Mathematics: Recent submissions

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    • Modern Geometrical Optics 

      Katrantzi, Maria (Kalamazoo College, 2020-02-15)
      Optics is the scientific study of light. There are three different ways to describe light, with each of the descriptions having a separate branch of optics: geometrical, physical, and quantum. In this paper, we will examine ...

    • R Shiny Application for Energy, Gas, and Water Consumption Data at Kalamazoo College 

      Ward, Madeline R. (Kalamazoo College, 2020-01-01)
      Climate action plans are useful tools that help institutions reduce carbon emissions and support environmentally sustainable initiatives. An increasing prevalence of data collection, which is tidied and analyzed using data ...

    • An In-depth Analysis of Patient Experience : What Patients Expect Most in Their Healthcare 

      Bailey, Harper (Kalamazoo College, 2019-09-01)
      The healthcare system is designed to maintain or improve the status of a patient’s health. In order for healthcare organizations to know if they are meeting their goals and intended purpose, they need patient feedback ...

    • Constructing and Generating Surreal Numbers Using the Day Structure 

      Barkume, Cecilia (Kalamazoo College, 2020-04-01)
      The aim of this paper is to understand and interpret the work with constructing surreal numbers, and the consequences of the axioms that create them. This paper is written as an introduction to the topic and a dissection ...

    • Vector Marketing A Case Study In Queueing Theory 

      Yunker, Austin (Kalamazoo College, 2020-04-01)
      At some point in your life, you will have to wait in a line to receive a service. It could be waiting to pump gas at the gas station or waiting in the college bookstore to return your books at the end of the semester. It ...

    • Fast Fourier Transformation in Noise Reduction in Audio Recording 

      Qi, Zichen (Kalamazoo College, 2019)
      Ambient noise is always unwanted during the professional recording whether is speech or instrument. Signal-processing by Fourier Transformation can play a vital role in greatly reducing the ambient noise in the recording ...

    • A Group-Theoretical Approach to Voice Leading in Tonal Music 

      Stech, Ernest B. (Kalamazoo College, 2015)
      In this paper, we will attempt to explore the underlying mathematical structures in tonal music through group-theoretical models. Drawing from existing neo-Riemannian literature and its mathematical/musical structures, ...

    • Tonnetz and Beyond : In Search of Functional Representations of Harmonic Structures through Algebra and Geometry 

      Barth, Joseph (Kalamazoo College, 2015)
      In this paper, we wish to explore underlying mathematical structures of tonal music with the use of group theoretic and geometric models. We will begin by examining trends in the current literature on the subject in attempts ...

    • Exploring the Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Student Learning : A Series of First-Hand Experiences 

      Bunker, Aaron (Kalamazoo College, 2014)
      The following essays are based on my first-hand experiences interacting-as a teacher, mentor, tutor, and friend- with children and young adults. Before I started writing these essays, I knew I wanted to write about my ...

    • Senior Individual Project : Harmonic Analysis 

      Sui, Sarah (Kalamazoo College, 2018)
      The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the harmony in musical works and to find the harmonic similarity between each Bach’s Suites. Usually, harmonic analysis is done by hand, but in this research, we want to use ...

    • Construction of Convex Ideal Polyhedra in Hyperbolic 3-Space 

      Allgeier, Allegra (Kalamazoo College, 2019)
      The purpose of this project is to provide a method to construct a convex ideal polyhedron in hyperbolic 3-space given a set of internal dihedral angles that belong to a unique convex ideal polyhedron up to isometry. Thorough ...

    • Exploration of the Laplace Transform 

      Morales, Zach (Kalamazoo College, 2019)
      The author designed a Physics lab using the Laplace Transformation to be used in Dr. Tom Askew’s Physics 370 class. The Laplace Transform gives us another option when it comes to solving differential equations. In short, ...

    • Extensions of the Mean Value Theorem on the Real Line and the Complex Plane 

      Castleberry, James (Kalamazoo College, 2018)
      The goal of this SIP is to first analyze just a few of the many extensions to the Mean Value Theorem that have been proven in recent decades. This analysis follows a common structure that starts with stating each theorem ...

    • Developing Software for Audio to Music Score Conversion 

      Lin, Xiang (Kalamazoo College, 2018)
      The idea of converting audio to music score provides a fascinating perspective of perceiving the music. As the amateur or folk musicians, they may want a more productive music application that can help them create music ...

    • Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Putting Performance on the PGA Tour 

      Manski, Scott (Kalamazoo College, 2015)
      In golf, putting is considered to be the single most important aspect of the game. With approximately 40 percent of total strokes having been putts in 2013 on the PGA TOUR, it is obvious that putting performance is a ...

    • The Relationship Between Diversity and Firm Performance : A Statistical Analysis 

      Nguyen, Phuong T. (Kalamazoo College, 2017)
      The American workforce is becoming more diverse than ever, with the expanding representation of minority groups, including women, people of color, millennials, etc. Not only are these groups entering the workforce at such ...

    • Patterns and Statistics on Set Partitions and Restricted Growth Functions 

      Reppuhn, Lindsey (Kalamazoo College, 2015)
      We consider partitions π of the set [n] = {1; 2,….., n}and denote the set of these parti- tions by _n. We use the notation _ = B1=B2/ : : : =Bk ` [n] to indicate that [n] = ωiBi and call the Bi blocks. If S _ [n] and _ ` ...

    • Generalizations of Triangle Relations to Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometry 

      Naranjo, Jacob (Kalamazoo College, 2018)
      We generalize relations known in Euclidean geometry to spherical and hyperbolic geometry. First we prove a theorem which produces analogues for certain Euclidean inequalities involving a triangle's circumradius, inradius, ...

    • Data Science : The Data Tidying Process with R 

      Roodbergen, Anna (Kalamazoo College, 2018)
      An enormous amount of data is generated every day. All of this data can be analyzed using concepts from data science. Data science is the science of extracting information from a data set to gain knowledge (Nongxa, 2017). ...

    • On a Generalization of the Bestvina-Brady Construction 

      Goel, Abhay (Kalamazoo College, 2017)
      This work builds on work in [1] and [2] to study the homotopy fibre of a map between polyhedral products. The construction itself generalizes the definition of Bestvina-Brady group. Here we compute the cellular chain complex ...