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Such a mathematical anomaly requires explanation, but as far as I know, few mathematicians have been bold enough to attack the "Annenberg Paradox." The first to make such an attempt might have been Douglas Adams, world-renowned mathematician and author of the Hitchhiker's Guide series of books. His approach involved the highly interesting but as yet unapplied discipline of "bistromathics," which explains the strange fluctuations in mathematics that frustrate all attempts to calculate a restaurant check. Could the Annenberg Paradox merely be a special case of this theory...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Annenberg | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

...errors had been accounted for and that the system was running smoothly by Nov. 17. Were the above 100 percent readings three days later just a fluke, or were they the output of a normally functioning system? What's truly going on? Perhaps inquiries should be forwarded to British mathematician Andrew Wiles, who gained celebrity for his complicated proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, to see if he can provide a solution. Of course, I myself have discovered a remarkable little explanation, but unfortunately this column is too short to contain...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Annenberg | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

EUREKA! A millennium-old manuscript, below, the oldest copy of a work by Greek mathematician Archimedes, sold last week at auction for $2.2 million. Works from other scientists also did well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

University President Neil L. Rudenstine named world famous mathematician Barry Mazur the Gerhard Gade University Professor two weeks...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mazur Named University Professor | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

Fields medal winners also receive a cash prize of $15,000 Canadian dollars, which is the equivalent of about $9,500 U.S. dollars, because the medal was established in 1936 by Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chaos Work Earns McMullen Fields Medal | 10/13/1998 | See Source »

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