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An Evaluation of Mathematics Competitions Using Item Response Theory

Jim Gleason

Item Response Theory (IRT) is a psychometric technique mathematically modeling the probability of the responses of individuals of varying ability to questions (items) on multiple-choice examinations. The author gives an introduction to IRT and explains how it can be used to assess mathematics tests from competitions to placement exams.
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Your Hit Parade: The Top Ten Most Fascinating Formulas in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook

George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt

Ramanujan's lost notebook contains many fascinating formulae. The authors selected what they consider the top ten, and then asked experts in the field to rank them. They explain each formula, going in the order of their experts' rankings from least to most popular.
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Communications

WHAT IS...Quantum Chaos?
Ze'ev Rudnick

A Note on the Geometry and Descartes's Mathematical Work
Michel Serfati

My Trip to the Hill
Sastry G. Pantula

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Mathematics Doctoral Programs, Then and Now
Andy Magid

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The Poincaré Conjecture and Poincaré's Prize
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Descartes, the Pioneer of the Scientific Revolution
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