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The Fibonacci Sequence And Hosoya's Triangle, Jeffrey Lee Smith Jan 2013

The Fibonacci Sequence And Hosoya's Triangle, Jeffrey Lee Smith

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The purpose of this thesis is to study the Fibonacci sequence in a context many are unfamiliar with. A triangular array of numbers, similar looking to Pascal's triangle, was constructed a few decades ago and is called Hosoya's triangle. Each element within the triangle is created using Fibonacci numbers.


Snort: A Combinatorial Game, Keiko Kakihara Jan 2010

Snort: A Combinatorial Game, Keiko Kakihara

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This paper focuses on the game Snort, which is a combinatorial game on graphs. This paper will explore the characteristics of opposability through examples. More fully, we obtain some neccessary conditions for a graph to be opposable. Since an opposable graph guarantees a second player win, we examine graphs that result in a first player win.


Freeness Of Hopf Algebras, Christopher David Walker Jan 2006

Freeness Of Hopf Algebras, Christopher David Walker

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The Nichols-Zoeller freeness theorem states that a finite dimensional Hopf algebra is free as a module over any subHopfalgebra. We will prove this theorem, as well as the first significant generalization of this theorem, which was proven three years later. This generalization says that if the Hopf algebra is infinite dimensional, then the Hopf algebra is still free if the subHopfalgebra is finite dimensional and semisimple . We will also look at several other significant generalizations that have since been proven.


Investigation Of 4-Cutwidth Critical Graphs, Dolores Chavez Jan 2006

Investigation Of 4-Cutwidth Critical Graphs, Dolores Chavez

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A 2004 article written by Yixun Lin and Aifeng Yang published in the journal Discrete Math characterized the set of a 3-cutwidth critical graphs by five specified elements. This project extends the idea to 4-cutwidth critical graphs.


Fundamental Theorem Of Algebra, Paul Shibalovich Jan 2002

Fundamental Theorem Of Algebra, Paul Shibalovich

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The fundamental theorem of algebra (FTA) is an important theorem in algebra. This theorem asserts that the complex field is algebracially closed. This thesis will include historical research of proofs of the fundamental theorem of algebra and provide information about the first proof given by Gauss of the theorem and the time when it was proved.


Semisimplicity For Hopf Algebras, Michelle Diane Stutsman Jan 1996

Semisimplicity For Hopf Algebras, Michelle Diane Stutsman

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