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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Urban Foraging: A Ubiquitous Human Practice Overlooked By Urban Planners, Policy, And Research, Charlie M. Shackleton, Patrick T. Hurley, Annika C. Dahlberg, Marla R. Emery, Harini Nagendra
Urban Foraging: A Ubiquitous Human Practice Overlooked By Urban Planners, Policy, And Research, Charlie M. Shackleton, Patrick T. Hurley, Annika C. Dahlberg, Marla R. Emery, Harini Nagendra
Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications
Although hardly noticed or formally recognized, urban foraging by humans probably occurs in all urban settings around the world. We draw from research in India, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States to demonstrate the ubiquity and varied nature of urban foraging in different contexts. Across these different contexts, we distill seven themes that characterize and thereby advance thinking about research and the understanding of urban foraging. We show that it is widespread and occurs across a variety of urban spaces and places. The species used and the local practices vary between contexts, and are in constant flux as urban …
Gaussian Guesswork: Infinite Sequences And The Arithmetic-Geometric Mean, Janet Heine Barnett
Gaussian Guesswork: Infinite Sequences And The Arithmetic-Geometric Mean, Janet Heine Barnett
Calculus
No abstract provided.
The Roots Of Early Group Theory In The Works Of Lagrange, Janet Heine Barnett
The Roots Of Early Group Theory In The Works Of Lagrange, Janet Heine Barnett
Abstract Algebra
No abstract provided.
The Pell Equation In India, Toke Knudsen, Keith Jones
The Pell Equation In India, Toke Knudsen, Keith Jones
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Generating Pythagorean Triples: A Gnomonic Exploration, Janet Heine Barnett
Generating Pythagorean Triples: A Gnomonic Exploration, Janet Heine Barnett
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Quantifying Certainty: The P-Value, Dominic Klyve
Quantifying Certainty: The P-Value, Dominic Klyve
Statistics and Probability
No abstract provided.
Quantum Control Via A Genetic Algorithm Of The Field Ionization Pathway Of A Rydberg Electron, Vincent C. Gregoric, Xinyue Kang, Zhimin Cheryl Liu, Zoe A. Rowley, Thomas J. Carroll, Michael W. Noel
Quantum Control Via A Genetic Algorithm Of The Field Ionization Pathway Of A Rydberg Electron, Vincent C. Gregoric, Xinyue Kang, Zhimin Cheryl Liu, Zoe A. Rowley, Thomas J. Carroll, Michael W. Noel
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
Quantum control of the pathway along which a Rydberg electron field ionizes is experimentally and computationally demonstrated. Selective field ionization is typically done with a slowly rising electric field pulse. The (1/n*)4 scaling of the classical ionization threshold leads to a rough mapping between arrival time of the electron signal and principal quantum number of the Rydberg electron. This is complicated by the many avoided level crossings that the electron must traverse on the way to ionization, which in general leads to broadening of the time-resolved field ionization signal. In order to control the ionization pathway, thus …
Assessing The Supply Of Provisioning And Cultural Ecosystem Services From Urban Forests: A Philadelphia Pilot Study, Jenna Q. Detweiler
Assessing The Supply Of Provisioning And Cultural Ecosystem Services From Urban Forests: A Philadelphia Pilot Study, Jenna Q. Detweiler
Environment and Sustainability Summer Fellows
This study develops a methodology for assessing the urban provisioning and cultural ecosystem services created by woody species in urban forests. Drawing on this methodology, the research examines these dynamics through use of an urban forest inventory and survey data for the city of Philadelphia. Findings quantify the percentage of species and corresponding percent of the tree population that are likely to be harvested by urban foragers in the city.
Inverse-Kinematics Proton Scattering On 43p, Lisa M. Skiles
Inverse-Kinematics Proton Scattering On 43p, Lisa M. Skiles
Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows
Following an experiment at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University in October 2016, we study the excited states of the neutron-rich isotope 43P via inverse-kinematic proton scattering with the GRETINA y-ray tracking array. We will discuss preliminary analysis and results, including measured cross sections for populating excited states of 43P.
Engineering Electron Superpositions Using A Magnetic Field, Zoe A. Rowley, Bianca R. Gualtieri
Engineering Electron Superpositions Using A Magnetic Field, Zoe A. Rowley, Bianca R. Gualtieri
Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows
A Rydberg atom has a highly excited valence electron which is weakly bound and far from the nucleus. These atoms have exaggerated properties that make them attractive candidates for quantum computation and studies of fundamental quantum mechanics. The discrete energy levels of Rydberg atoms are shifted in the presence of an electric field by the Stark effect and are similarly shifted due to a magnetic field by the Zeeman effect. These effects couple the energy levels together, creating avoiding crossings. At these avoided crossings, an electron in one energy level can jump to the other.
