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The Mathematical Gazette November 2006

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CONTENTS
Articles
Sailing through mathematics Sue Singer 386
A solution to a cubic Alex Pathan and Tony Collyer 398
Focusing surfaces Hassan Azad, Abdallah Laradji and Asghar Qadir 404
A theorem on concurrent Euler lines C. J. Bradley 412
Defining sets for magic squares A. D. Keedwell 417
Two remarks about Sudoku squares A. D. Keedwell 425
How the odd terms in the Fibonacci sequence stack up S. Rinaldi and D. G. Rogers 431
 
Notes 90.59 to 90.88
An intriguing relationship between Fibonacci and Jacobsthal polynomials Mohammad Salmassi and Thomas Koshy 443
Diophantine triplets revisited M. N. Deshpande 445
When is the product of consecutive triangular numbers a perfect square? Nick Lord 448
On a class of equal sums of unlike powers of rational integers Juan Pla 450
Integer roots of polynomials Jeremy D. King 455
The theorem of means revisited J. A. Scott 456
Three answers to an integral Graham Jameson and Nicholas Jameson 457
The equality of two integrals Peter Shiu 459
A series for the ‘bit’ Alan Fearnehough 460
Yet another look at the calculus power rules Martin Griffiths 461
Continuous choice of argument Roger Webster 463
Counting squares and cubes Stuart Simons 466
More about weighing coins Norman Routledge 468
Powers of Latin squares Emanuel Emanouilidis 478
An elementary proof of Napoleon's theorem J. A. Scott 481
Some thoughts on the neglected quadrilateral J. A. Scott 483
A new triangle point J. A. Scott 486
The theorem of means applied to the triangle J. A. Scott 487
Watt quadrilaterals and the 2005 IMO P. Scales and G. Keady 488
Two proofs of a Pythagorean-like theorem Larry Hoehn 490
Boxes for triangles of diameter one Liping Yuan, Yuqin Zhang and Ren Ding 492
Hyperbolas derived from a triangle and the perpendiculars from a point Fukuzo Suzuki 497
An amplitude-independent ‘pendulum’ Stuart Simons 500
Differential equations, traffic dynamics and the N roots of unity Mark McCartney and Sharon Gibson 502
Moments of inertia of a lamina Mike Grant 506
A tale of two problems with the same differential equation Clement E. Falbo 509
Overcoming fortifications Stuart Simons 511
What is the probability that the angle sum of a triangle is 180°? Anthony C. Robin 513
Poisson's other distribution and a variance inequality Nick Lord 514
     
Feedback   516
Correspondence   526
Problem Corner Nick Lord 527
Student Problems Tim Cross 534
Reviews   537
Acknowledgements   575
 
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