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2024

Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice of concealing or coding information so that only the intended recipient can read it. Cryptography is used daily in storing data, electronic payments, securing messages, and authentication.

Mathematical Modeling - Scarlet Bellamy

Mathematical models are things that take data and try to make sense of it to sometimes predict what will happen with that data in the future. There are many different types of models used in math modeling as different situations call for different models.

Surfaces

During our experience at Girls Talk Math Camp at the University of Maryland, we studied the characteristics and properties of geometric shapes. These shapes included the Mobius strip, the torus, and the Klein bottle.

Knot Theory

Every day, we encounter knots. Whether it’s simply tying your shoelaces or putting a tie around your neck, you create knots without ever considering the underlying mathematical world attached to each individual knot. When you tie a knot, two ends of a piece interact with one another to form one of several kinds of knots.

Graph Theory

Group Theory

During the past two weeks in the Girls Talk Math camp, we studied the topic of group theory. Group theory is the mathematical study of symmetry, or more specifically the study of a set of elements present in a group in abstract algebra.