1. Our new look

   • Chandler Davis

   Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 3 - 3

2. Letters to the editor

   • Mario Bunge
   • Staffan Hansen

   Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 4 - 4

3. Distributing many points on a sphere

   • E. B. Saff
   • A. B. J. Kuijlaars

   Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 5 - 11

4. Mathematical entertainments

   • Alexander Shen

   Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 12 - 14

5. Remembering Olga Taussky Todd

   • Chandler Davis

   Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 15 - 17

6. Der vogel auf dem leim

   • Olga Taussky Todd

   Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 17 - 17

7. Renewal of the doctorate of olga taussky todd

   • Edmund Hlawka

   Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 18 - 20

8. Notes from math 223: Olga taussky todd’s matrix theory course, 1976-1977

   • Helene Shapiro

   Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 21 - 27

9. Mathematics in albania

   • Peter R. Christopher

   Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 28 - 36

10. Hoarfrost patterns

    • C. P. Bruter

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 37 - 38

11. The mathematical tourist

    • Ian Stewart
    • W. S. Anglin
    • Kim Williams

    Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 39 - 49

12. The quest for PI

    • bailey David H.
    • plouffe Simon M.
    • borwein Jonathan M.

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 50 - 56

13. Two poems

    • Marion Cohen

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 57 - 57

14. The whitehead Heritage

    • Peter Hilton
    • Ioan James

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 58 - 63

15. Fermat’s last theorem and Hilbert’s program

    • Daniel J. Velleman

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 64 - 67

16. Changing the topology of the house

    • Marion Cohen

    Article 01 December 1997 Pages: 67 - 67

17. Reviews

    • Jet Wimp
    • Jeremy J. Gray
    • John Malito

    Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 68 - 76

18. Erratum

    • H. S. M. Coxeter

    Erratum 01 December 1997 Pages: 79 - 79

19. Stamp corner

    • Robin Wilson

    Department 01 December 1997 Pages: 80 - 80