An Integer Programming Approach to Crop Rotation Planning at an Organic Farm
Abstract Crop rotation is an important component of organic farming because it can help to maintain healthy soil and ...
Some Limitations of Financial Models
Abstract This paper is motivated by the essays of N.N. Taleb [2001; 2007; 2008] on randomness in the real world. In p...
Randomness in Cryptography
Introduction This article is about randomness, in particular about random binary strings, and, even more particularly...
Consortium 114, Spring/Summer 2018
Table of Contents:From the Editor's Desk: Signs of the TimesMath Today: Mathematical Aspects of GerrymanderingGeomete...
Once in a Blue Moon
The context of this Pull-Out is the changing appearance of the moon from night to night as well as its effects on Ear...
Mathematical Aspects of Gerrymandering
As I write, the Supreme Court is hearing
cases about gerrymandering, and at the
center of the arguments are issue...
Iterating Complex Linear Functions
When you iterate a
function, you create a
sequence. This sequence
is called an orbit. Much
has been written a...
The 'Middle' of a Graph: Partitions, Eccentricities and Degress of Vertices in a Graph
Diagrams consisting of
dots and lines (see Figure
1) called graphs are a
very powerful visual tool for
helpin...
UMAP Journal 39.2 Summer 2018 Edition - The 2018 ICM Contest Edition
Table of ContentsPublisher's EditorialThe Doug Faires Award for 2018 Modeling ForumResults of the 2018 Interdisciplin...
Consortium 115, Fall/Winter 2018
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: IM2C - Why Do We Do This? GAIMME Time: Using Modeling to Reinforce Non-Ma...
UMAP Journal 39.3 Fall 2018 Edition - The 2018 MCM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Publisher's EditorialWhat Good Are Contests? Editor's Note MCM Modeling ForumResults of the 2018 Ma...
Classification Using CART Models
Classification and Regression Trees (CART) are often used in data mining with the goal of creating a model that predi...
Tetrahedra
Tetrahedra, the analogue of
triangles in the plane for three-dimensional
Euclidean space, are surprisingly
unst...
Playing With Symmetry
This edition's Geometer's
Corner is part 1 of a two-part
series on symmetry
and how it is used in chemistry. I
...
Using Modeling to Reinforce Non-Mathematical Skills Part 1 - Communication
We know, we know... This is a journal aboutteaching mathematics.However, we should rememberthat even in our roles asm...
UMAP Journal 39.4 Winter 2018 Edition
Table of Contents Publisher's EditorialAI-Should We Be Worried? ArticlesA Method for Ranking Teams Based on Simple Pa...
The Discrete Cosine Transform (UMAP)
TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in introductory linear algebra, particularly students in engineering and communication theo...
Oracles and Signatures
Introduction Digital signatures are all around us (though barely noticeable by the average person), especially in ele...
GAIMME Time: Introducing : Transforming Textbook Word Problems
After years of teaching from textbooks, we recognize that it can be hard to imagine yourself generating a genuine ope...
Trees Built for Biologists
Where would physics
and engineering be
without mathematics?
We are familiar with how
mathematics interacts, i...
The Math Inquiry Workshop as a Preparation for the HiMCM
Introduction Luther College received a generous grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to support a co...
I Think Knot : Modeling with Knots and Links
Activity 1 provides an introduction to mathematical knots. Students learn about trefoil, figure-eight, and pentafoil ...
Folding Clusters of Equilateral Triangles
Why a Column Encouraging
Student Research?
There are many reasons mathematics is taught so extensively in
gr...
2-Dimentional Models of 4-Dimentional Figures
In my last column, I focused on
using GeoGebra to construct
models of tetrahedra that can
then be used to explo...
Original Sources and The Lessons of History
Series Introduction Stories and Sources in the History of Mathematics I am very pleased to be given the opportunity t...
UMAP Journal 38.2 Summer 2017 Edition - The 2017 ICM Contest Edition
Table of ContentsGuest EditorialLearning and Teaching Interdisciplinary Modeling ICM Modeling ForumResults of the 201...
UMAP Journal 38.3 Fall 2017 Edition - The 2017 MCM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Publisher's EditorialThe Doug Faires Awards for 2017 MCM Modeling ForumResults of the 2017 Mathemat...
Consortium 113, Fall/Winter 2017
Table of Contents: From the Publisher's Desk: Needed Math GAIMME Time: Assessing Student Modeling work History of Ma...
GAIMME Time: Assessing Student Modeling Work
Think back to when you first realized that you enjoyed mathematicsĶ For many of us, that enjoyment came from the pur...
Deal or No Deal? Expected Value, Utility Theory, and the Role of the Banker
This Pull-Out consists of three activities. The context for Activity 1 is a school's fundraising carnival. Students c...
Drawings of Number Sequences
This research problem involves translating
between geometric drawings and sequences of
numbers associated with th...
Psychology, Applications to Decision Making
What subjects are
sciences? A list often
begins with chemistry
and physics and a subject that is
sometimes ta...
A General Education Course From Primary Historical Sources
Introduction General education courses at colleges and universities in the United States have been a requirement for ...
A Mathematical Investigation Motivated By a Question About Baseball
Anatural setting for the
mathematical exploration
that follows is baseball,
but this does not imply that we
a...
UMAP Journal 38.4 Winter 2017 Edition
Table of Contents EditorialCalculus Is Irrelevant ArticlesAircraft Longitudinal Oscillations You Win Some and You Los...
Disaster Relief Modeling (ILAP)
Contents1. Setting the Scene2. Discrete Dynamical System Model of Effective Response3. The PEARL Index and Equitable ...
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