Math Trek

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    Knitting Network

    A skein of intriguing mathematical objects comes out of an evening devoted to knitting, crocheting, and other crafts.

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    A Polyhedron with a Hole

    A polyhedron with seven faces, 14 vertexes, 21 edges, and a hole makes an intriguing lamp.

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    Art of the Tetrahedron, Revisited

    A New Orleans sculptor and his tetrahedron-based artworks survived Hurricane Katrina.

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    Laying Track

    Switches in train track layouts lead to a tangled math problem.

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    The Coin in the Cake

    Hiding a coin in a cake offers a lucky slice and a tantalizing math problem.

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    Rankings, Tournaments, and Playoffs

    All outcome-based sports ranking systems are fundamentally flawed.

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    Travels of a Shopper

    Shoppers tend to be a lot less efficient than they could be when picking up groceries at the supermarket.

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    Scripting Boffo Box Office

    A computer model can help select movie scripts that lead to success at the box office.

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    Geometry in Court

    The Pythagorean theorem and geometric series played leading roles in two legal disputes.

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    Form Plus Function

    Numbers, lines, squares, and shadows add up to an intriguing set of artworks rooted in mathematical concepts.

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    Quark Park

    Math-inspired and science-related artworks enliven an imaginatively landscaped sliver of parkland.

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    Designer Decimals

    Fractions can yield amazingly familiar decimal expansions.

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