I completely forgot about these blogs, and it has been evident that half of my classmates did not, at least 3 people having posted multiple times (You hear that, Duncan Rheingans-Yoo?)

So, hi Mrs. Krummel! Hope you see this post! Calculus AB has hard concepts, but are easy to grasp once you learn the basics. You might have moved to North Carolina, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you would want to travel all the way back to Clarksville for a Discrete Math reunion! I could definitely contact everyone about it… except for Duncan. He won’t accept me on Facebook.

On a side note, here’s a little flashback. What comes to your mind when I say, “eROS”? I am willing to bet that all of you will answer with, “Rock Paper Scissors eROS piSOR Deflect.” By now, thousands of seconds of memories must be pouring into your mind in front of your eyes. Here’s one more thing to remember: I have created a PC port of my TI-83+/84+ of the game in Visual Basic! With high-quality graphics! Graphics so 3D-rendered that the most hardcore gaming computers will barely be able to run it!

Download here -> RPSePi              Mirror Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?t86ufe855lz2cos

This game is so good that it will keep you HOOKED! I should be charging for it! Also, download my TI-83+/84+ version at http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/436/43680.html

I really shouldn’t be writing this at all. AP exams are looming and I should be studying. But, I couldn’t resist posting on here once I remembered this. Before I posted this I spent an hour making that RPSePi game, and another 30 minutes reading our previous reflections. Boy, were they an easy 10 points per reflection now that I’ve looked at them!

And then there’s the “peer pressure” for Jacob and I to join the RHHS Math Team. I missed the annual math team meetup for this school year, but I’ll be back next year. I’m not on the team because on the Wednesdays that Math Team meets on, I have piano lessons, which are long and annoying, but that’s another story. I should be able to make it next school year though. Otherwise, I’ll just show for the annual meet (is this fine?).

Hopefully someone will stumble by this post, possibly during a class of AP Government, and if you’re reading this, stay in touch! Remember to rate, comment, and subscribe! (oh, wait)

Before I leave, I shall leave you with something else familiar. The below message is encoded with an additive cipher. Can you solve it?

Phhw ph eb wjh slhu dw qlqh r forfn.

URL: http://www.shadowdistribution.com/wordpressshadow/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Intel-Science-Talent-Search.jpg

Hey guys! So this Sunday is going to be the exhibition of the projects of the Intel Talent Search Finalists! This event is somewhat nostalgic for me because when I was little, I would tag along with my older sister to see them in Washington DC (which used to be a HUGE DEAL back when it was a…4 hour trip?) and pretend I would be taking notes when actually I was just scribbling away in notebooks. It looks like I won’t be able to make it this week, which is very disappointing considering these facts:

• There are a handful of projects that are related to math that all sound interesting. You may think trying to find a Finite Series of Quotients is out of this world (which it is) but it’s amazing that these people make the projects themselves. (Yay for research that inspires more research!) I actually want to see all those projects, and hopefully this year I won’t be as shy and actually barge my way through the crowd to ask questions, haha.
• THERE’S A FINALIST FROM MARYLAND!!! This is like a first in like…5 years? Well, at least all the times I’ve went since middle school. Okay, he’s not from Howard County, but he’s from Montgomery Blair. (cue boos) Come on guys! At least he’s from MARYLAND. It does get a little scary when you see the same  people from the same powerful schools in New York and California year after year. (And if you didn’t know, Montgomery Blair is like THE SCHOOL powerhouse for science and math. Magnet school I believe? Hmm not sure. Sorry if that was incorrect information, I’ll correct that if anyone points out the mistake.) Plus he did his project on SPANNING TREES. Sounds familiar? It better

So yeah! You should check it out! And let me know, so if I don’t go, I can ask you A LOT of questions

Here’s the link: http://www.societyforscience.org/sts/intel-sts-2013-finalists

-Alicia

Anyway, I recently made a video for L’Oreal’s For Girls in Math competition:

https://apps.facebook.com/contestshq/contests/310071/voteable_entries/65568474

I would love it if all you world viewers checked my video out and maybe left a comment!

Here’s the Youtube link:

Alicia also made a video, but I’m not sure about her links. If I find it, I’ll edit/put it in the comments!

I’m so glad that this blog still has posts on here! It’s great!  I’ll have to start checking back more frequently!

Former Discrete Math Student,

Ashi

Paul Erdos, the math equivalent of Kevin Bacon

So Jacob is sitting next to me in AP GOV in the computer lab that everyone uses (GOOD TIMES dude where are your Skittles ) and we felt like putting up a new post.

SO HI DISCRETE MATH CLASS AFTER US. Too bad we couldn’t meet you guys in person. Maybe? Discrete Math Reunion at Pizza Hut? Anyone?

We would totally do it at the Howard County math meets if Jacob and Allen would come but NOOOO apparently they’re too cool to be in RH Math Club.

