All Stories by Ivars Peterson
- Math
Math Olympiad in Athens
A team from the United States placed second in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad.
- Math
Waring Experiments
Expressing integers as the sums of squares or other powers has a long history.
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- Math
Dogs Catching Frisbees
When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.
- Math
Dogs Catching Frisbees
When navigating to intercept a thrown Frisbee, dogs appear to use the same geometric strategy that a baseball fielder employs to snag a fly ball hit into the outfield.
- Computing
Calculating Swarms
Ant teamwork suggests models for computing faster and organizing better.
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- Math
Groups, Graphs, and Erdös Numbers
Erdös numbers reveal the great extent of mathematical collaboration.
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- Math
Playing Pig, Optimally
The simple dice game Pig is surprisingly complex when you're trying to find an optimal strategy for playing it.
- Math
A Measure of Beauty
In the 1930s, mathematician G.D. Birkhoff proposed a formula for computing aesthetic value.
- Math
Extra Time, Math, and the SAT
Extra time on the math portion of the SAT helps the most able students the most.
