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    • The Fibonacci Sequence Through a Different Lens 

      Thomas, Eric (2015)
      While Fibonacci numbers have been the subject of numerous works over hundreds of years, the sequence presents still more opportunities for discovery. This paper introduces a new way of perceiving this well established ...

    • Finding Harmonic Nine Crossing Knots 

      Miller, R. Lauren (2015)
      A knot is an embedding of the unit circle into real three-space. Harmonic knots are de fined as trigonometric polynomial parameterizations ofthe unit circle. In this paper we construct harmonic nine crossing knots. To ...

    • Generating Power in the Pool: An Analysis of Strength Conditioning and its Effect on Athlete Performance 

      Hoffman, Samuel (2015)
      There are many things that affect the speed of a swimmer in the water, from size of the individual to their technique and strength. This study tracked a group of NCAA Division III athletes across their season to see how ...

    • The Problem With Baseball Hats 

      Gauvin, Micole (2015)
      A young baseball player stacks n baseball hats by each door to his home. Every time he leaves the house to go to practice, he grabs a hat from the stack by the door he exits; then when he returns to his home after practice, ...

    • Special Triangles: Going Beyond 30 – 60 – 90 and 45 – 45 – 90 

      Spangler, Kim (2015)
      Starting with the standard special triangles, the 30 – 60 – 90 and the 45 – 45 – 90, we discovered other special triangles. A special triangle is one that has angle values and side lengths that can be expressed exactly. ...