by Vivek | Nov 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Playing a game of ping-pong by yourself in the past typically involved hitting a ball against a wall or playing against a computer-generated opponent in a video game. Now, thanks to the Mathematical Computing Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, you...
by Vivek | Nov 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
This past September, mathematician Terence Tao of UCLA released a paper summarizing his near solution to a problem that has stifled the mathematical community for over three quarters of a century, “The Collatz Conjecture”. Given the function f(n) (shown below),...
by Vivek | Nov 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University have recently designed a new model to determine where wind farms should be built. In the past, considerations have generally only been focused around the terrain and the wind speed/consistency in the area, but this can...
by Vivek | Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
New Big Data Analyses with Topology The term ‘big data’ has become increasingly prevalent in modern dialogue. Professionals throughout a variety of fields have referred to the importance of ‘big data’ in their progress and many others’. According to an article titled...
by Vivek | Jan 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the past, mathematical modeling has focused on burglaries in residential, suburban communities. However, the highest burglary rates occur in urban areas where it is easier for thieves to disappear and sell their goods after committing the crime. Many suburban...
by Vivek | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo recently did a study on how the spread of infectious diseases is related to human behavior. The study, performed by Joe Pharaon and Chris Bauch, investigated whether or not human behavior plays a role...
