Mathematics Problem Of the Week

Spring 2002

POW #13

WWW Departmental Trivia

The answer to each question below can be found somewhere on the Web. Give the answer and a specific URL where you found it.

(1) Which math/cs alumni has been an Air Force pilot in Japan?

(2) Which Math faculty member is one of the principles at Northern Lights Software Associates?

(3) What were Dr. Bos’ undergraduate college and major?

(4) Who was the faculty advisor for Allison’s honors project in 1996?

(5) Which high school won the 56^th annual Pi Mu Epsilon Interscholastic Mathematics Contest in 2000?

(6) What was the title of Doug Chimento’s HRUMC talk?

(7) How many citations appear for Dr. Duncan Melville on a math.sci.net search?

(8) For what proportion of 2001-2002 NCAA hockey games did Dr. Lock’s CHODR system predict the correct regulation time winner?

(9) Find any book authored or co-authored by a member of the SLU math department with an Amazon.com sales rank under 1,000,000 (give the title, SLU author and rank).

(10) What did Dr. Ladd’s CS140 students make dance in a recent programming assignment?

Due Friday, May 3^rd at Noon.