SOLSTICE:  



AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND MATHEMATICS



http://www.imagenet.org





WINTER, 1998





VOLUME IX, NUMBER 2





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.



  Book Review Editors:

     Richard Wallace, University of Michigan.

     Kameshwari Pothukuchi, Wayne State University



  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 22 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.

Send books for review also to the above address.

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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.