Mathematics & Software

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J0901 Bauer, Gregory W. Grade 7, Los Angeles County

Can the Law of Large Numbers be Applied to the Rolling of Dice?
Advisor: Mr. Allen Goldsmith
School: Calle Mayor Middle School, Torrance

J0902 Bhatt, Hitesh T. Grade 8, Contra Costa County

Basic Banking
Advisor: Mr. Roger E. Martin
School: Carquinez Middle School, Crockett

J0903 Derman, Justin S. Grade 8, Los Angeles County

Fractals and Chaos Interactive
Advisor: Mrs. Midge Kimble
School: Flintridge Preparatory School, La Canada Flintridge

J0904 Eberst, Izaak A. Grade 8, San Diego County

CD Browser: A Visual Basic Computer Program Designed to Catalog Audio Compact Discs
Advisor: Ms. Jill Alen
School: Challenger Junior High School, San Diego

J0905 Gibbs, Shanna L. Grade 8, Ventura County

Computer Binary Trees for Diagnosis
Advisor: Mr. Morley Cohen
School: Mesa Verde Middle School, Moorpark

J0906 Grundies, Adele F. Grade 8, San Diego County

A Computerized Rockhound
Advisor: Ms. Gretchen Taylor
School: Emerald Middle School, El Cajon

J0907 Ho, Maria S. Grade 8, Ventura County

Statistical Studies of Initials and Names in Population Samples
Advisor: Mrs. Susan Falk
School: Los Cerritos Intermediate School, Thousand Oaks

J0908 Houlton, Meredith C. Grade 8, San Diego County

Mathemagic: Magic Squares - Orthomorphic Groups for Target Years
Advisor: Dr. Patricia Sell
School: Muirlands Middle School, La Jolla

J0909 Karlsberg, David E. Grade 8, Los Angeles County

How to Find and Fix the Pentium Bug
Advisor: Mr. Michael Grasso
School: Brentwood School, Los Angeles

J0910 Kay, Bryan J. Grade 8, Ventura County

Random #'s: Will Repeated Reseeding of a Random # Generator Produce a Less Chaotic Sequence & More Uniform Distribution?
Advisor: Ms. Denise Moss
School: Colina Intermediate School, Thousand Oaks

J0911 Kocher, Matthew E. Grade 7, Monterey County

Traffic Jams on the Information Superhighway: File Transfer and Time of Day
Advisor: Mr. Bud Smith
School: All Saints' Episcopal Day School, Carmel

J0912 Le, Audrey P. Grade 8, San Diego County

Oral Diseases
Advisor: Ms. Gretchen Taylor
School: Emerald Middle School, El Cajon

J0913 Lee, Jason J. Grade 8, Los Angeles County

How do the Initial Values Affect the Convergence in Newton's Method?
Advisor: Mrs. Luvennia Dixon
School: Eliot Middle School, Altadena

J0914 Libbey, Ashley Grade 7, Contra Costa County

Mathematical Mysteries of the Pyramid
Advisor: Ms. Lynne F. Fitzgibbons
School: Holy Rosary School, Antioch

J0915 Lois, Veronica M. Grade 8, Los Angeles County

Do Perfect and Amicable Numbers Change in a Duodecimal and Tridecimal System?
Advisor: Mrs. Debra Faught
School: St. Paul the Apostle School, Los Angeles

J0916 Newman, Grant P. Grade 7, Ventura County

Heads or Tails
Advisor: Mr. Richard Smith
School: Cabrillo Middle School, Ventura

J0917 Rafferty, Mark A. Grade 7, Orange County

Optical Transformer
Advisor: Ms. Patricia Whitmore
School: St. Hedwig Elementary School, Los Alamitos

J0918 Rathbun, Matt J. Grade 7, San Bernardino County

Quick Computer Communications
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Morse
School: Bloomington Junior High School, Bloomington

J0919 Rein, Scott J. Grade 8, Ventura County

Apple to IBM
Advisor: Mrs. Susan Falk
School: Los Cerritos Intermediate School, Thousand Oaks

J0920 Sakai, Scott A. Grade 8, Los Angeles County

The Big Squeeze
Advisor: Ms. N. Graham
School: Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School, Los Angeles

J0921 Tassano, Tiffany J. Grade 7, Tuolumne County

An Extension of Morgan's Conjecture
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Sonora Elementary School, Sonora

J0922 Vrem, James R. Grade 8, Humboldt County

Does Capture/Recapture Work?
Advisor: Mrs. Susan Lefever
School: Zane (Catherine L.) Junior High School, Eureka

J0923 Zelmar, Zachary T. Grade 7, San Mateo County

Growing to 21: A Blackjack Computer Simulation to Determine Best Strategy
Advisor: Mr. Bill Dolyniuk
School: Woodside Elementary School, Woodside