/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.4487788]

Hey /sci/ so I'm an undergraduate undertaking my first year of a mathematics degree. One of my compulsory courses involve a group work project. We will need to write an 8000 word report on our topic of choice as well as present our project to the class by the end of the semester. The topic has to be related to the are of modelling real world phenomenon, using at least some mathematics. Examples include: -Why do big animals move slowly? -Are applications of game theory to the cold war convincing? -Is there a crisis in world population growth? So, do any of you have ideas as to what interesting topics related to mathematical modeling a bunch of first years with some limited knowledge in calculus and linear algebra could undertake?

oh one more things, we will only have about 8 weeks, so nothing too complicated.

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[Anonymous No.4487797]

>applied mathematics
>2012
>not pure math without giving a fuck about applications

I SHIGGITY DIGGITY

[Anonymous No.4487800]

Any issues in environmental science.

I reccomend using quantitative analysis to prove that nuclear energy is inefficient, because, all things considered from mining uranium to eternal damnation of nuclear waste, the whole process requires more input energy than output.

[Anonymous No.4487815]

>Why do big animals move slowly

rhinos charge at 40 km/h

[Anonymous No.4487851]

>>4487797
>implying this is related in any way shape or form to which major we intend on picking.
>>4487800
Seems somewhat complex, but I'll give it a look.
>>4487815
I would imagine they simply meant as a general rule, it's a bad example though I agree.

[Anonymous No.4487866]

>>4487851
people go bigger than mice