Mathematical Digest
Short Summaries of Articles about Mathematics
in the Popular Press"How to Count," by Brian Hayes. American Scientist, March-April 2001. Brian Hayes looks at counting and the various ways that it can go wrong.Although counting is a skill introduced early in education, the lastpresidential election is an example showing that counting is a non-trivialskill. Hayes uses graphs and matrices to explain different types of errorsassociated with counting and efforts to reduce those errors. --- Michael Breen |
