| Directory: | Arts / Crafts / Textiles / Macrame |
| Title: | Woven Rope Friezes |
| Description: | Patterns woven by Nils Kristian Rossing. Includes diagrams indicating relationship between the patterns and mathematical symmetry. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/pubs/mm_supplements/farris/rope.html |
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| Directory: | Arts / Music / Styles / E / Experimental / Fractal_Music |
| Title: | A Fractal in Bach's Cello Suite |
| Description: | An article by Ivars Peterson at the Mathematical Association of America on research appearing in the journal Fractals. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/mathtourist/mathtourist_9_3_08.html |
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| Directory: | Computers / History / Pioneers / Knuth,_Donald |
| Title: | Donald Knuth Wins Kyoto Prize |
| Description: | Announcement, MAA Online: Mathematical Association of America. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/past/knuth.html |
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| Directory: | Games / Board_Games / Abstract / Race_Games / Backgammon / Rules_and_Theory |
| Title: | Dice, Unfair? |
| Description: | Why use precision dice without drilled pits? |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_10_26_98.html |
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| Directory: | Games / Hand_Games / Rock,_Paper,_Scissors |
| Title: | Mating Games and Lizards |
| Description: | Ivars Peterson's MathLand describes the game parallel in the mating ritual of the California side blotched lizard. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathland_4_15.html |
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| Directory: | Games / Puzzles / Brain_Teasers / Sudoku / Variants |
| Title: | Math Games: Sudoku Variations |
| Description: | Offers detailed descriptions and illustrations of Sudoku variations, including Diagonal, Cubical, Even-Odd, and hybrids. Also includes a short history. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_09_05_05.html |
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| Directory: | Recreation / Humor / Science / Mathematics |
| Title: | Ivars Peterson's MathTrek |
| Description: | Abbott and Costello's wacky math. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_3_27_00.html |
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| Directory: | Recreation / Humor / Science / Mathematics |
| Title: | Why is the Mathematician So Messy? |
| Description: | Explain it if you can. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/features/mathchat/mathchat_5_6_99.html |
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| Directory: | Science / Astronomy / History |
| Title: | The Babylonian Theory of the Planets |
| Description: | A substantial look at the subject, and a review of N. M. Swerdlow's book. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/reviews/babplanets.html |
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| Directory: | Science / Math / Applications / Mathematical_Economics_and_Financial_Mathematics |
| Title: | Devlin's Angle: A Nobel Formula |
| Description: | Article on the Black-Scholes theorem. |
| Location: | http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_11_97.html |
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