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Does your hometown have any mathematical tourist attractions such as statues, plaques, graves, the café where the famous conjecture was made, the desk where the famous initials are scratched, birthplaces, houses, or memorials? Have you encountered a mathematical sight on your travels? If so, we invite you to submit to this column a picture, a description of its mathematical significance, and either a map or directions so that others may follow in your tracks.
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Hammer, J. From fractal geometry to fractured architecture: The federation square of melbourne. The Mathematical Intelligencer 28, 44–48 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984703
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