The Australian Mathematical Society

Gazette

Volume 32 Number 1, March 2005

Contents

3   Editorial

4   President's Column

Michael Cowling

5   Math matters

Tony Bracken

9   Mathellaneous

Norman Do

19 The 9th problem

John Urbas

22 For some girls, the problem with math is that they're good at it

Cornelia Dean

24 2005 Australian Academy of Science Medals

26 Obituary J.R.M. Radok

Roger Hosking

28 Professor Bruce Berndt is 2005 Mahler Lecturer

Jim Hill

31 Markov process modelling of gene regulation

Hillary S. Booth, Conrad J. Burden, Markus Hegland and Lucia Santoso

42 Graphical patterns in quadratic residues

Ismael Jiménez Calvo

48 Casus irreducibilis and Maple

Rudolf Výborný

51 Book Reviews

58 Election of officers and ordinary members of Council

Elizabeth J. Billington

60 News

67 AustMS bulletin board