by gryglewicz | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
My presentation will explore the application of group theory to understand the symmetry of chemical molecules by associating them to appropriate point groups. We can then look at the character tables of these point groups and see how they encode important symmetrical...
by Tony Horvath | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Within statistics, the Hypergeometric Distribution represents the number of successful outcomes when sampling from a given set, without replacement. While this has many applications in data analysis, my presentation will focus on Magic: The Gathering, which is played...
by mcarthur | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been writing an email and wonder how the text prediction that populates happens and how the words are what you were going to type? These word suggestions are all due to the ability for your email to utilize Markov Chains within the email system. Come to...
by schwab | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Next week, I will be doing my math 480 talk on recurrence relations and their applications. I will start by describing what a recurrence relation is, the different types of recurrence relations, and the multiple different methods on how to solve them. I will then give...
by Carlie Porter | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered how medical diagnoses are quantified? What value in a diagnostic test distinguishes disease from health? How is the accuracy of a diagnostic test assessed? In my MAT 380 talk, I will explain the concept, methods, and benefits of using ROC...
by Tarin Rietz | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a non-Euclidean world? Come to my MAT 381 talk next Wednesday, March 5 to learn what it would be like to live on the surface of an infinite Pringle, or more mathematically, the hyperbolic plane. We will explore...
by Matthew Braden | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
While systems in quantum mechanics are typically reserved for modelling sub-atomic systems, they can be rearranged or redefined to solve for more macroscopic systems that would typically be reserved for kinematic calculations. One in particular is Schrodinger’s...
by gryglewicz | Feb 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Pell equation, X^2 – DY^2 = 1 with solutions (X, Y), has a history rooted in Ancient Indian Mathematics and was later explored by Western mathematicians like Fermat and Euler. Upon looking at the equation, it may seem simple. However, this equation has...
by Alyssa Hall | Apr 25, 2024 | Math Seminar, Spring 2024
The effective teaching of mathematics is crucial for students to become proficient in mathematical concepts and capable of applying these skills in diverse settings. Students being able to have these skills could potentially result in increasing student enrollment in...
by schwab | Apr 19, 2024 | Math Seminar, Spring 2024
Have you ever wondered about how math and famous theorems were invented? Well, come to my math 381 talk on Wednesday April 24th to learn about famous mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Leibniz, and Newton who are credited with inventing the Pythagorean...
