The Mathematical Intelligencer

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Volume 42, issue 4, 2020

Math in the Time of Plague pp. 1-6

Barry Mazur

Framed Knots pp. 7-22

Mohamed Elhamdadi, Mustafa Hajij and Kyle Istvan

A Hidden Orthogonal Latin Square in a Work of Euler from 1770 pp. 23-29

Nicola Oswald and Jörn Steuding

The Lake Wobegon Paradox pp. 30-32

C. Bryan Dawson

Algebrexit pp. 33-35

Colin Adams

A Bug’s Identity pp. 36-37

Davide Francesco Redaelli and Francesco Viganò

Polygon Offsetting with Squares Erected on Its Sides pp. 38-41

Alexander Belyaev and Pierre-Alain Fayolle

Dedekind-like pp. 42-43

Manya Sundström (text) and Mattias Marklund (photo)

An Alternative Proof of Euler’s Rotation Theorem pp. 44-49

Toby Joseph

The Development of Mathematical Research in Vietnam at a Glance pp. 50-58

Lê Tuấn Hoa

Poincaré Tries to Explain His Discovery of the Fuchsian Groups pp. 59-59

Kathryn Weld

Karl Weierstraß: A Westphalian Mathematician pp. 60-63

Karl-Goswin Große Erdmann

Math for Grades 1 to 5 Should Be Art pp. 64-69

Jim Henle

Anniversary of Notation for Number π pp. 70-70

Isaac Elishakoff

A Winning Strategy for Hold That Line pp. 71-77

Jindřich Michalik

99 Variations on a Proof by Philip Ording pp. 79-81

John J. Watkins

Exercises in (Mathematical) Style: Stories of Binomial Coefficients by John McCleary pp. 82-83

John J. Watkins

Dirichlet: A Mathematical Biography by Uta C. Merzbach pp. 84-86

Robin Wilson

Board Games: Throughout the History and Multidimensional Spaces by Jorma Kyppö pp. 87-88

Albrecht Heeffer

Tales of Impossibility by David Richeson pp. 89-91

Andrew J. Simoson

Computing: The 1940s and 1950s pp. 92-92

Robin Wilson and Martin Campbell-Kelly

Volume 42, issue 3, 2020

Are Models Useful? Reflections on Simple Epidemic Projection Models and the Covid-19 Pandemic pp. 1-9

Marc Artzrouni

Two Definite Integrals That Are Definitely (and Surprisingly!) Equal pp. 10-11

Shalosh B. Ekhad, Doron Zeilberger and Wadim Zudilin

A Closed-Form Solution to the Geometric Goat Problem pp. 12-16

Ingo Ullisch

The Illustrating Mathematics Program at ICERM pp. 17-22

Richard Evan Schwartz

The Bicycle Paradox pp. 23-25

Stan Wagon

A Ghost Story pp. 26-28

Colin Adams

A Probabilistic Approach to the Fibonacci Sequence pp. 29-33

Mark Huber

Memorials of Mathematicians in Moscow pp. 34-40

Magdolna Hargittai and Istvan Hargittai

The First Random Walk: A Note on John Venn’s Graph pp. 41-45

Lukas M. Verburgt

Who Invented the Delta Method, Really? pp. 46-49

Prakash Gorroochurn

An Early Appearance of Nondecimal Notation in Secondary Education pp. 50-54

Franka Miriam Brueckler and Vladimir Stilinović

A Modest Proposal pp. 55-56

Gizem Karaali and Lawrence Mark Lesser

Romantic Mathematical Art: Part II pp. 57-64

Jim Henle

Queens, Attack! pp. 65-73

Tricia Muldoon Brown

A Visual Proof That $$e A^e$$ e A e pp. 74-74

Nazrul Haque

Culture and Art of Scientific Discoveries: A Selection of István Hargittai’s Writings Edited by Balazs Hargittai pp. 76-77

Osmo Pekonen

Alan Turing’s Manchester by Jonathon Swinton pp. 78-79

C. T. J. Dodson

Grete Hermann – Between Physics and Philosophy Edited by Elise Crull and Guido Bacciagaluppi (Grete Henry-Hermann: Philosophie – Mathematik – Quantenmechanik. Texte zur Naturphilosophie und Erkenntnistheorie, mathematisch-physikalische Beiträge sowie ausgewählte Korrespondenz aus den Jahren 1925 bis 1982 Edited by Kay Herrmann) pp. 80-82

Andrea Reichenberger

You Failed Your Math Test, Comrade Einstein: Adventures and Misadventures of Young Mathematicians, or Test Your Skills in Almost Recreational Mathematics by M. Shifman pp. 83-87

