Why Math Matters

 

 Mathematics Matters in Our World
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Electrification

Use of mathematical models made possible the full use of the power of electricity

Highways

Mathematical techniques such as Operations Research are used for solving logistic problems and optimizing the efficiency of a transportation system 

Electronics

Boolean algebra models the work of a transistor

 

Water Supply

The efficiency of water purification techniques are modeled by the Chick-Watson Equation

Household Appliances

Quality in manufacturing is improved by the application of Statistical Process Control

Radio & TV

Information Theory mathematically predicts the amount of information contained in a signal

 

Imaging

Mathematical algorithms are used for digital imaging to enhance pictures and automatically detect items in pictures 

 

Telephone

Erlang's Formula statistically measures telecommunications traffic

 

Health Technologies

The CAT scan is based on mathematical theory of line integrals

Spacecraft

Modern orbital mechanics rely on the work of mathematicians such as Keplar and Newton

 

  Read about these and other ways in which math has influenced our world.

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