MATC Mathematics Club
Lecture
#38
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin
"Picking an Area: Pick's Theorem"
Abstract: A lattice point in the plane is a point which has integer coordinates. A lattice polygon is a polygon which has lattice points for all of its vertices. Pick's theorem gives a method for computing the area of a lattice polygon by counting the number or lattice points which are inside or on the polygon. This talk looked at examples in order to develop a conjecture and then use mathematical induction to prove the result.
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Biography: Professor Clement Jeske earned his B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently teaches at UW-Platteville, and his area of research interest is algebra.
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