Sergei Tabachnikov

Curves for the Mathematically Curious by Julian Havil pp. 88-89

Andrew J. Simoson

On the Life of Galileo. Viviani’s Historical Account and Other Early Biographies Edited by Stefano Gattei pp. 90-91

Osmo Pekonen

Computing: Early Days pp. 92-92

Robin Wilson and Martin Campbell-Kelly

Volume 42, issue 2, 2020

Hook Inequalities pp. 1-8

Igor Pak, Fedor Petrov and Viacheslav Sokolov

“The Four Strongest” at the National Museum of Mongolia pp. 9-14

Uuganbaatar Ninjbat

Figures of Speech and Figures of Thought pp. 15-19

Emily Grosholz and Edward Rothstein

Perimeter Determination of the Eight-Centered Oval pp. 20-29

Jean-Marc Ginoux and Jean-Claude Golvin

Pandemic Math: X and Y Axes pp. 30-30

Robin Chapman

Enheduanna: Princess, Priestess, Poet, and Mathematician pp. 31-46

Sarah Glaz

An Interesting Relationship Between Squares and Hex Numbers pp. 47-47

Günhan Caglayan

Mathematical Proof and Genre Theory pp. 48-55

David Matthew Bowers and Valentin A. B. Küchle

On Another Plane pp. 56-57

Colin Adams

The Monkey in Hilbert’s Hotel pp. 58-60

K. B. Basant

A Hyperbolic View of the Seven Circles Theorem pp. 61-65

Kostiantyn Drach and Richard Evan Schwartz

An Algebraic Surface Projecting onto Squares pp. 66-69

Carlos Ueno

Romantic Mathematical Art: Part I pp. 70-77

Jim Henle

The Frobenius Coin Problem—A Cylindrical Approach pp. 78-79

Richard Ehrenborg

The Mathematical World of Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Edited by Robin Wilson and Amirouche Moktefi pp. 81-84

John J. Watkins

From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections by Gareth E. Roberts pp. 85-88

Gerardo Cerro Santamaría

The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown by Karen Olsson (Weil: La geometria de la teoría de números by Ágata Timón and David Fernández Álvarez) pp. 89-90

Osmo Pekonen

Lazare and Sadi Carnot: A Scientific and Filial Relationship by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Raffaele Pisano pp. 91-100

Emilio Marco Pellegrino

Model Theory and the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice: Formalization without Foundationalism by John T. Baldwin pp. 101-102

Roman Kossak

The Summoning of Everynumber pp. 103-103

Peter R. Mercer

The 20th Century pp. 104-104

Robin Wilson

Volume 42, issue 1, 2020

Computer Geometry: Rep-Tiles with a Hole pp. 1-5

Christoph Bandt and Dmitry Mekhontsev

Can the Elliptic Billiard Still Surprise Us? pp. 6-17

Dan Reznik, Ronaldo Garcia and Jair Koiller

Rectification of Circular Arcs by Linkages pp. 18-23

Robert Dawson and Pietro Milici

Mathematical Sightings at the Museum of Tomorrow pp. 24-28

Ma. Louise Antonette De Las Peñas

The Day I Receive My Ph.D pp. 29-29

Arkaye Kierulf

Digital Images Unveil Geometric Structures in Pairs of Relatively Prime Numbers pp. 30-35

Benjamín A. Itzá-Ortiz, Roberto López-Hernández and Pedro Miramontes

A Flowering of Mathematical Art pp. 36-40

Jim Henle and Craig Kasper

Remembering e pp. 41-41

Robert J. MacG. Dawson

Odd Perfect Numbers: A Triptych pp. 42-46

William Dunham

Prime Suspect pp. 47-48

Colin Adams

More on Croatian and Zagreb Mathematics pp. 49-54

Darko Veljan

Covering a Triangular Number with Pentagonal Numbers pp. 55-55

Günhan Caglayan

“Actual Accomplishments in This World”: The Other Students of Charlotte Angas Scott pp. 56-65

Jemma Lorenat

The Role of History in the Study of Mathematics pp. 66-69

Harold M. Edwards

The Scottish Book. Mathematics from the Scottish Café, with Selected Problems from the New Scottish Book, second edition Edited by R. Daniel Mauldin pp. 71-74

Serge Tabachnikov

Giovanni Battista Guccia: Pioneer of International Cooperation in Mathematics by Benedetto Bongiorno and Guillermo P. Curbera pp. 75-81

Rossana Tazzioli

The Perfect Bet by Adam Kucharski pp. 82-83

Marco Alberto Javarone

Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians by V. I. Arnold, translated by Alexei Sossinsky and Olga Sipacheva pp. 84-86

Mark Levi

Mathematical Constants, Mathematical Constants II pp. 87-88

Osmo Pekonen

Restaurant Review pp. 89-89

Jane P. Sheldon

The Early 20th Century pp. 90-90

Robin Wilson