-cough-

Anyway, so did you guys learn about Kevin Bacon? And how every actor and actress probably has 6 degrees or less of separation from him? (YAY DISCRETE MATH AND NETWORKS)

Well I went to a summer camp called Rutgers Youth Scholars Discrete Math Program (highly recommend it, although you have to find a place to stay over the weekends. I probably enjoyed it a lot more than you guys would because I used to live in New Jersey) and one of the professors who was teaching us networks and degrees of separation was a student of Paul Erodos.

Long story short, this guy wrote A LOT of math papers, so much that professors and mathematicians who publish papers try to get an Erdos number, which is the number of degrees of separation from Paul Erdos. Also that guy has a set of problems that he put money prizes to based on how amusing he thought the problems were. Not that he would get poor because of that-every person who answered a problem usually framed the check.

Yeah, this guy is a BIG DEAL. You should totally read Linked by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi. It talks more about networks and Paul Erdos.

Too bad he died a couple years back, so now it’s impossible to get an Erdos number of 1. Sucks to suck people! Just kidding. Technically I have an Erdos number of 2 since the professor has an Erdos number of 1. Yeah, I haven’t published any math papers yet. But guess who’s becoming a math major?

Anyone, TALK TO US. Us as in Jacob and I. Or maybe just me. He’s probably spouting nonsense as usual.

BRB need to grab Allen. Maybe we could get Sarah, Ashi, and Duncan next week when I see them. Yup, they’re coming to River Hill! Y’all should come to-I’m making the cookies XD

-Alicia

Hi Mrs. Krummel! And other people who happen to read this! For all of you who don’t know, I was a student in Discrete Math in 2011. I’m now in 10th grade at RHHS. This is going to be short because my 4th period ends in 5 minutes, but I just wanted to say hi. Math in high school is going great. I have 2 A’s the first 2 quarters of Calc AB AP, and im learning a lot. I still enjoy messing around with oracle of bacon (haha) and Alicia is sitting next to me right now (reunion!). Anyways, i gotta go, but I miss our class! Go soccer! Go math! Go sports! Go chess! Go XBox! Go life!

Bye!

Jacob

Consider yourself spited.

I wonder if anyone will ever read this.

I’ll tell Phil, I guess. He’ll read it.

By the way, the old “WordPress 3.5 is available! Please notify the site administrator.” bar is back. Just so you’re notified, Mrs. Krummel. (Someone who no longer lives across the street from me)

I wonder why no one posts here anymore.

Is there no more discrete math?

Is there no more bloggers?

Was this explained last year while I was folding kawasaki roses?

Which reminds me: Does anyone remember this guy?

Here’s one of his works:

TO THE KIND READER

No one talks more than a Poet;
Fain he’d have the people know it.

Praise or blame he ever loves;
None in prose confess an error,
Yet we do so, void of terror,

In the Muses’ silent groves.

What I err’d in, what corrected,
What I suffer’d, what effected,

To this wreath as flow’rs belong;
For the aged, and the youthful,
And the vicious, and the truthful,

All are fair when viewed in song.

You’ve just got to love that first couplet.

You’ve also got to love his statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago.

My required image for this post.

Man, that pigeon on the top of his head really perfects the scene, huh?

And in case you don’t have a dictionary on hand (Colin and Cecilia, you guys better have one)

Fain— pleased or willing under the circumstances; with pleasure; gladly.

So anyway, today I went to a holiday party and played music! We had this sort of french horn-bassoon-harp-flute unison quartet going on. It was pretty great.

Except the thing is, everyone’s instrument was in the key of C except for mine, so I spent the entire time trying to transpose in my head while sight reading.

About halfway through each song, I would just be like, screw it, I’m playing this down a fourth/up a fifth. And then we had a sort of french horn-bassoon-harp-flute harmony quartet going on. It was pretty great.

—Erik, who thinks that people should be posting stuff on this blog.

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The bittersweet plant, if anyone got the reference.

I suppose I have the honor of posting last on the blog, though I will have to change the title if someone from our class posts after me. It would look a little weird if I didn’t. Now one of you will just to spite me. Oh well.

It’s all very sad. I feel I was just getting to know a lot of people, especially at my regular school, but now they’re all being whisked away. It reminds me of this one song, which I post a link to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn1c1z-ZvGo Ironically, it’s also about 7 friends leaving each other forever. It’s a great game, filled with great music, but that one song sticks out to me right now.

I can at least say that I got to know all of you fairly well. I wish I had more time, though, particularly with Irene, who I just started talking to when the year ended. I will see half of you next year, which is nice. All of you Atholton kids will being to school with my cousin and friends, so you’ll be in good hands.

Erik, I heard you met Andrew yesterday. He said you were nice and that you juggled in the talent show, one of which I knew. Phillip, of course, is the next-door neighbor to Andrew, so he’ll be fine. I’ll see you in the fall.

