Exploring Discrete Mathematics with American Football.

Authors :: Muldoon Brown, Tricia
Kahn, Eric B.
Source :: Primus: Problems, Resources & Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies; 2015, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p421-438, 18p
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: This paper presents an extended project that offers, through American football, an application of concepts from enumerative combinatorics and an introduction to proofs course. The questions in this paper and subsequent details concerning equivalence relations and counting techniques can be used to reinforce these new topics to students in such a transition-to-proofs-type course or to offer an application of known theoretical mathematics to students with more advanced understanding in the major. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Subjects :: ABSTRACT algebra
DISCRETE mathematics
MATHEMATICS education
UNDERGRADUATES

Language :: English
ISSN :: 10511970
Volume :: 25
Issue :: 5
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Primus: Problems, Resources & Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 102601756
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2015.1025162