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Sep 01 2009

How many partners before settling down?

Published by david at September 1, 2009 4:39 pm under Uncategorized


By David Finnigan

Clio Cresswell’s (packed out) ‘Mathematics and Sex’ talk at the Ultimo Library was a brief introduction to that fringe territory where Mathematics is being applied to the social sciences.

Is Clio Cresswell a hormonally crazy mathematician? According to Clio Cresswell: No.

Is Clio Cresswell a hormonally crazy mathematician? According to Clio Cresswell: No. Image: abc.net.au

It’s an intriguing area and my interest was piqued as soon as Cresswell cited a paper entitled The Mathematics of Marital Conflict. So how does Maths connect with marital conflict?

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