Nine Goshen College students participated in the 2019 Indiana Colleges Mathematics Contest at the University of Indianapolis on April 5, 2019. Forty teams of up to three students each from Indiana colleges and universities competed by answering eight mathematics problems during a two hour period. The Goshen College team of…
Mathematics major Nick Schrock worked with David Housman on a Maple Scholars project examining voting power when the voters’ ideological positions can be inferred from past votes. The Shapley-Shubik and Banzhaf power indices have been used to measure the voting power of voters in a variety of political institutions,…
Goshen College students performed well in the Putnam Mathematical Competition.
Christian Bechler and Kenan Bitikofer worked with David Housman on a Maple Scholars project examining cake cutting.
Goshen College fielded three teams in the Indiana Collegiate Mathematics Competition.
Matt Chen and Jon Kaasa worked with David Housman on Maple Scholars projects examining fairness.
A road trip, math contest, magician, presentations, and conversations.
Bryan Yoder, Peter Schrock, and Kenan Bitikofer participated in the Putnam Mathematical Competition.
Kenan Bitikofer worked with David Housman on a Maple Scholars project modeling the evolution of cooperation in a society.
Garrett Ahlgrim and Zoe Blosser earned an Honorable Mention for their solution to the "Eradicating Ebola" problem.
