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CSEF · 2006

Taking Stock in Phi: The Golden Ratio

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Open your wallet and pull out a credit card. Why does this card have such a familiar and pleasing physical dynamic? The answer is Phi, the Golden Ratio. The ratio of Phi exi…

CSEF · 2006

The Actual Cost of Credit Cards

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals This project was performed in order to determine which credit card would charge the least amount of interest with regard to the percantage of the balance paid. It also helps…

CSEF · 2006

The Eleventh Variation

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to determine if there is a mathematical solution for the card trick known as The 11th Variation. How does the mystery card the volunteer selec…

CSEF · 2006

The Gaming Theory Is a Winner

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My project is to see if the gaming theory invented by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern help to improve your chances when you are involved in a gambling game as apposed…

CSEF · 2006

The Pappus Chain Theorem: A Proof

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The Pappus Chain Theorem, a type of Euclidean geometry, was discovered and proven by Pappus of Alexandria in the third century. In the 1800's, Jacob Steiner, a Swiss mathema…

CSEF · 2006

The Planar Isometries of Polygons

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals In this project, the planar isometries of polygons are characterized by their grap structure. It is shown that the reflections and rotations are the only possible planar iso…

CSEF · 2006

What's So Great about Sex?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals To determine whether the rate of evolution towards on optimal genome is greater among a sexually reproducing population (SRP) or an asexually reproducing population (ARP). M…

CSEF · 2006

Will You Be the Next Millionaire?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if the lottery numbers are predictable. Methods/Materials The material I used for my project was the computer program QBASIC, that I used to create m…

CSEF · 2006

Your Password Is Not Secure

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine what type of password is most #secure#, where type is classified by character set and length. Methods/Materials The testing wa…

CSEF · 2005

Avencrypt

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine if a relatively effective encryption algorithm could be developed without the use of random numbers. Methods/Materials I brainst…

CSEF · 2005

A Wheel Goes Far!

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals To test your eye-hand coordination. The purpose of my project is to create a computer program that tests people's eye-hand coordination and reaction to different environment…

CSEF · 2005

Can a Computer Predict a Human's Decisions?

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals To show that a human's behavior, even when he/she is trying to act randomly, is predictable, and to create a program which can model and predict a human's reactions in certa…

CSEF · 2005

Cardiac Measurement and Analysis

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Purpose of the Experiment: The goal of this project was to develop an expert system to screen for cardiac anomalies. The specific objectives were to 1) construct an electroc…

CSEF · 2005

Compu-Drive

Mathematics & Software

Objectives/Goals Program a laptop so that it will interface with an R/C car wirelessly. Methods/Materials construct the interface. write the program (in C). Hardware: # 1x 630E Thinkpad; # 1…

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