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Website.
Further information about The HCMR can befound online at the journal’s website,
http://hcs.harvard.edu/hcmr
(1)
Instructions for Authors.
All submissions shouldinclude the name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliations(ifany), andboth postalande-mailaddressesatwhichthecor-responding author may be reached. General questions shouldbe addressed to Editor-In-Chief Scott Kominers at
hcmr@hcs.harvard.edu
.
Articles.
The Harvard College Mathematics Review in-vites the submission of quality expository articles from under-graduate students. Articles may highlight any topic in under-graduate mathematics or in related fields, including computerscience, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, and mathe-matical economics.Authors may submit articles electronically, in .pdf, .ps,or .dvi format, to
hcmr@hcs.harvard.edu
, or in hardcopy toThe Harvard College Mathematics ReviewStudent Organization Center at HillesBox # 36059 Shepard StreetCambridge, MA 02138.Submissionsshouldincludeanabstractandreferencelist. Fig-ures, if used, must be of publication quality. If a paper isaccepted, high-resolution scans of hand drawn figures and/orscalable digital images (in a format such as .eps) will be re-quired.
Problems.
The HCMR welcomes submissions of origi-nal problems in all mathematical fields, as well as solutions topreviously proposed problems.Proposers should send problem submissions to ProblemsEditorZacharyAbelat
hcmr-problems@hcs.harvard.edu
ortotheaddressabove. Acompletesolutionoradetailedsketch of the solution should be included, if known.Solutions should be sent to
hcmr-solutions@hcs.harvard.edu
or to the address above. Solutions shouldinclude the problem reference number. All correct solutionswill be acknowledged in future issues, and the most outstand-ing solutions received will be published.
Advertising.
Print, online, andclassifiedadvertisementsareavailable; detailedinformationregardingratescanbefoundon The HCMR’s website, (1). Advertising inquiries should bedirected to
hcmr-advertise@hcs.harvard.edu
, ad-dressed to Business Manager Charles Nathanson.
Subscriptions.
One-year (two issues) subscriptions areavailable, at rates of $10.00 for students, $15.00 for other in-dividuals, and $30.00 for institutions. Subscribers should mailchecks for the appropriate amount to The HCMR’s postal ad-dress; confirmation e-mails should be directed to DistributionManagerNikeSun, at
hcmr-subscribe@hcs.harvard.edu
.
Sponsorship.
Sponsoring The HCMR supports the un-dergraduate mathematics community and provides valuablehigh-level education to undergraduates in the field. Sponsorswill be listed in the print edition of The HCMR and on a spe-cial page on the The HCMR’s website, (1). Sponsorship isavailable at the following levels:Sponsor $0 - $99Fellow $100 - $249Friend $250 - $499Contributor $500 - $1,999Donor $2,000 - $4,999Patron $5,000 - $9,999Benefactor $10,000 +
Friends
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D. E. Shaw & Co.
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Contributors
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QVT FinancialLP
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Patrons
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The Harvard University Mathematics Depart-ment
Cover Image.
The image on the cover was created us-ing circle inversion and is based a method described in “Prob-lems of Circle Tangency,” by Gregory Minton (page 47). TheimagewascreatedinMathematica
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2007 The Harvard College Mathematics ReviewHarvard CollegeCambridge, MA 02138The Harvard College Mathematics Review is produced andedited by a student organization of Harvard College.
 
-2Contents
0 From the Editor
Scott Kominers ’09
3
Student Articles
1 Determining the Genus of a Graph
 Andres Perez, Harvey Mudd College ’09
42 The Poincae Lemma and de Rham Cohomology
 Daniel Litt ’10
143 An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory
 Paul Kominers, Walt Whitman High School ’08
284 The Knot Quandle
 Eleanor Birrell ’09
335 Problems of Circle Tangency
Gregory Minton, Harvey Mudd College ’08
47
Faculty Feature Article
6 Solving Large Classes of Nonlinear Systems of PDEsby the Method of Order Completion
 Prof. Elem´ er Elad Rosinger
54
Features
7 Mathematical Minutiae
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Irrational Numbers and the Euclidean Algorithm
 Brett Harrison ’10
678 Statistics Corner
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Presidential Election Polls: Should We Pay Attention?
 Robert W. Sinnott ’09
699 Applied Mathematics Corner
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Fireflies & Oscillators
 Pablo Azar ’09
7510 My Favorite Problem
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Bert and Ernie
 Zachary Abel ’10
7811 Problems 8412 Solutions 8613 Endpaper
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Being a Mathematician
 Prof. V ´ eronique Godin
891
 
-1Staff 
Editor-In-Chief 
Scott Kominers ’09
Design Director Business Manager
Brett Harrison 10 Charles Nathanson 09
Articles Editor Distribution Manager
Shrenik Shah 09 Nike Sun 09
Features Editor Graphic Artist
Sam Lichtenstein 09 Zachary Abel 10
Problems Editor Cover and Logo Design
Zachary Abel 10 Hannah Chung 09
Issue Production Directors
Zachary Abel ’10Menyoung Lee ’10Daniel Litt ’10
Webmaster
Brett Harrison ’10
Board of Reviewers Board of Copy Editors Business Board
Zachary Abel 10 Zachary Abel 10 Zachary Abel 10Pablo Azar 09 Pablo Azar 09 Scott Kominers 09Connie Chao 08 Eleanor Birrell 09 Stella Lee 09Justin Chen, Caltech 09 Hannah Chung 09 Sam Lichtenstein 09Hannah Chung 09 Grant Dasher 09 Daniel Litt 10Kelley Harris 09 Ernest E. Fontes 10 Charles Nathanson 09Brett Harrison 10 Sherry Gong 11 Shrenik Shah 09Scott Kominers 09 Franc¸ois Greer 11 Nike Sun 09Menyoung Lee 10 Kelley Harris 09John Lesieutre 09 Scott Kominers 09Sam Lichtenstein 09 Menyoung Lee 10Alison Miller 08 Sam Lichtenstein 09Charles Nathanson 09 Daniel Litt 10Shrenik Shah 09 Richard Liu 11Nike Sun 09 Charles Nathanson 09Arnav Tripathy 11 Shrenik Shah 09Nike Sun ’09Arnav Tripathy ’11Xiaoqi Zhu ’11
Faculty Advisers
Professor Benedict H. Gross ’71, Harvard UniversityProfessor Peter Kronheimer, Harvard UniversityDr. Alon Amit, GoogleProfessor Matthew Steven Carlos, Europ¨aische Universit¨at f ¨ur Interdisziplin¨are Studien2
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