Our goal is to be …
Quantum Physics And Relativity In Lovecraft's Fiction, Garrison Mccammon
Quantum Physics And Relativity In Lovecraft's Fiction, Garrison Mccammon
English Summer Fellows
The early twentieth century brought about some of the best and most influential horror or weird tales ever written in the English speaking world. The most impressive and most lauded author of the group composed of such figures as Algernon Blackwood, M. R. James, Arthur Machen, Clark A. Smith, and Robert E. Howard was H. P. Lovecraft. Posthumously declared the literary successor to Edgar Allan Poe, Lovecraft’s fiction and tales of terror have cast such a huge shadow that every significant author in weird writing since his passing has claimed him as a literary heir. Lovecraft’s works were a landmark …
Optimizing An Electron's Path To Ionization Using A Genetic Algorithm, Jason Bennett, Kevin Choice
Optimizing An Electron's Path To Ionization Using A Genetic Algorithm, Jason Bennett, Kevin Choice
Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows
A Rydberg atom is an atom with a highly excited and weakly bound valence electron. A widespread method of studying quantum mechanics with Rydberg atoms is to ionize the electron and measure its arrival time. We use a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to control the electron's path to ionization. The Rydberg electron's energy levels are strongly shifted by the presence of an electric field. The energy levels shift and curve, but never cross. At an avoided crossing the electron can jump from one level to the next. By engineering the electric field's time dependence, we thereby control the path to ionization. …
Inverse Kinematics Proton Scattering Of P41, Benjamin R. Klybor
Inverse Kinematics Proton Scattering Of P41, Benjamin R. Klybor
Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows
We have measured the gamma-ray spectrum of P41 using proton scattering in inverse kinematics with the NSCL/Ursinus College liquid hydrogen target and the GRETINA gamma-ray tracking array. We present preliminary results, including gamma-ray intensities and branching ratios.
Returning Thermal Advantage Instrument’S Dsc 2920 And Sdt 2960 To Functioning Order, Ethan B. Haldeman
Returning Thermal Advantage Instrument’S Dsc 2920 And Sdt 2960 To Functioning Order, Ethan B. Haldeman
Physics and Astronomy Summer Fellows
Thermal Advantage (TA) Instruments DSC 2920 and SDT 2960 require a computer running Windows NT 2000 and an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) expansion card to output and record data. Due to the lack of availability for this older software and hardware, a virtual machine running Windows NT 2000, using Oracle VM VirtualBox as the virtualization software, and a GPIB-USB-SH converter were used to allow a modern computer to interface with the DSC an SDT. The Windows NT virtual machine ran the necessary TA software to communicate with the DSC and SDT and USB pass-through was used to allow the virtual …
The Definite Integrals Of Cauchy And Riemann, Dave Ruch
The Definite Integrals Of Cauchy And Riemann, Dave Ruch
Analysis
Rigorous attempts to define the definite integral began in earnest in the early 1800's. One of the pioneers in this development was A. L. Cauchy (1789-1857). In this project, students will read from his 1823 study of the definite integral for continuous functions . Then students will read from Bernard Riemann's 1854 paper, in which he developed a more general concept of the definite integral that could be applied to functions with infinite discontinuities.
Rigorous Debates Over Debatable Rigor: Monster Functions In Introductory Analysis, Janet Heine Barnett
Rigorous Debates Over Debatable Rigor: Monster Functions In Introductory Analysis, Janet Heine Barnett
Analysis
No abstract provided.
A Compact Introduction To A Generalized Extreme Value Theorem, Nicholas A. Scoville
A Compact Introduction To A Generalized Extreme Value Theorem, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology
In a short paper published just one year prior to his thesis, Maurice Frechet gives a simple generalization one what we might today call the Extreme value theorem. This generalization is a simple matter of coming up with ``the right" definitions in order to make this work. In this mini PSP, we work through Frechet's entire 1.5 page paper to give an extreme value theorem in more general topological spaces, ones which, to use Frechet's newly coined term, are compact.
The Closure Operation As The Foundation Of Topology, Nicholas A. Scoville
The Closure Operation As The Foundation Of Topology, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology
No abstract provided.
Construction Of The Figurate Numbers, Jerry Lodder
Construction Of The Figurate Numbers, Jerry Lodder
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Generating Pythagorean Triples: The Methods Of Pythagoras And Of Plato Via Gnomons, Janet Heine Barnett
Generating Pythagorean Triples: The Methods Of Pythagoras And Of Plato Via Gnomons, Janet Heine Barnett
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Pascal's Triangle And Mathematical Induction, Jerry Lodder
Pascal's Triangle And Mathematical Induction, Jerry Lodder
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Babylonian Numeration, Dominic Klyve
Primes, Divisibility, And Factoring, Dominic Klyve
Primes, Divisibility, And Factoring, Dominic Klyve
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Gaussian Integers And Dedekind's Creation Of An Ideal: A Number Theory Project, Janet Heine Barnett
Gaussian Integers And Dedekind's Creation Of An Ideal: A Number Theory Project, Janet Heine Barnett
Number Theory
No abstract provided.
Solving A System Of Linear Equations Using Ancient Chinese Methods, Mary Flagg
Solving A System Of Linear Equations Using Ancient Chinese Methods, Mary Flagg
Linear Algebra
No abstract provided.
Microwave Assisted Dipole-Dipole Transitions, Jacob T. Paul
Microwave Assisted Dipole-Dipole Transitions, Jacob T. Paul
Physics and Astronomy Honors Papers
We explore this two photon assisted transition through computational and numerical analysis of possible energy levels. We calculate the matrix elements of the energy transition in detail discussing constants and the quantum mechanical possibilities of energy exchanges in these systems.
The goal is to better understand the energy exchange, so that moving forward we can control it. This paper covers the theoretical ends to controlling the energy transition by the way of two photon assisted transitions. The energy transitions take place between a dipole-dipole interaction, and a microwave photon.
An Introduction To A Rigorous Definition Of Derivative, Dave Ruch
An Introduction To A Rigorous Definition Of Derivative, Dave Ruch
Analysis
No abstract provided.
Euler's Rediscovery Of E With Instructor Notes, Dave Ruch
Euler's Rediscovery Of E With Instructor Notes, Dave Ruch
Analysis
No abstract provided.
Bolzano On Continuity And The Intermediate Value Theorem, Dave Ruch
Bolzano On Continuity And The Intermediate Value Theorem, Dave Ruch
Analysis
No abstract provided.
The Mean Value Theorem, Dave Ruch