As the fight for the Stanley Cup continues in the National Hockey League, spectators might wonder about the strategy of the game. Samantha Key, a mathematics major at Penn State Erie, proposes that teams have the best chance of winning (79.4%), if they score first, but not until the third period. Click here to find out how applied math sheds light on hockey!
We Use Math Blog
Best Job of 2014: Mathematician
CareerCast.com recently named Mathematician the best occupation of 2014! Check out the full ranking and more details on the methodology here.
Bracketology 101
How do you construct your March Madness bracket? Do you look at a team’s history, their strength of schedule, or just rely on pure luck? Click here to check out this video about calculating your bracket using math!
Origami
“The thing that’s been the most surprising actually is that we’ve been able to learn so much about engineering things that is coming from art and that is not a typical connection we make, ” says origami expert Robert Lang. Has math made an appearance in something you didn’t expect?
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