Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Harvey Mudd College is renowned for its Math department and for its overall education. Harvey Mudd students perform remarkably well on the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, a very grueling 6-hour 6-question exam taken by roughly 3,600 undergrads in the U.S. and Canada every year.
Given Mudd's commitment to excellence in ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Phi, also known as the golden ratio or the divine proportion, is one of the great mathematical constants. It is equal to a little more than 1.6 and is a most interesting irrational (but not transcendental) number. Phi has a fascinating connection with the Fibonacci series, it can be derived ...
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