem Corner
  • How many new mathematics teachers will be needed next year?
  • Is that integer a perfect square?
  • Mommy, where do beautiful fractals come from?
  • Classic Puzzles

Issue 13, Fall, 2005

  • Problem Corner
  • What is Mathematics?
  • Paradox in Mathematics
  • Concept of a “Point”
  • Science Fair Projects

Issue 14, Spring, 2006

  • Problem Corner
  • Top Ten Problem Strategies
  • Binary Magic
  • A Geometry Problem with 3 Solutions
  • Population Dynamics