Volume 36 Number 5 November 2009

302	Editorial (50KB)
303	President’s column (100KB) N. Joshi
305	Letter to the editors: Marx and Mathematics (110KB) M. Deakin
307	Maths Matters: Can the mathematical sciences thrive in Australia? (100KB) H. Rubinstein
310	Puzzle corner 15 (180KB) N. Do
315	Mathematical Minds (130KB) T. Tao
322	7th joint Australia –New Zealand Mathematics Convention (140KB) R. Beatson
324	‘Oh no. A woman doing mathematics!’ (300KB) C. Praeger
330	ANZIAM 2009: The 45th Applied Mathematics Conference (190KB) P. Johnston
334	Higher Degrees and Honours Bachelor Degrees in mathematics and statistics completed in Australia in 2008 (100KB) P. Johnston
339	Obituary: Ed Smith (80KB) R. Quispel and P. Stacey
343	A generalised converse mean value theorem (130KB) R. Almeida
346	Square products of punctured sequences of factorials (150KB) R. Mabry and L. McCormick
353	Differentiability of a pathological function, diophantine approximation, and a reformulation of the Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem (160KB) J. Varona
362	Book reviews (190KB) The Shape of Content: Creative Writing in Mathematics and Science, edited by C. Davis, M.W. Senechal and J. Zwicky (Reviewed by Phill Schultz) Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History, by E. Robson (Reviewed by Bob Berghout)
369	AMSI News (90KB) G. Prince
371	News (110KB)
383	AustMS (90KB)

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