4 papers
N-body Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP)
Johnny Seay, Edwin Gonzalez, Stephen Lowe +2
In the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), a list of cities and the distances between them are given. The goal is to find the shortest possible route that visits each city exactly on…
Real Polynomials with a Complex Twist
Michael Warren, John Gresham, Bryant Wyatt
Student appreciation of a function is enhanced by understanding the graphical representation of that function. From the real graph of a polynomial, students can identify real-value…
Transcendental Functions with a Complex Twist
Michael Warren, John Gresham, Bryant Wyatt
In our previous paper, Real Polynomials with a Complex Twist [see http://archives.math.utk.edu/ICTCM/VOL28/A040/paper.pdf], we used advancements in computer graphics that allow us…
Matter and GPUs: Should the Focus of Our Modeling Classes be Adjusted?
Billy J. Fournier, Bryant M. Wyatt
We have two basic methods of modeling matter. We can treat matter as a continuum and solve differential equations or we can treat it discretely and solve massive N-body problems. T…