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The Mathematical Gazette March 2007

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CONTENTS
Articles
The Hypercubical Dance P. K. Aravind 193
The Hindu method for completing the square Dave L. Renfro 198
Hagge Circles and isogonal conjugation C.J. Bradley and G.C. Smith 202
Groups of rational functions K. Robin McLean 208
Trigonometry and Fibonacci numbers Barry Lewis 216
Differential equations R.V.W. Murphy 235
 
Matter for Debate
Misconceptions of randomness and expected sequential pairs in a permutation of integers Jim Farmer 246
 
Notes 91.29 to 91.57
Diophantine equations and Farey means Paul Stephenson 249
Fibonacci meets Chebyshev Alan F. Beardon 251
Maths bite: an unusual proof that √N is irrational Nick Lord 256
Some more irrational thoughts Nick Lord 256
Fermat's last Theorem in the case n = 3 Roy Barbara 260
Positive solution of Mordell's equation Des MacHale 262
Extrema of a symmetric function Michael D. Hirschhorn 264
Functional equations and groups Alan F. Beardon 267
Folding graphs: a rich source of calculus examples Nick Lord 270
A geometric characterisation of the power functions Timothy G. Feeman & Osvaldo Marrero 275
Generalising an examination problem on maximisation Nick Lord 279
An amusing sequence of trigonometrical integrals Nick Lord 281
Some integrals involving ln (tan t) Francis Woodhouse 285
Pseudo-convergants Martin Griffiths 290
A furniture removal problem Anthony C. Robin 297
Dove-tail sequences Martin Griffiths 300
The fundamental theorem of algebra deduced from elementary calculus Jose Carlos Santos 302
Integrals - indefinite or misdefined? Douglas Quadling 303
Newton-Raphson revisited David Elgin 307
A geometrical recreation or how to avoid your neighbours Stuart Simons 312
Mirror magic squares from Latin squares Hossein Behforooz 316
A generalization of Feynman's triangle Robert J. Clarke 321
Heron triangles with ےb = 2ےA Douglas W. Mitchell 326
Similarity properties of the Bride's Chair Nick Lord 328
Maths bite: the 'perpendicular-parallel' axes theorem Nick Lord 331
Did Kepler know this? Mark Blyth 332
Linearly-resisted trajectories and the over-under theorem Sean M. Stewart 335
Re-estimating bounds on athletic performance Michael A. B. Deakin 338
Modelling penalty competitions to decide football matches Jon Warwick 342
     
Feedback   349
Correspondence   356
Problem Corner Nick Lord 358
Student Problems Tim Cross 366
Reviews   371
Acknowledgements   384
 
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