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Math in… Art and Perspective

Creating art that uses camera angles and perspective is cool, but how do artists use math to create brain-tricking images?

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Math in… Password Protection

When you send a password or credit card number across the internet, how can you ensure it stays safe?

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Math in… Road Trip Restaurants

If you want a nice road trip meal without needing to backtrack along the highway, can you use math to help out?

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Math in… Swimming

Swimming fast is tiring work! Olympic athletes have trouble performing at their peak as the race wears on. How can mathematicians help swimmers perform at their best?

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Math in… School Districts

Bias is present in how we divide geographic areas, from school zoning to gerrymandering. Can math provide a possible solution?

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Math in… Pizza

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Math in… Flag Design

As more states and territories join the United States, flag designers need to accommodate more stars. How can they use math to make visually appealing designs?

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Math in… Nature

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Math in… Video Games

Video games are a ubiquitous part of everyday modern life. But how can some blinking lights on a screen create an image?

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Math in… Flowers

Today’s Math in Real Life is on the phenomenon of phyllotaxis spirals. There are a lot of myths and silly math out there about the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers in nature, but this one’s the real deal!

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Math in… Leopard Spots

Do you know where the stripes and patterns come from on animals in our ecosystem? Whether you do or not, we've left equations for you to spot that relate to the phenomenon. Check out this week's Math in Real Life to find out more!

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Math in… Social Networks

Two vertices are adjacent if they share an edge and a neighborhood of a vertex is the set of its adjacent vertices…

If you’re reading that over and over to figure out what it means, today’s Math in Real Life can help you understand how social networks are created. We hope our breakdown makes it easy for you to visit SUMM’s neighborhood on Facebook and Instagram by liking/following us!