This presentation will tell everyone about the kissing number. What is the kissing number you ask? Well it’s the highest number of equal nonoverlapping spheres in R^n that can touch another sphere in the same space. For example, the kissing number in three-dimensional...

Want to learn how to send coded messages? You'll never have to worry about someone "accidentally" reading what they're not supposed to ever again. However, if someone is smart and decodes your message, you'll have to use the second method I talk about in my...

Whether you are an experienced blackjack player or never heard of the popular card game at all, my talk is for you. Unfortunately my talk is not intended to make you an expert card shark ready to take on Las Vegas. Instead, I will present a mathematical concept of the...

I will be presenting my MAT-381 talk about “how to read a QR code without using a smartphone” by decoding its message step by step. The use of QR codes is increasing every day as smartphones become more popular. QR codes can be used to store Wi-Fi set up information,...

For my seminar presentation this coming Wednesday, I will be talking about how we can use numbers from the Fibonacci sequence to come up with Pythagorean triples. The article I am basing my presentation on is called “Fibonacci Meets Pythagoras” by David Pagni. My...

For my 380 talk on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, I will be discussing how mirror reflections work and how to manipulate the mirrors to produce multiple images. And how manipulation and placement of the mirrors can produce the effects of a kaleidoscope. I will also...

Our society is dependent upon the stable selection of pairs. Whether it's in marriage, roommate selection in college, or even a doctor choosing their residency; each represents a group with preferences looking to pair with another group with preferences. But what is...

Hello! For my 380 talk, I will be discussing how you can use statistics in order to predict the outcome of baseball games, a process also known as Sabermetrics. This will be based on the the paper "Quasi-geometric Distributions and Extra Inning Baseball Games" by...

On Wednesday, November 6th, I will be presenting upon the mathematics behind the ever-so-frustrating practice of fight overbooking. What is overbooking? It's when an airline accepts more bookings for a flight than seats on the plane to ensure maximum revenue should...

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