The Australian Mathematical Society

Gazette

Volume 31 Number 1, March 2004

Contents

1   Editorial

2   President's Column

Tony Guttmann

4   Obituary W.P. Galvin

John Giles

6   Math matters

Peter Hall

12 Mathellaneous

Daniel Mathews

18 Brain drain

John Stillwell

21 2004 B.H. Neumann Awards

22 2004 Australia Day honours

23 2004 ANZIAM and Michell medals

25 Comprehension as an assessment tool for mathematics

Jamie Simpson

26 International mathematical olympiad

Angelo Di Pasquale

29 Primary schools mathematics competition

John Giles

30 The prisoner may be in two minds

Anthony J. Roberts

34 A random hopscotch problem

Michael D. Hirschhorn

36 On the twin prime conjecture

Alf van der Poorten and Teur Ah-Mah

40 Squares from products of integers

William D. Banks and Alf van der Poorten

43 Modular equations and eta evaluations

William B. Hart

48 Acknowledgement of priority

Phill Schultz

49 Book Reviews

58 Obituary D.A. Spence

J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson

60 News

69 AustMS bulletin board