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The mathematics of flat green bowling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Harold Williams
Harold Williams*
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Magpies, 226 Station Road, West Moors, Ferndown BH22 0JF
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Being aware of John Branfield’s request and having enjoyed Tom Roper’s response may I offer a contribution to the problem of describing the curve on which the bowls move? The important first thing is to decide upon a model of the system which is hopefully sound, and closely approximates the truth. It must also be amenable to mathematical analysis.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 82 , Issue 494 , July 1998, pp. 242 - 253
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1998

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