The two taillights tell the tale. The rear of the 1972 Datsun 510 is unpretentious, the color of an artificial limb, with two slight rectangular taillights borrowed from a Lada 1600. In contrast, the ...

(1) THE theory of maxima and minima contains pitfalls into which have fallen such well-known mathematicians as Lagrange, Bertrand, Serret, and Todhunter. A peculiar interest, therefore, is attached to ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...

The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving mathematics instruction from grade 8-14 and supporting teacher education ...

To find a point such that the sum of the straight lines joining it with the angular points of a given triangle shall be a minimum.