Harvey Mudd College at the Shanahan Teaching and Learning Center
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
Title: How to use coins to make a 7-sided die Abstract: Certain dice are easier to make than others. There is the standard 6-sided die, but 4-sided, 8-sided, 10-sided, 12-sided, and 20-sided are also very common. What isn't so common is a 7-sided die. Here Dr. Mark Huber from Claremont McKenna College will talk about […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor David Bachman from Pitzer College. Title: How does ChatGPT work? Abstract: In 2022 ChatGPT took the world by storm and challenged our […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Lenny Fukshansky from Claremont McKenna College. Title: From Knapsacks and Changing Coins to Geometry Abstract: Suppose you have a bag that can hold a […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Qidi Peng and William Wu from Claremont Graduate University. Title: The Beauty of Fractal Geometry Abstract: We will introduce fractal geometries, which are described […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Jemma Lorenat from Pitzer College. Title: Playing with the Rules of Geometries Abstract: This session will explore how a small set of rules can be used to build and investigate geometrical objects. Through drawing, folding, and imagining, we will see how a limited number of possible actions ground a wide range […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Bahar Acu from Pitzer College. Title: The Hole Truth: When is a Coffee Mug a Donut? Abstract: In mathematics, topology is the study of properties […]
Shanahan B450, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Chiu-Yen Kao from Claremont McKenna College. Title: Finding Your Optimal Paths Abstract: Path planning plays an important role in many aspects of our daily life, among which are transportation, robotics, and optics. In this session, we will explore the mathematics behind path planning including the Dijkstra's algorithm […]
Shanahan B450, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Grace Akinwande from the Claremont Graduate University. Title: From Pizza to Calculus: Understanding Area Through Approximation Abstract: How much more pizza do you really get from a larger size? In this presentation, we explore the concept of area starting from an everyday question—the pizza dilemma! We’ll review basic […]
Shanahan B450, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Ryan Aschoff from the Claremont Graduate University. Title: Randomness: Creating Order from Chaos Abstract: From the hiss of white noise to the […]
Shanahan B450, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Professor Teal Witter from Claremont McKenna College. Title: Who Can Write Down the Bigger Number? Abstract: If you had fifteen seconds to write […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Robbie Tran from Claremont Graduate University. Title: Formulating Equations as a Medium for Digital Art and Design Abstract: As we can utilize letters […]
Shanahan 1480, Harvey Mudd College
301 Platt Blvd., Claremont, CA, United States
This GEMS session will be facilitated by Evan Rosenman from Claremont McKenna College Title: Fair Votes? The Mathematics of Elections and Redistricting Abstract: How do we know if an election is fair? […]
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