What Has Been Submitted
Some of the topics my students came up with for their math projects (this list does not include any topics that I suggested or any that are directly related to things we did in class):
- Ratio and proportion in graphic design
- Card-counting in Blackjack
- Looking at the topology of video games (when you go off one side of the screen, where do you come back)
- Repeating patterns in collages
- Estimating how much food a fast-food restaurant has to make per hour and how much is thrown away
- Interior design / rearranging furniture
- A quantitative look at the tsunami
- Islamic art
- Quantifying the benefits of carpooling