Maths Masters Column

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In July 2007 we started writing a column for the education section of The Age newspaper here in Melbourne.

The following is a list of the articles, with links to those that also appeared in the online version of The Age.

IMPORTANT: One problem with the online versions is that the illustrations that we sometimes refer to in the text do not appear online. If you are desperate for a complete version of any of the articles, please send us an e-mail.

2007

Pattern Power (16 July 2007)
A square full of triangles (30 July 2007)
Too hot, too cold, just right (6 August 2007)
Taxing numbers take the law into their own hands (20 August 2007)
Sometimes with maths, it is a case of it's all Latin to me (27 August 2007)
A fair crack of the whip (3 September 2007)
Getting lost and found in the Murphy zone (27 September 2007)
Smart money is on the science (8 October 2007)
Ringing the changes (15 October 2007)
Tally up the votes that count (29 October 2007)
Scissors cut paper cover rock (5 November 2007)
Christmas comes but once, or does it . . . (15 November 2008)

2008

Winning formula but is it cricket? (4 February 2008)
Solving Puzzles over a Cup of Coffee (11 February 2008)
Right on the Money for a Change (18 February 2008)
The Ups and Downs of a Mirror's Magic Reflection (25 February 2008)
Leaping to Conclusions (3 March 2008)
How I wish I could calculate pi (17 March 2008)
Simpson's paradox makes a donkey of us (7 April 2008)
Gallons of strife in balancing measures safely (14 April 2008)
Up and down like a daisy (28 April 2008)
Fastest path not always the shortest (12 May 2008)
Living in the zone (19 May 2008)
Chasing down infinity (26 May 2008)
Excavating a mathematical museum piece (2 June 2008)
Mathematical matchmaking (16 June 2008)
What's that about square pegs and round holes? (23 June 2008)
Why wind is a blow to record seekers (15 July 2008)
A point-to-point to prove on speeding (22 July 2008)
Infinitely and definitely, Terry Tao is prime (28 July 2008)
Giving it your best shot (4 August 2008)
Throwing for gold into a stiff headwind (18 August 2008)
Soap provides a clean solution for Olympic pool (25 August 2008)
Sex, lies and mathematics (1 September 2008)
Arms race escalates (15 September 2008)
Stars make Madrid Olympiad count (6 October 2008)
Dividing and conquering (13 October 2008)
Numbers give the game away (20 October 2008)
In the arms and legs race it's all about the numbers (27 October 2008)
Potter fans crack the code (3 November 2008)
The Age Maths Callenge (24 November 2008)