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SUM Series, Thursday, Feb. 19: The Mathematics of Sports, John Griggs

The Mathematics of Sports
John Griggs
Thursday, February 19, 2009
3:00--3:50 p.m.
Harrelson 330

Why not use the prevalence of sports in today's society to teach and learn mathematics? Sports statistics (greens in regulation, earned run average, on-base percentage, assist-to-turnover ratio, etc.), sports algorithms (quarterback passing efficiency, slugging percentage, etc.) and sports rankings (BCS, Sagarin, AP, etc.) all have interesting applied math connections. Let's examine some of these together.

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Posted at 09:39AM Feb 16, 2009 by nreadin in General  |  Comments[0]