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 of shapes that remain unchanged when shapes are bent, stretched, or deformed—so long as they aren’t torn or punctured. To a mathematician studying topology, a […]

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 […]

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 in continuous but nowhere differential functions. We will tell the students where to find these geometries in the nature and how to describe them using […]

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 fixed amount of weight, and you are trying to fill it with several types of objects of different weights and prices. The goal is to […]

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 ideas of what computers are capable of. However, few people have any sense of how this technology works. Through hands-on activities participants will learn about […]

TOPIC: The Mathematics of Reapportionment and Census Data Every ten years, the United States Census Bureau conducts a count of all persons living in the United States; one of those […]