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Martin Gardner and the Three Way Duel

By Matt, on October 28th, 2009%

As you may have heard, last week Martin Gardner celebrated his 95th birthday. Gardner, who authored the “Mathematical Games” column in Scientific American for a quarter of a century, is often credited for introducing generations of young students to the beauty and charm inherent in mathematics. My favorite quote in this vein comes from . . . → Read More: Martin Gardner and the Three Way Duel

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Math Goes Trick Or Treating Again

By Matt, on October 16th, 2009%

UPDATE: 2010 costume ideas can be found here!
Around this time last year, I wrote up some suggestions for math-themed Halloween costumes. Based on the traffic I received from that article, I can tell that many people are desperate to integrate their holiday festivities with mathematics. For this reason, and in the interest of not . . . → Read More: Math Goes Trick Or Treating Again

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More on Football Pools

By Matt, on October 10th, 2009%

Update: Part 3 of this series of posts can now be found here.

This post is a follow-up to an earlier post that looked at betting squares for football scores. In particular, we analyzed the distribution of the second digit of final football scores, and compared that to the digital root of final football scores (recall . . . → Read More: More on Football Pools

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