• GEMS February 7th Session

    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 the largest distinct whole number possible on an index card, what would you write? While most would look to the physical world for inspiration—counting the […]

  • GEMS March 7th Session

    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 and words to write out mathematics (e.g. 2+2=4 can be written as “two plus two is equal to four”), this session seeks to explore the […]

  • GEMS April 4th Session

    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? In this interactive session, we’ll explore how math helps us answer that question. Students will experiment with drawing voting districts to see how drawing different […]