After being on this long roll, I honestly don’t know what to write next. I’ll miss you all a lot. I am missing you all a lot.

Oh, for any kids next year who stumble along this page, just go to Cecilia’s. There’s no point in repeating her sound advice.

I hope you all have good lives, if I never see you again.

Photo Credit: http://www.djroger.com/bittersweet%20FAQ.htm

Bye,

Colin

Hey. I hope you’re enjoying life. I hope you’re enjoying math. I hope you do great things in your life. Good luck with math, and actually study for the final. Oh, and don’t procrastinate on the tests, or else you will really regret it (as did I. Have lots of fun, and doubt everything in math that you hav ever known. Good luck!
~Cecilia, last year’s student

Dear discrete math classmates who are leaving me for Atholon this year (HOW IS THIS HAPPENING???),
Thanks for your weirdness and for making my crazy life a little bit less normal.. We’ve surprisingly had a lot of fun, though at the beginning of the year I totally wouldn’t have believed that because I thought that everyone else in this class was a math geek or a boring person ranting about the motion of quarks or something. Pizza Hut last Thursday was… interesting. Well. In science, when our science teacher was ranting about something that nobody pays attention to, I wrote this very random poem, inspired by the random words that my friends were giving me. Enjoy.

A Poem.

We are fearless exploreres,

In the Tuesday, then Wednesday, then Thursday classes,

Soaring above skyscrapers,

Building the most impressive snowmen (okay this wasn’t my idea)

Yes I know this is random…

Maybe I should start rhyming now.,

But the only word that comes to mind is “cow.”

Since that doesn’t fit this very serious and bittersweet theme,

I will think more about us eighth graders, being supreme.

I don’t think that made any sense,

Or maybe it was in the wrong tense?

But anyway, the year is almost over and gone,

And we have all blossomed like pretty swans, (take out “s” for rhyming)

We have defied logic and all powers of reason

Through the quickly passing seasons, (again, take out “s”),

By travelling into the land of Discrete Math,

We have created our own flower-lined path.

And for all those who have travelled there,

May the clouds bless you, and…

Omicloud omicloud omicloud I can’t rhyme this anymore I think I’m going to be all emotional and depressed again.

End of poem.

On a happier note, I recorded “For Good.” Follow link. http://singontilliamfilledwithjoy.blogspot.com/2012/06/for-good.html

I hope this isn’t the “we will never meet again in this lifetime” moment because I love you all and that would just be really tragic. We should totally have a Discrete Math class reunion sometime. Also, if you guys do NHD in high school, you’ll see me. Or the science fair (I think we’re required to do that next year). When we’re grown up, when you guys are all famous and rich, please lend me some money so I can have a chance to impress some casting director (I’m hoping about 200 auditions is enough for a lead role). And then, when I do get a part, I’ll invite you all to my shows. I am determined to be G(a)linda in Wicked or Cosette in Les Miz. We shall see. Anyway, for now, have a nice summer, and embrace the beauty of the clouds, and think of my singing! Check my blog periodically!

lovelovelove,

Cecilia, only slightly insane

You step through the incredibly massive doors,and enter…the cause of the impending appcalypse. You notice some members of your discrete math class dining there, although they appear several inches shorter than usual.(Except Erik, who is the tallest)
There is also a mysterious talking pizza box.
Erik: So, I assume you want to get off this island? Well, the number of truthtellers here is not prime.
Colin: Actually, it is.
Cecilia: Maybe it’s cloudy outside.
Phil: I hope it’s not a full moon. But anyway, you’ve got nothing to worry about. The number of liars here is odd.
Mrs. Krummel: So you know, the waiters and waitresses here are train to stab people who ask tricky questions.
Irene: Smullyan’s is pretty awesome. Like, there’s no earthquakes. You should stay.
TMTBOP: My dear fellow, I have taken it upon myself to inform you so helpfully that there are fewer than four truthtellers here.
Xiaolu: Urgh. The pizza is a lie. It tastes bad, too. On a more useful note, I am not the only truthteller.
Sam: Lovin’that totally dumbfounded look on your face.
Irene: log base 3 729 is equal to the number of truthteller’s here. Phil’s one of them.
Cecilia: You know, this is actually an illusion. You’ve hallucinated your entire experience here.
Mrs. Krummel: Actually, Irene, you need to check your math.
Erik: No way! Did you guys plan this without me! I said the right thing, right?
Everyone glares at Erik and starts to eat pizza.

–Erik, who would like to see solutions with explanations in the comments. If he like your solution, you will, get prestige, honor, and awesomeness.Note: If anyone has forgotten, the goal is to find out who Smullyan is.
…
Tricksy little hobbitses, they are.

