Tag: National Museum of Mathematics
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Princeton math whiz creates video based on combinatorial proofs, wins prize from MoMath
High schooler Amy Wang from Princeton proved that math is more than just numbers when she recently won the runner up Steven H. Strogatz Prize for Math Communication award presented to high school students worldwide by the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath). Amy and her teammate, Shreya Mogulothu from Plainsboro, students at West Windsor-Plainsboro…
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National Museum of Mathematics appoints local resident as distinguished visiting professor
The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) appointed of Rutgers University math professor and MoMath’s dean of Academic Content, Dr. Alex Kontorovich, as MoMath’s distinguished visiting professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics beginning Sept. 1. During his one-year appointment, Kontorovich will present public programs, “Fall into History,” tracing mathematical ideas over time, and “Spring into Sound,”…
