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  1. Math

    Doing the Wave

    It was the first home game of the season for the University of Maryland football team. About 48,000 fans had crowded into Byrd Stadium to watch the Terrapins take on the University of Akron Zips. Inevitably, during a lull in what turned out to be a rather one-sided contest, the assembled spectators created their own […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  2. Math

    A Fair Deal for Housemates

    A triangulated triangle with a proper Sperner labeling and an odd number (3) of elementary triangles possessing all three labels (shown in color). Four friends move into a house and find they must choose among four rooms of different size and quality. Instead of sharing the rent equally, they decide to divide the total so […]

    By Ivars Peterson
  3. Math

    Solving an Ancient African Game

    The game of awari has entranced players for thousands of years.