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I really don’t know what week it is anymore. It could be 31, because my last reflection was week 30. It could be 32, because everyone else is making week 32 reflections. Or, it could be 33 because us discrete math people are unusually bad at doing reflections on time, and maybe it is actually week 33 now but nobody has bothered to write anything yet. I don’t think I skipped any reflections, but I might be wrong. Like I said, it’s all very confusing. I ALSO THINK THAT I MADE A LOT OF GRAMMAR MISTAKES IN THIS PARAGRAPH. Whoops. I also turned the caps lock on. I think I’m going insane because now I’m too lazy to go back and retype that.

I heard from Phillip that the final exam was hard, which makes me kind of nervous. I think I’m going to do some extra studying this weekend. I just got an email from my voice teacher saying that my voice lesson is going to be on Wednesday, so I can come take the final on Tuesday after student council, which ends at 4:15.

Anyway, last week was tech week, which is why I couldn’t go to talent show rehearsal, math class, or swimming. I think I just added 5 seconds on my 100 free, because today I kept on getting 1:13s and 1:14s instead of 1:09s, which is what I normally get during swim practice. (My best time is a 1:06, and yes, I know it’s slow. Don’t judge.) I could barely make a 1:25 during our set of 30 x 100s. My coach was mad that I suddenly got slower and will no doubt make dryland really hard next practice. Anyway, tech week was awesome,  as it was my first show ever. Some people dropped out at the last minute, though, because they had personal/medical issues, so people were literally volunteering to take on parts and memorizing lines the day of the show. It was pretty hectic. Thursday and Friday were the shows. We messed up a bit because we forgot to put potatoes on the bench backstage, which, by the way, wasn’t my responsibility anyway, for when Kayla (Golde) says, “Shprintze, bring me more potatoes.” I had to run backstage and get it while Brenna (Shprintze) just walked back on stage without potatoes and went on with her line. And then, when Carolyn (Tevye) came around and hugged us one by one, saying “This is mine, this is mine…” Elaine (Motel) is supposed to just come on so Carolyn can almost hug her/him in sequence. However, Elaine just took about another 30 seconds to walk onstage, so Carolyn was just standing there awkwardly talking and rehugging us. It totally ruined the moment. And then there’s this scene in which Tommy (Perchik) is teaching us a lesson, and we are peeling potatoes. When Kayla sends us back into the house, I have to go and change into this horrendous purple shirt and flowery teal skirt for the village scene while there are only 7 or 8 lines left for the other characters to say. Right after the village scene, where I am a gossipy village woman (Woman #1), there is literally 30 seconds of “scene change” music and about 10 seconds of silence. Then, I have to be completely changed back into my Bielke dress with a different babushka, and I have to run backstage, get a candle, make sure it works, then run into the place behind the audience to where the wedding procession was already starting. Luckily, I made it on time for both shows. In the last scene, though, when Brenna and I are taking bundles over to the wagon, Tommy randomly took some of the bundles away (he wasn’t even in that scene?!), so we had nothing to carry. We had to take some tiny pieces of cloth. It was extremely awkward. Finally, of course, to top it all off, our bows were completely uncoordinated during the curtain call. Oh well. Everything else went smoothly. We didn’t mess up on any of the dances or the songs. Most of the audience members couldn’t even tell that we had messed up. The story got through, and the audience (mostly) laughed when they were supposed to. Friday was a bit better than Thursday, and that was the day the video taking people came. On Friday, I worked harder to look horrified when I sing “Up to this minute I misunderstood that I could get stuck for good!” Despite the things that went wrong, it was probably the best week of my life.

I hope you enjoyed my rant about tech week. In the fall I’m going to audition for JCo or TYA, but I might not get in to either one because I’m not good at dancing or singing notes below G (the one above middle C). Oh well. Hopefully they have a graduating soprano this year, and I can take her place. I think that Sarah (Hodel) is moving up from JCo to TYA, so maybe I can get in to JCo? As long as they don’t do a show with a ton of dancing in it, they won’t do dancing at auditions or callbacks, and then I can get into TYA.

Oh. Math. Well. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? We learned about Hamiltonian cycles and the traveling salesman problem. This is very very very related to spanning trees. I think the vertex greedy algorithm is best for many cases, but wouldn’t work if there were a lot of tiny walks with small weights and a few longer walks with large weights. Anyway, I think that looking at the map and estimating is better than any algorithm because algorithms can be drastically wrong anyway. Sometimes.

On Wednesday, while everybody else (all of my friends) was in New York watching the Lion King, I was at Toby’s watching the Wizard of Oz. It was okay, and the cast was amazing, but the people at my table (which we did not get to choose) were not very respectful of musical things (all musical people went to NY), and they kept talking throughout the whole thing. I fell into another obsession with Somewhere Over the Rainbow, which I first learned in 4th/5th grade. See recording below.

SomewhereOverTheRainbow

lovelovelove,

Cecilia