Mathematics and sports / edited by Joseph A. Gallian.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallian, Joseph A.

Mathematical Association of America.

Series:

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Mathematics.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 329 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, c2010.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Sabermetrics: The Past, the Present, and the Future / Jim Albert

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.002 Surprising Streaks and Playoff Parity: Probability Problems in a Sports Context / Rick Cleary

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.003 Did Humidifying the Baseball Decrease the Number of Homers at Coors Field? / Howard Penn

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.004 Streaking: Finding the Probability for a Batting Streak / Stanley Rothman and Quoc Le

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.005 Bracketology: How can math help? / Tim Chartier, Erich Kreutzer, Amy Langville and Kathryn Pedings

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.006 Down 4 with a Minute to Go / Edgar G. Parker

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.007 Jump Shot Mathematics / Howard Penn

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.008 How Deep Is Your Playbook? / Tricia Muldoon Brown and Eric B. Kahn

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.009 A Look at Overtime in the NFL / Chris Jones

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.010 Extending the Colley Method to Generate Predictive Football Rankings / R. Drew Pasteur

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.011 When Perfect Isn't Good Enough: Retrodictive Rankings in College Football / R. Drew Pasteur

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.012 The Science of a Drive / Douglas N. Arnold

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.013 Is Tiger Woods a Winner? / Scott M. Berry

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.014 G.H. Hardy's Golfing Adventure / Roland Minton

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.015 Tigermetrics / Roland Minton

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.016 Can Mathematics Make a Difference? Exploring Tire Troubles in NASCAR / Cheryll E. Crowe

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.017 Scheduling a Tournament / Dalibor Froncek

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.018 Bending a Soccer Ball with Math / Tim Chartier

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.019 Teaching Mathematics and Statistics Using Tennis / Reza Noubary

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.020 Percentage Play in Tennis / G. Edgar Parker

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.021 The Effects of Wind and Altitude in the 400m Sprint with Various IAAF Track Geometries / Vanessa Alday and Michael Frantz

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.022 Mathematical Ranking of the Division III Track and Field Conferences / Chris Fisette

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.023 What is the Speed Limit for Men's 100 Meter Dash / Reza Noubary

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.024 May the Best Team Win: Determining the Winner of a Cross Country Race / Stephen Szydlik

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.025 Biomechanics of Running and Walking / Anthony Tongen and Roshna E. Wunderlich

https://www.ams.org/dol/043 https://doi.org/10.5948/UPO9781614442004.026

Notes:

" ... compendium of essays solicited for the 2010 Mathematics Awareness Month web page..."P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Mathematics and sports /

ISBN:

9781614442004 (online)

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