LEADER 04959nam 22006132 450 001 9910790363703321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-61444-200-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205120 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986580 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11622357 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986580 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938429 035 $a(PQKB)10628569 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000667056 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11393349 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000667056 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684012 035 $a(PQKB)10754711 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781614442004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330375 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10728524 035 $a(OCoLC)939263617 035 $a(RPAM)16294340 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205120 100 $a20111001d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMathematics and sports /$fedited by Joseph A. Gallian$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aWashington :$cMathematical Association of America,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 329 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 0 $aDolciani Mathematical Expositions, $vv. 43 225 0$aDolciani mathematical expositions ;$vno. 43 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-88385-349-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $gI. Baseball.$tSabermetrics : the past, the present, and the future /$rJim Albert --$tSurprising streaks and playoff parity : probability problems in a sports context /$rRick Cleary --$tDid humidifying the baseball decrease the number of homers at Coors Field? /$rHoward Penn --$tStreaking : finding the probability for a batting streak /$rStanley Rothman and Quoc Le --$gII. Basketball.$tBracketology : how can math help? /$rTim Chartier [and others] --$tDown 4 with a minute to go /$rG. Edgar Parker --$tJump shot mathematics /$rHoward Penn --$gIII. Football.$tHow deep is your playbook? /$rTricia Muldoon Brown and Eric B. Kahn --$tA look at overtime in the NFL /$rChris Jones --$tExtending the Colley method to generate predictive football rankings /$rR. Drew Pasteur --$tWhen perfect isn't good enough : retrodictive rankings in college football /$rR. Drew Pasteur --$gIV. Golf.$tThe science of the drive /$rDouglas N. Arnold --$tIs Tiger Woods a winner? /$rScott M. Berry --$tG.H. Hardy's golfing adventure /$rRoland Minton --$tTigermetrics /$rRoland Minton --$gV. NASCAR.$tCan mathematics make a difference? Exploring tire troubles in NASCAR /$rCheryll E. Crowe --$gVI. Scheduling.$tScheduling a tournament /$rDalibor Froncek --$gVII. Soccer --$tBending a soccer ball with math /$rTim Chartier --$gVIII. Tennis.$tTeaching mathematics and statistics using tennis /$rReza Noubary --$tPercentage play in tennis /$rG. Edgar Parker --$gIX. Track and field.$tThe effects of wind and altitude in the 400m sprint with various IAAF track geometries /$rVanessa Alday and Michael Frantz --$tMathematical ranking of the Division III track and field conferences /$rChris Fisette --$tWhat is the speed limit for men's 100 meter dash /$rReza Noubary --$tMay the best team win : determining the winner of a cross country race /$rStephen Szydlik --$tBiomechanics of running and walking /$rAnthony Tongen and Roshna E. Wunderlich. 330 $aThis book is an eclectic compendium of the essays solicited for the 2010 Mathematics Awareness Month web page on the theme of Mathematics and Sports. In keeping with the goal of promoting mathematics awareness to a broad audience, all of the articles are accessible to college level mathematics students and many are accessible to the general public. The book is divided into sections by the kind of sports. The section on football includes an article that evaluates a method for reducing the advantage of the winner of a coin flip in an NFL overtime game; the section on track and field examines the ultimate limit on how fast a human can run 100 meters; the section on baseball includes an article on the likelihood of streaks; the section on golf has an article that describes the double-pendulum model of a golf swing, and an article on modeling Tiger Wood's career. The articles provide source material for classroom use and student projects. Many students will find mathematical ideas motivated by examples taken from sports more interesting than the examples selected from traditional sources. 517 3 $aMathematics & Sports 606 $aSports$xMathematics 615 0$aSports$xMathematics. 676 $a796.02 702 $aGallian$b Joseph A. 712 02$aMathematical Association of America, 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790363703321 996 $aMathematics and sports$93852854 997 $aUNINA