Cheryl E Praeger’s Publications


Other Mathematical Publications

1985

  1. Mathematics and weaving: I. Fabrics and how they hang together, Function 9, Part 4, 7-10, reprinted in Matimyas Mat. 11,(1987) No 2, 5-9.
  2. Mathematics and weaving: II. Setting up the loom and factorizing matrices, Function 9, Part 5, 12-17.

1986

  1. Mathematics and weaving, in The Hanna Neumann Memorial Lectures at ICME 5, Notes on Pure Mathematics, 13, Australian National University, Ed. M.F.Newman, 61-74.

1988

  1. Discussion on symmetry models and hypotheses for structured data layouts (by A.P. Dawid), J. Royal Statist. Soc. B 50, 25-26.

1991

  1. Discussion of the paper by Bailey, J. Royal Statist. Soc. B 53, 70.

1993

  1. Mathematics in Australia and in Australian schools, in New Horizons, New Challenges, Ed. T. Herington, AAMT, Adelaide, pp. 48-53.
  2. Change in Mathematics Curriculum, Teaching Mathematics No. 3.
  3. (Book Review) Finite Soluble Groups, by Klaus Doerk and Trevor Hawkes, De Gruyter Exp. Math. 4, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1992, in Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 29 (1993), 104-106.

1994

  1. Problem session at ALCOM-91, (with A. A. Ivanov), European J. Combin.15, 105-112.

1995

  1. Weaving a mathematical tale, in Regional Collaboration in Mathematics Education 1995, Eds: Robert P. Hunting, Gail E. Fitzsimons, Philip C. Clarkson and Alan J. Bishop, Monash University, Melbourne, pp. 69-74. Reprinted in Advanced Mathematical Discourse, by Leigh N. Wood and Gillian Perrett, University of Technology, Sydney, 1997, pp. 209-218.

1997

  1. (Book Review) Julia; a life in mathematics, by Constance Reid, Math. Assoc. of America, Washington, 1996, in Mathematics Competitions10, 108-111.

1999

  1. (Book Review) Arithmetical Similarities by Norbert Klingen, Oxford Univ. Press, 1998, in Bull. London Math. Soc. 31, 744-745.

2002

  1. Recognising matrix groups over finite fields, (with Charles R. Leedham-Green, Alice C. Niemeyer, and E.A. O'Brien), invited contribution in Computer Algebra Handbook, Foundations, Applications, Systems, Eds. J. Grabmeier, E. Kaltofen, V. Weispfenning, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-New York, pp 474-475.

2003

  1. Computational opportunities in Algebra, Number Theory, and Combinatorics, (with Eric Bach et al), Report to the US National Science Foundation, http://www.aimath.org/computation/
  2. Mathematics: beauty, truth and the real world, Menemui Matematik (Discovering Mathematics) 25, 1-8.

2004

  1. Maths learning cross-curricula, School Matters, 10, June 25, 2004, page 9.

2005

  1. (Book Review) Essentials of mathematics: introduction to theory, proof and professional culture, by Margie Hale, The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, USA, 2003. In Mathematics Competitions. Reprinted in the Australian Mathematical Society Gazette 32, Number 2, pp 131-133.
  2. (Book Review) Mathematics of Genome Analysis, by Jerome K. Percus, Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology  17, Eds: C. Cannings, F. C. Hoppensteadt, and L. A. Segel, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.  In the Australian Mathematical Society Gazette 32, Number 2, pp 128-130.
  3. (Abstract) On minimal subdegrees of finite primitive permutation groups, (with Akos Seress), Oberwolfach Reviews. Report No. 12/2005, Groups and Geometries, pp. 690-693.

2006

  1. (Abstract) Computing minimal polynomials, (with Max Neunhoffer), Oberwolfach Reviews. , Report No. 30/2006, Computational Group Theory, pp 1843-1844.
  2. (Abstract) Permutations having order a multiple of the degree, (with Steve Linton, Alice C. Niemeyer and Sven Reichard), Oberwolfach Reviews. Report No. 30/2006, Computational Group Theory, pp 1857-1859.
  3. (Abstract) Recognising k-set actions of symmetric groups, (with Steve Linton and Alice C. Niemeyer), Oberwolfach Reviews. Report No. 30/2006, Computational Group Theory, pp. 1859-1861.

2007

  1. Introduction by the organisers, (with Robert Guralnick, Jan Saxl and Katrin Tent), Oberwolfach Reviews. Report No. 37/2007, Permutation Groups, pp 2173-2175.

2008

  1. (Book Review) An Introduction to Quasigroups and their Representations, by Jonathan D. H. Smith. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Taylor and Francis Group  Boca Raton, Florida, 2007. In Siam Review 50, No 2., pp 402-403.
  2. (Abstract)  Strong involutions in finite Lie type groups of odd characteristic (with Frank Lubeck and Alice C. Niemeyer), Oberwolfach Reviews. Report No. 20/2008, Groups and Geometries, pp. 28-29.
  3. Essential elements of Mathematics: a personal response., Aust. Math. Soc. Gazette 35(1), 20-25. This paper was originally written in response to an invitation from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority with respect to its work on developing a Framework of Essential Learning relating to the compulsory years of schooling. The views expressed in the paper are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Authority.

2009

  1. The mathematics of Donald Gordon Higman. (with Eiichi Bannai, Robert L. Griess Jr. and Leonard Scott),  Michigan Math. Journal 58, 3-30.
  2. Oh no. A woman doing mathematics! Aust. Math. Soc. Gazette 36, 324-329.

2011

  1. (Invited technical paper) Using the finite simple groups Aust. Math. Soc. Gazette 38(2), 93-97.
      reprinted with permission in Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 3, August 2011, pp.28-31.