Professor of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College
In this project, we use Mathematica to create a 3D graph of a bicycle. We combine simple geometric pieces together to simulate the structure of a real bicycle. For example, the core structure is mainly formed by cylinders, and the … Continue reading “Mike the Bike!” →
Alan Turing was a well-known computer scientist in the early to mid 1900s. He broke the German Enigma machine’s code during World War II, greatly aiding in the Allied victory, and went on to work on the first stored program computer … Continue reading “Math Behind Turing Patterns” →
Sound waves are created when a force producing the sound (for instance, someone vocalizing) causes air molecules to move. These molecules compress into wave patterns, which interact with the human ear, pushing around tiny hairs inside the cochlea, which sends … Continue reading “Graphing Healing Sound Waves” →
The rose curve develops a formula 𝑟 = 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑛θ) that can draw flowers with different numbers of pedals. By changing the value of n, the number of pedals will change. if the number of n is an irrational number, … Continue reading “Happy Valentines Day!” →
One of the many skills taught in Multi is how to mathematically model shapes in 3-Dimensional space. Mathematica is a useful tool that aids in visualizing how multivariable functions can create 3-D shapes. Using this program, we aimed to explore how … Continue reading “Modeling Ice Cream in Mathematica” →
For this project, we investigated how we perceive the shapes around us and how mathematics helps us define them further. We made a 3D model of the studio ghibli character Totoro using the Mathematica function of ellipsoids. We also made … Continue reading “My Neighbour Totoro” →
Showcased, is a Mathematica model of a French press. A french press is a vessel for brewing coffee without a coffee filter. French presses are very geometrical and can be represented by a lot of functions that we have learned … Continue reading “French Press Using Mathematica” →
The goal of our project was to model a tumbler that one might add coffee or tea to. We chose this project because we always come to math class with coffee or tea, and we wanted to see if we … Continue reading “Just Add Coffee!” →
The Collegiate Peaks (“the Avenue of Fourteeners”) are a section of the Sawatch Rangein Colorado. For this project we chose to focus on trails up to the peak Mount Harvard and Mount Princeton. Our goal was to determine the steepest … Continue reading “The Steepest and Least Steep Sections of the Mount Harvard and Princeton 14ers” →