People assume that men will display
more power interruptions and women will display more supportive interruptions.
Knowing this, how are men and women perceived when they display gender
typical and gender atypical interruptions? A study was conducted
with more than four hundred subjects to determine if gender biases exist
among college students. The results of various statistical methods
will be reported.
Jeff Clouse - Is Coca-Cola an Underachiever?
~~ Best Talk Award ~~
Can a multi-billion dollar company effectively
produce a fifty cent product? In this presentation, we will analyze
the cost effectiveness of Coca-Cola's pop can production technology by
discovering if the soft drink giant is surrounding its precious liquid
with too much aluminum.
Vincent Lucarelli - Why is 9 Prime?
~~ Best Talk Award ~~
Everyone knows that 9 is not prime, but
how can we distinguish much larger integers as composite? The process
of proving a 25-digit number is prime will be examined to to introduce
the theory and algorithms used to examine large integers. The basic
algorithm begins naively with trial division, uses the pseudoprime and
strong pseudoprime tests, and finally proves primality using a theorem
by Henery Pocklington.
Kathleen Hale - The Wahoo Twirlers
Traditionally, to determine how well a starting
pitcher is pitching throughout the year, one calculates the pitcher's earned
run average or E.R.A. The lower the E.R.A., the better the pitching performance.
In this paper, I will discuss other statistical methods for measuring pitcher
performance.
John Slanina - Some History and Special Cases of Fermat's Last Theorem
In the margin of a book, Pierre de Fermat scribbled
a simple equation that has baffled mathematicians for the last 350 years.
The now famous "Fermat's Last Theorem" has changed the course of mathematical
history and until recently has remained unproven. The techniques
used by Fermat and others to solve the theorem will be examined as their
research has been responsible for the development of number theory during
the last few centuries.
Christy Conn - A Possible Win for Wile E. Coyote
My presentation brings mathematical modeling and Wile E. Coyote together.
After watching Wile E. Coyote make many failed (and life threatening) attempts
to catch the Road Runner, I decided to help him with some mathematical
strategy. With a little calculus, differential equations, and a reliable
ACME product, I hope to give Wile E. Coyote a big advantage.
Ben Keck - Improving Your Golf Game With Mathematics
A sport that is enjoyed by many more, is made a little simpler by looking
at it with mathematics. By using vector equations, which will be
explained, a player can figure out what club to use for the next shot.
Jodi Faloba - How to keep the Golden Years Golden
It is predicted that by the year 2015 Social Security will be bankrupt.
With this in mind, I will estimate the amount of money needed for retirement
without any government assistance. Also, I will evaluate the various
ways a person should invest his or her money to maximize savings.
Robert Komara - An Atomic Application of Singular Differential Operators
The calculation of second-order energies of Rydberg states of neon require
the solution of singular differential equations which arise from the Dalgarno-Lewis
method. I will solve a one-dimensional problem of a particle in a
perturbed square going into the detail about the method to solve the singular
differential equations. I will then present out calculations of the
second-order energies of neon using the Dalgarno-Lewis method and compare
them with the published results of Ward er. al (PRA 53, 113 (1996).) and
explain the benefits of this method over the older method.
