by Terrence Bisson | Feb 13, 2017 | Math Seminar
A Math Seminar Short Talk by Dr. Terrence Bisson, 2pm Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Abstract: The geometry of regular polynons is related to questions in trigonometry, complex numbers, and polynomial equations. I will discuss how roots of unity give a way of finding...
by jenivettegarcia | Dec 7, 2016 | Math Seminar
My talk for Wednesday December 7th will be about the history of trigonometry along with some mathematicians associated with trig, and how trigonometry can be used in Astronomy. By reading the article by Herb Silverman called, Trigonometric Identities through...
by kendyl | Dec 7, 2016 | Math Seminar
My talk on December 7th is based on the article Golden, Sqrt{2}, and π Flowers: A Spiral Story, written by Michael Naylor, found in Vol. 75, No. 3 (Jun., 2002) of the Mathematics Magazine. I will discuss the contents of this article on how we can find important...
by alexisgrebenok | Nov 3, 2016 | Math Seminar
My presentation on Wednesday, November 2nd was inspired by the paper entitled Pattern detection in forensic case data using graph theory: Application to heroin cutting agents which can be found on ScienceDirect, from August 2006. This paper was written by a group...
by kendyl | Nov 1, 2016 | Math Seminar
My talk on Wednesday November 3rd is based on an article found in the journal, The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 103, No. 4 from November 2009 titled Japanese Logic Puzzles & Proof written by Jeffrey J. Wanko. It discusses how solving Japanese logic puzzles such as...
by kozoduje | Oct 25, 2016 | Math Seminar
Exploring the algebraic properties and concepts that is the framework behind the idea of Pythagorean triples and quadruples is a difficult and complex topic, especially for high school algebra students. Which, as a future high school math teacher, is my targeted...
