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  1. Math

    Math Olympiad in Athens

    A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.

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    Women in Mathematics

    From Maria Gaetana Agnesi to Lai-Sang Young, these Web pages provide biographies of prominent women in mathematics. Prepared by students at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, the biographical essays describe the achievements of women in a variety of mathematical fields. Some essays include portraits and other illustrations. Go to: http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/Women.htm

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    Math Olympiad in Athens

    A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.

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  4. Math

    Math Olympiad in Athens

    A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.

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    Math Olympiad in Athens

    A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.

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    Generous Players

    Game theory is helping to explain how cooperation and other self-sacrificing behaviors fit into natural selection.

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    Waring Experiments

    Expressing integers as the sums of squares or other powers has a long history.

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    Pythagoras Plays Ball

    The official dimensions of baseball's home plate aren't Pythagorean.

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    Dogs Catching Frisbees

    When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.

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    Dogs Catching Frisbees

    When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.

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    Earth Hole

    What path would an object falling down a hole through Earth follow?

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    Groups, Graphs, and Erdös Numbers

    Erdös numbers reveal the great extent of mathematical collaboration.

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