Vol. 7 No 5 - Pi Mu Epsilon

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Number Puzzleb: (See Spring 1981 Issue) (Phopobed by Mahk Uaakl
Soived by: Dan Essig, Houstion, Texas; Victor G. Feser, Mary College,
Bismark; Martha Hasting, St. Louis University; Murray Katz, Penn State
University; Roger Kuehl, Kansas City, MO; The Proposer and the Editor. PROBLEM DEPARTMENT
Edited by Clayton W. Dodge
uwiMuuiLty 06 Maine
and
Leon 8anko6d
LOA Angeh, CaLi.60~vuLo.
This department welcomes problems believed to be new and at a
level appropriate for the readers of this journal. Old problems displaying
novel and elegant methods of solution are also acceptable. The
choice of proposals for publication will be based on the editor's evaluation
of their anticipated reader response and also on their intrinsic
interests. Proposals should be accompanied by solutions if available
and by any information that will assist the editor. Challenging conjectures
and problem proposals not accompanied by solutions will be
designated by an asterisk f*).
Problem proposals offered for publication should be sent to Dr.
Lean Bankoff, 6360 Wilshire Boulevard, Los AngeZes, California 90048.
To facilitate consideration of solutions for publication, solvers
should submit each solution on separate sheets (one side only) properly
identified with name and address and mailed before July 1, 1982 to
Ckyton W. Dodge, Mathematics Department, University of Maine, Orvno,
Maine 04469.
Contributors desiring acknowledgment of their proposals and solutions
are requested to enclose a stamped and self-addressed postcard or,
for those outside the U.S.A., an unstamped card or mailing label.
Problems For Solution
498. Phopobed by R. S. Luthan., Utu.uuui.cty 06 WtAconbin, Janebu-tZte.
Find the general solution of
2 + y3 + 3xy = 1.
499. Pkopobed by Vision. G. Febe~, Maty Cortege, Rcimahck, No-ith
Dakota..
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