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May 28, 2010 Vol. 15, No. 22
THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS
Martin Gardner, Walter Rudin | Math Forum PD Special
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MARTIN GARDNER, 1914-2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/us/24gardner.html
Martin Gardner, world-renowned puzzle creator and polymath,
died Saturday, May 22.
Members of the mathematics community have posted to online
discussions with notices, as well as remembrances, including
one with puzzle links:
http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078647
Here are discussions and articles in Spanish:
http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078296
A map coloring puzzle of Gardner's, published in his
Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, inspired
this Macalester Problem of the Week:
http://mathforum.org/wagon/fall97/p840.html
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WALTER RUDIN, 1921-2010
http://www.math.wisc.edu/oldhome/news/WRudinObit.html
Walter Rudin, mathematics professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison for over 30 years and author of several
widely adopted mathematics texts (Principles of Mathematical
Analysis, Real and Complex Analysis, and Functional Analysis),
died Thursday, May 20.
His death elicited numerous personal reflections:
http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078502
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Martin Gardner, world-renowned puzzle creator and polymath,
died Saturday, May 22.</p>
<p>Members of the mathematics community have posted to online
discussions with notices, as well as remembrances, including
one with puzzle links:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078647">http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078647</a></p>
<p>Here are discussions and articles in Spanish:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078296">http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078296</a></p>
<p>A map coloring puzzle of Gardner's, published in his
Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, inspired
this Macalester Problem of the Week:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://mathforum.org/wagon/fall97/p840.html">http://mathforum.org/wagon/fall97/p840.html</a></p>
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<font color="#003399">Walter Rudin, 1921-2010</font>
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Walter Rudin, mathematics professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison for over 30 years and author of several
widely adopted mathematics texts (<i>Principles of Mathematical
Analysis</i>, <i>Real and Complex Analysis</i>, and <i>Functional Analysis</i>),
died Thursday, May 20.</p>
<p>His death elicited numerous personal reflections:</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078502">http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2078502</a></p>
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same regular price of $149--or purchase or renew a class-level
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