On Friday afternoon, 17 Wheatley students headed to Hofstra University in order to compete in the annual Mathematics Fair. Students competing included:
Grade 9
- Manav Bansal (“Taylor, Power and Geometric Series”)
- Anya Chabria (“Fractal Geometry: The Mathematics Uniting the Universe”)
- Sarah Hassan (“The Biostatistics and Epidemiology Involved in Determining Disease Patterns”)
- Viraj Jayam (“Projecting Onto the Generalized n-Sphere via Stereographic Projections”)
- Eric Ness (“System of Numerations through History”)
Grade 10
- Madison Ramos (“The Mathematics Behind Magic”)
- Diya Shah (“Boolean Algebra”)
- Rebecca Sparacio (“Determining the Association between Extracurricular Activity Participation and Performance on the SAT and ACT; An Observational Study”)
- Trenton Wong (“Approximating Pi”)
- Emily Yagoda (“The Math Behind Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies”)
- Sharon Zhong (“Finding the Figure for Foundational Failure”)
Grade 11
- Manan Shukla (“The Banach-Tarski paradox”)
- Vedant Singh (“Using Optimization to Increase Production Efficiency”)
Grade 12
- Sufia Ainechi (“The Tipping Point of Buildings”)
- Michaela Balboni (“The Fractal Component of Fibonacci’s Spiral and the Balboni Spiral”)
- Abhishek Kumar (“Performance of a Parallelized Restricted Boltzman Machine”)
- Justin Vega (“Using Mathematical Modeling to Calculate Neutron Cross-Sections Probability Distributions for Reactions on Zero-Spin Nuclei”)
While the aforementioned students were presenting their research, Maryrose Ambrose and Robert Teseo served as judges.
At the end of the competition, 9 Wheatley students earned Gold Medals, 3 Wheatley students earned Silver Medals and 5 Wheatley students earned Bronze Medals. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
Gold Medal Winners
- Sufia Ainechi
- Manav Bansal
- Sarah Hassan
- Viraj Jayam
- Manan Shukla
- Sharon Zhong
Silver Medal Winners
- Michaela Balboni
- Anya Chabria
- Madison Ramos
- Justin Vega
Bronze Medal Winners
- Abhishek Kumar
- Eric Ness
- Diya Shah
- Vedant Singh
- Rebecca Sparacio
Thanks to Mr. Teseo, we have some photos from the competition!
