Jeopardy usually means a crisis or threat. That’s how some people feel about math too. But a group of Georgia College & State University (GCSU) students turned jeopardy into victory last week—snatching the Math Jeopardy championship title at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Southeastern conference at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. "I am so proud of our team for winning the Math Jeopardy tournament,” said Dr. Rachel Epstein, associate professor of...
The Department of Mathematics hosted (March 18-20, 2022) the Southern Regional Algebra Conference (SRAC 2022). The Southern Regional Algebra Conference is an annual weekend conference that has been in existence since 1988. It serves an important role as part of the algebra research community in the Gulf Coast Region. This is only the second time the SRAC conference took place in the state of Georgia. Georgia College was scheduled to host this conference in Spring 2020. However, the...
What do COVID, taxicabs and mindsets have in common? The answer may surprise you: math. Math is the abstract science of using calculations, shapes and quantity to solve a problem. But multiple steps, numbers and signs do more than complete mathematical equations. They can be used to unravel everyday problems, as well. That’s exactly what three seniors did in November for their capstone projects. They used statistics and data to answer real-life challenges like discovering a direct...
