Famous Mathematicians and Physicists
This physicist is famous for discovering general relativity and the equation E=mc^2, and for having crazy hair.
Who is Einstein?
In this type of equation, the highest power of the variable is 2.
What is a quadratic?
The height of the triangle with area x and base x.
What is Tuesday?
The Mustang Math Tournament hasn’t been around forever! This year is when it started.
What is 2020?
Is a Stallion an adult or baby horse?
adult
This mathematician is famous for a theorem about right triangles: a^2+b^2=c^2.
Who is Pythagoras?
This type of number can only be divided into itself and one, for example 2=2*1.
What is prime?
Two side lengths of a right triangle are 8 and 10. What is the average of the two possible areas?
What is 32?
How many teams are here today?
7
Although Mustangs live in the American west, they did not originate in America, and they actually came along with ____ explorers.
What is Spanish?
This English mathematician helped develop calculus and also discovered the laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Newton?
This branch of math focuses on shapes, angles, and properties of space, including triangles and circles.
What is geometry?
If x+y=10 and xy=2, what does x^2+y^2= ?
What is 96?
In these two rounds held only in 2021 and 2022, contestants had to answer questions to get a bingo in a round known as ____ bingo.
While mustangs are horses, there is also a brand of cars known as Mustangs which are produced by this company:
Ford Motor Company
This mathematician provided a proof for the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and introduced the bell curve.
Who is Gauss?
This problem uses v_p(n) notation
p-adics
Rectangles A and B have areas 48 and 39 and they have the same perimeter. What is the area of rectangle C, which has the greatest possible area with the same perimeter?
What is 64?
How many regions does MMT have this year?
11
A gait is the way that horse moves and its footfall pattern. A mustang horse’s gait is also known as the Indian _____ gait.
What is Shuffle?
By manipulating several series and the Riemann zeta function, this Indian mathematician created the false result that 1+2+3+... (to infinity) =-1/12
Who is Ramanujan?
The encryption algorithm RSA uses relies on the fact that given a public modulus n, it is very hard to perform _____ factorization with large numbers.
What is a prime?
Given the sum of 1/3+1/9+1/27+..., what value will it approach if it has infinitely many terms?
What is 1/2?
Along with the puzzle round known as Mounting Mayhem, this is the only round that has been held at every single Mustang Math Tournament until now.
What is Gallop?
Mustang horses are free roaming horses in the west and are also incredibly fast, running speeds up to _____ mph!
What is (Accept any number from 35-55)?