Math Questions
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The number of total floors the PMA elevators can take you to.
What is 17?
An animal that can be found at a popular pond where students often relax.
What is a turtle?
This mathematician discovered the right triangle.
Who is Pythagoras?
This is the oldest officer.
Who is Amira?
What is the formula for the volume of a sphere?
4/3 * pi * r^3
"The four passenger elevators will not stop at..."
This is the name of UT's mascot.
What is Bevo?
This person discovered Calculus.
Who is Issac Newton?
This officer has cat named Kitty!
Who is Amanda?
What are the transformations from polar to rectangular coordinates in 2d (r = ??, theta = ?? in terms of x and y)
R = sqrt(x^2+y^2)
Theta = arctan(y/x)
Dr. Austin's specific mathematical interest.
What is knot theory?
A type of squirrel on campus that is known to bring good luck
What is the Albino Squirrel?
What Shakespeare play features the word “mathematics.”
What is "The Taming of the Shrew?"
This officer has spent over 100$ on Pokemon cards just this year.
Who is Amy?
The largest prime less than 100.
97
This famous woman mathematician's poster is up between the PMA library and the elevators.
Who is Maryam Mirzakhani?
This is UT’s football rival school.
What is Oklahoma/Texas A&M?
Which famous nurse also loved statistics?
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This officer used to be obsessed with Curious George.
Who is Shreya?
Between 4:00 PM and 4:50 PM, the minute hand on a clock covers this many degrees.
300
The floor number of the study room with an inflatable shark.
What is 16?
A famous Hollywood star and UT Austin alumnus who also taught a class at the university
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
This person was the first female mathematician.
Who is Hypatia?
This officer's favorite musical is Hairspray
Who is Riley?