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Mathematical Rugby

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Burkard Polster and
Marty Ross
Burkard Polster
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia, e-mail: Burkard.Polster@sci.monash.edu.au
Marty Ross
Affiliation:
PO Box 83, Fairfield, Victoria 3078, Australia e-mail: martiniross@gmail.com.au; web:, www.qedcat.com
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The December 1978 issue of the Mathematical Gazette [1] contains an elegant and humorous contribution from Anthony Hughes. His Note gives a recipe for determining the optimal spot from which to make a conversion attempt in rugby. Others then elaborated on Hughes' idea; see [2] and [3] in particular. In 1996 Isaksen [4] rediscovered Hughes' results while investigating the kicking of extra points in American gridiron. There are also a number of popularisations and summaries, in which the above results are presented, and in instances rediscovered. The ones of which we are aware are listed in the references; see [5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10].

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 94 , Issue 531 , November 2010, pp. 450 - 463
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2010

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