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L.A. River Project, Erin Payne Sep 2015

L.A. River Project, Erin Payne

The STEAM Journal

A field note that reflected the artists' experience of the city and the making of art through an activity at the L.A. River.


Unseen Minutia, Sara Kapadia Sep 2015

Unseen Minutia, Sara Kapadia

The STEAM Journal

A brief thought on the unseen details.


Relationships, Michael Goodman Sep 2015

Relationships, Michael Goodman

The STEAM Journal

No abstract provided.


The Threshold Of Hearing, Mike Wereski Sep 2015

The Threshold Of Hearing, Mike Wereski

The STEAM Journal

No abstract provided.


Ecoscience + Art Initiative: Designing A New Paradigm For College Education, Scholarship, And Service, Changwoo Ahn Sep 2015

Ecoscience + Art Initiative: Designing A New Paradigm For College Education, Scholarship, And Service, Changwoo Ahn

The STEAM Journal

The paper presents a new initiative, EcoScience + Art, which blooms at George Mason University. The creator explains the background, history, and recent activities of the initiative, and also introduces an on-going special project called “The Rain Project”, a student participatory project to design, construct, and monitor a green infrastructure (i.e., floating wetland) for sustainable stormwater management on campus. The special project is geared to design and present a new paradigm to integrate college education, scholarship, and service. The relevance of the initiative and the special project to STEAM education is discussed.


The Topology Of Absence, Nora E. Culik Jul 2015

The Topology Of Absence, Nora E. Culik

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

“The Topology of Absence” literalizes triangulations, hyperbeloids, and the concept of the limit in the story of “locating” a lost mother. This story, like “The Physicist’s Basement” in the July 2014 issue, is part of a series that worries about competing notions of mathematics, i.e., mathematics as some sort of disembodied configuration or as emergent in the material reality of human life.


Music And Mathematics, Robert J. Boucher Jul 2015

Music And Mathematics, Robert J. Boucher

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Mathematics has forever been.


Mathematical Double Dactyls, Tristan Miller Jul 2015

Mathematical Double Dactyls, Tristan Miller

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

No abstract provided.


A System Of Equations: Mathematics Lessons In Classical Literature, Valery F. Ochkov, Andreas Look Jul 2015

A System Of Equations: Mathematics Lessons In Classical Literature, Valery F. Ochkov, Andreas Look

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

The aim of this paper is to showcase a handful of mathematical challenges found in classical literature and to offer possible ways of integrating classical literature in mathematics lessons. We analyze works from a range of authors such as Jules Verne, Anton Chekhov, and others. We also propose ideas for further tasks. Most of the problems can be restated in terms of simple mathematical equations, and they can often be solved without a computer. Nevertheless, we use the computer program Mathcad to solve the problems and to illustrate the solutions to enhance the reader’s mathematical experience.


A Mathematician's Villanelle, Gizem Karaali Feb 2015

A Mathematician's Villanelle, Gizem Karaali

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


The Symbolic And Mathematical Influence Of Diophantus's Arithmetica, Cyrus Hettle Jan 2015

The Symbolic And Mathematical Influence Of Diophantus's Arithmetica, Cyrus Hettle

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

Though it was written in Greek in a center of ancient Greek learning, Diophantus's Arithmetica is a curious synthesis of Greek, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian mathematics. It was not only one of the first purely number-theoretic and algebraic texts, but the first to use the blend of rhetorical and symbolic exposition known as syncopated mathematics. The text was influential in the development of Arabic algebra and European number theory and notation, and its development of the theory of indeterminate, or Diophantine, equations inspired modern work in both abstract algebra and computer science. We present, in this article, a selection of problems …


The Future Of Squaw Valley And Alpine Meadows, Brian Friel Jan 2015

The Future Of Squaw Valley And Alpine Meadows, Brian Friel

Pomona Senior Theses

This paper examines the ongoing conflict between Squaw Valley Ski Holdings and the local Tahoe community and analyzes this conflict within the greater historical context of ski resort consolidation and development across the Western United States.