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Carl B. Allendoerfer Prize: 2020s

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The Carl B. Allendoerfer Award, established in 1976, is made to authors of expository articles published in Mathematics Magazine. Carl B. Allendoerfer, a distinguished mathematician at the University of Washington, served as president of the Mathematical Association of America, 1959-60. This is an award of $1,000. Up to two of these awards are given annually at the Summer Meeting of the Association.

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What (Quilting) Circles Can Be Squared?
Beth Malmskog & Kathryn Haymaker

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 92, Number: 3 (27 May 2019)

Published online: 10 Jun 2019
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A Modern Solution to the Gion Shrine Problem
J. Arias de Reyna, David Clark & Noam D. Elkies

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 92, Number: 2 (15 Mar 2019)

Published online: 27 Mar 2019
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Invisible Knots and Rainbow Rings: Knots Not Determined by Their Determinants
Nancy Ho, James Godzik, Jennifer Jones, Thomas W. Mattman & Dan Sours

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 93, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2020)

Published online: 22 Jan 2020
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The Slippery Duck Theorem
Jocelyn R. Bell & Frank Wattenberg

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 93, Number: 2 (14 Mar 2020)

Published online: 27 Mar 2020
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Segregation Surfaces
David J. Hunter & Chisondi Warioba

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 94, Number: 3 (27 May 2021)

Published online: 23 Jun 2021
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When to Hold ’Em
Kaity Parsons, Peter Tingley & Emma Zajdela

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 94, Number: 3 (27 May 2021)

Published online: 23 Jun 2021
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A Search for Champion Boxers
Tien Chih & Demitri Plessas

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 95, Number: 1 (01 Jan 2022)

Published online: 14 Jan 2022
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Three Persons, Two Cuts: A New Cake-Cutting Algorithm
Steven J. Brams & Peter S. Landweber

Originally published in Mathematics Magazine, Volume: 95, Number: 2 (15 Mar 2022)

Published online: 28 Jan 2022
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