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The Mathematics that George Washington Studied
Professor Frederick Rickey U.S.M.A. at West Point As a teenager, George Washington compiled two notebooks (179 pages) about the mathematics…
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The Polar Planimeter
Lynette J. Boos In 1854 the Swiss mathematician Jakob Amsler built a cleverly designed instrument for computing the area of an…
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Mathematics and Planet Earth
Professor Catherine Roberts College of the Holy Cross What role do mathematicians play when it comes to understanding nature? Weather…
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Special REU Presentations
Computational Modeling of the Thyroid Hormones Homeostasis and Its Manipulation by Chemicals Kai Bartlette This summer, I attended an REU…
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Special REU Presentations
Introduction to Numerical Monoids and My PURE Math 2014 Experience Meghan Malachi This summer I spent five weeks as a…
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Moving Big Data around the Globe
Adam Villa Transmitting data via the Internet is a routine and common task for users today. The amount of data being…