SOLSTICE:  

AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND MATHEMATICS

http://www.imagenet.org



SUMMER, 1998



VOLUME IX, NUMBER 1



ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN









Founding Editor-in-Chief:

     Sandra Lach Arlinghaus, University of Michigan;

        Institute of Mathematical Geography (independent)



Editorial Advisory Board:

  Geography.

     Michael F. Goodchild, University of California, Santa Barbara

     Daniel A. Griffith, Syracuse University

     Jonathan D. Mayer, University of Washington (also School of Medicine)

     John D. Nystuen, University of Michigan

  Mathematics. 

     William C. Arlinghaus, Lawrence Technological University

     Neal Brand, University of North Texas

     Kenneth H. Rosen, A. T. & T. Bell Laboratories

  Engineering Applications.

     William D. Drake, University of Michigan

  Education.

     Frederick L. Goodman, University of Michigan

  Business.

     Robert F. Austin, Austin Communications Education Services.



Technical Editor:

     Richard Wallace, University of Michigan.



Web Design:

     Sandra L. Arlinghaus

     William E. Arlinghaus.





WebSite:  http://www.imagenet.org

Electronic address:  sarhaus@umich.edu







MISSION STATEMENT

     The purpose of Solstice is to promote interaction between geography

and mathematics. Articles in which elements of one discipline are used to

shed light on the other are particularly sought.  Also welcome are

original contributions that are purely geographical or purely

mathematical.  These may be prefaced (by editor or author) with commentary

suggesting directions that might lead toward the desired interactions.

Individuals wishing to submit articles or other material should contact an

editor, or send e-mail directly to sarhaus@umich.edu.







SOLSTICE ARCHIVES

     Back issues of Solstice are available on the WebSite of the Institute

of Mathematical Geography, http://www.imagenet.org and at various sites

that can be found by searching under "Solstice" on the World Wide Web.

Thanks to Bruce Long (Arizona State University, Department of Mathematics)

for taking an early initiative in archiving Solstice using GOPHER.







PUBLICATION INFORMATION

     The electronic files are issued yearly as copyrighted hardcopy in the

Monograph Series of the Institute of Mathematical Geography.  This

material will appear in Volume 21 in that series, ISBN to be announced.

To order hardcopy, and to obtain current price lists, write to the

Editor-in-Chief of Solstice at 2790 Briarcliff, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, or

call 313-761-1231.

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electronic copy, note the exact time of transmission from Ann Arbor, and

cite all the transmission matter as facts of publication.  Any copy that

does not superimpose precisely upon the original as transmitted from Ann

Arbor should be presumed to be an altered, bogus copy of Solstice.  The

oriental rug, with errors, serves as the model for creating this weaving

of words and graphics.