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Volume 66 - December 1982

Research Article

Problem corner

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Significant insignificant digits?

A probable paradox

Series involving binomial coefficients

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Curriculum development in mathematics, by Geoffrey Howson, Christine Keitel and Jeremy Kilpatrick. Pp, 288. £19·50. 1981. ISBN 0-521-23767-X (Cambridge University Press)

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The random nature of cricket and football results

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Mathematics: problem solving through recreational mathematics, by B. Averbach and O. Chein. Pp 400. £8·30. 1980. ISBN 0-7167-1124-9 (W. H. Freeman)

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A slippery problem

Two surprising limits

Peasant Nim and Boolean Nim

Fisher’s exact probability test

Vectors and the nine-point circle

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The mathematical experience, by Philip J. Davis and Rueben Hersh. Pp 411. DM48. 1981. ISBN 3-7643-3018-X (Harvester)

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Stamp totals

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Multidimensional man, by Ron Atkin. Pp 200. £2·95. 1981. ISBN 0-14-005478-2 (Penguin)

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Constructing integer angles

Equal bisectors revisited

Adding a column of figures

Rational spherical triangles

Upside-down addition

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