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- Title
- Mathematics in tennis
- Author(s)
- Clarke, Stephen R.
- Abstract
- In recent years there has been an increasing interest in the application of mathematics to problems in sport. Students interested in a range of mathematical applications in sports such as baseball, Americann football, basketball, hockey, cricket, tennis, golf, athletics and rowing should read Ladany and machol (1977), 'Optimal Strategies in Sports', North Holland Publ. Co. As an example, we will look at applying some probability to investigate the effects of different scoring systems in tennis... [Introduction]
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Mathematical Sciences
- Source
- Function: a school mathematics magazine, Vol. 9, pt. 2 (April 1985), pp. 21-24
- Publication year
- 1985
- Publisher
- Monash University, Department of Mathematics
- ISSN
- 0313-6825
- Publisher URL
- http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/function/
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1985 Stephen Clarke. Publisher version of article reproduced here with the permission of the publisher.
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
