Q. I've been actively trying to find an area of mathematics that I could do research in as an undergraduate. Unfortunately, I'm basically alone in this pursuit at my current university, so I have little to no guidance in this matter.
I'm probably going to speak with a professor in person soon and request some help finding a topic to work on in my spare time. But before I do that I thought no harm could be caused by asking here.
It seems that graph theory, combinatorics, and other similar fields are the areas most successfully researched by undergraduates. Looking at other people's work, it seems there's a large number of open questions in these fields and that answering these questions requires ingenuity but not necessarily sophisticated machinery.
I look at work done by other undergraduates, and some papers resolve conjectures or answer "age-old" questions, but I can't help but wonder where people hear about these conjectures.
So I'm looking for specific problems I could investigate and that could lead to meaningful research (such as a publishable paper). As I said, "discrete" topics such as graph theory and combinatorics seem to be the most appropriate for undergraduate research, but I am open to any area.
Does anyone know of where to find specific open problems or conjectures that need resolving or specific topics to be investigated?
On a side note, what would be remarkable would be an actively-maintained list of open questions suitable for investigation by undergraduates. I think this could be of extreme benefit to mathematics majors around the world if it was carefully maintained by knowledgeable individuals and usefully organized (such as by the expected areas of math to be used in a solution and the expected sophistication of a solution).
I'm probably going to speak with a professor in person soon and request some help finding a topic to work on in my spare time. But before I do that I thought no harm could be caused by asking here.
It seems that graph theory, combinatorics, and other similar fields are the areas most successfully researched by undergraduates. Looking at other people's work, it seems there's a large number of open questions in these fields and that answering these questions requires ingenuity but not necessarily sophisticated machinery.
I look at work done by other undergraduates, and some papers resolve conjectures or answer "age-old" questions, but I can't help but wonder where people hear about these conjectures.
So I'm looking for specific problems I could investigate and that could lead to meaningful research (such as a publishable paper). As I said, "discrete" topics such as graph theory and combinatorics seem to be the most appropriate for undergraduate research, but I am open to any area.
Does anyone know of where to find specific open problems or conjectures that need resolving or specific topics to be investigated?
On a side note, what would be remarkable would be an actively-maintained list of open questions suitable for investigation by undergraduates. I think this could be of extreme benefit to mathematics majors around the world if it was carefully maintained by knowledgeable individuals and usefully organized (such as by the expected areas of math to be used in a solution and the expected sophistication of a solution).
A. I don't personally know much about discrete mathematics, but a quick Google search ("open problems in discrete mathematics") was surprisingly effective for this. The first four links are all pretty useful. Hope this helps.
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Haretown and Tortoiseville are 33 miles apart. A hare travels at 8 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 3 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown.
If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?
Give explaination, reasons and correct answer.
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A. H....................................T
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h->8mph......................3mph<-t
hare travels x distance
Tortoise travels y miles
Haretown and Tortoiseville are 33 miles apart
so when meeting both tortoise and hare cover the distance of 33 miles together
so y + x = 33
y = 33-x
so, tortoise travels 33-x miles
we�ll take the time as t when the meet
For hare;
8 = x/t
T = x/8
For tortoise;
3 = (33-x)/t
T = (33-x)/3
(1) = (2)
(33-x)/3 = x/8
264 � 8x = 3x
X = 24
so hare travels 24 miles
and tortoice travels 33-24 = 9 miles
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An easier way
tortoice and hare travels different directions starting the same time
and startinng 33 miles of distance appart
so the relative velosity of hare (relative to tortois) is 3+8 = 11mph
and the relative distance the hare trvals (relative to tortois) is 33 miles
so 11mph and 33 mile
takes 3 hours
so for hare: 3x8 = 24 miles
for tortois; 3x3 = 9 miles
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h->8mph......................3mph<-t
hare travels x distance
Tortoise travels y miles
Haretown and Tortoiseville are 33 miles apart
so when meeting both tortoise and hare cover the distance of 33 miles together
so y + x = 33
y = 33-x
so, tortoise travels 33-x miles
we�ll take the time as t when the meet
For hare;
8 = x/t
T = x/8
For tortoise;
3 = (33-x)/t
T = (33-x)/3
(1) = (2)
(33-x)/3 = x/8
264 � 8x = 3x
X = 24
so hare travels 24 miles
and tortoice travels 33-24 = 9 miles
===============================================
An easier way
tortoice and hare travels different directions starting the same time
and startinng 33 miles of distance appart
so the relative velosity of hare (relative to tortois) is 3+8 = 11mph
and the relative distance the hare trvals (relative to tortois) is 33 miles
so 11mph and 33 mile
takes 3 hours
so for hare: 3x8 = 24 miles
for tortois; 3x3 = 9 miles
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Yahoo answers won't let me edit my answer to an open question?
Q. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/answer;_ylt=Aix1Bd66JeKoqdRXpPPG8mYazKIX;_ylv=3 - if you can't look that up, it is an answer in mathematics titled "Factoring (3x-5)^2n (y-1)^3 + (3x-5)^2n-1(y-1)^4?" that is the question I'm trying to modify. As I write this it is two says old. I wrote a much more complete answer and it would not let me save it, claiming yahoo answers is unavailable, which I've learned is a lie, So I looked to see if the question was closed using another tab, and it wasn't and I checked to see if my yahoo credentials had expired, and they hadn't.
Then I completely moved my answer into a google document so that it could not possibly be too long, and tried to modify my answer with nothing but the reference, and I still got the "Yahoo Answers is Currently Unavailable." I cleared by browser cache, it still happened.
Help? How can I edit this question?
Then I completely moved my answer into a google document so that it could not possibly be too long, and tried to modify my answer with nothing but the reference, and I still got the "Yahoo Answers is Currently Unavailable." I cleared by browser cache, it still happened.
Help? How can I edit this question?
A. that question is no longer there plus, you cannot post another users question in your question, for future reference....
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