Knot theory is the subarea of topology that studies math- ematical knots or different ways of placing a circle inside 3- dimensional space. Proving that two knots are distinct (or…
“When am I going to use this?” It’s a question every student has asked at least once. The Modeling Contest in Mathematics (MCM), held annually by COMAP, provides…
A generic rectangulation is a tiling of a rectangle by rectangles, with no four rectangles sharing a single corner (think: no Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah). For example: We…