Mathematics & Software

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S0901 Anhalt, Carl T. Grade 11, Kern County

A Simple Method for Finding Polygonal Areas
Advisor: Mr. Jim Parks
School: North High School, Bakersfield

S0902 Boas, Franz E. Grade 11, San Diego County

Feedback Optimization
Advisor: Mr. Martin Teachworth
School: La Jolla Senior High School, La Jolla

S0903 Chen, Benji Z. Grade 10, Santa Clara County

On Solving Special Linear Equations
Advisor: Ms. Misha Stempel
School: Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto

S0904 Chesley, Ben Grade 9, Los Angeles County

An Electronic Mouse and Maze
Advisor: Mr. Louis Garcia
School: Brentwood School, Los Angeles

S0905 Creutz, Darren A. Grade 9, San Diego County

A Neural Network for Handwriting Recognition
Advisor: Ms. Nancy Eckenroth
School: La Jolla Country Day School, La Jolla

S0906 Custer, Kenneth L. Grade 9, Orange County

The Game Works Toolkit
Advisor: Mr. Dale Beverley
School: Foothill High School, Santa Ana

S0907 De Vore, Marc R. Grade 11, Orange County

Testing Gauss' Curve
Advisor: Mrs. Sherri Foster
School: Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margari

S0908 Doty, John D. Grade 11, Los Angeles County

Searcher: File Search and Identify
Advisor: Dr. Duane Nichols
School: Alhambra High School, Alhambra

S0909 Grande, Kristen D. Grade 11, San Diego County

3-Dimensional Computer Generated Graphs of Functions of the Variables
Advisor: Mr. Dean Ezell
School: Gompers (Samuel) Secondary School, San Diego

S0910 Hastings, Aaron W. Grade 12, Kern County

Flexagons 2
Advisor: Mr. Randy Coulter
School: Shafter High School, Shafter

S0911 Herrington, Kendia C. Grade 10, Fresno County

Right Angular Spiralaterals
Advisor: Mrs. Diana Herrington
School: Clovis High School, Clovis

S0912 Huang, Zheng Y. Grade 11, Los Angeles County

Investigate the Congruence: Phi(n) Sigma(n) == -1 mod n^2
Advisor: Ms. Gail Grande
School: North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood

S0913 Kay, Ryan B. Grade 10, Riverside County

Modem Protocols: Which is Safest and Fastest?
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Beaumont Senior High School, Beaumont

S0914 Kim, Thomas A. Grade 9, Orange County

A Computer Model of Fire Progression
Advisor: Mr. Michael Nakaue
School: Woodbridge High School, Irvine

S0915 Landman, Bennett A. Grade 9, Contra Costa County

Ready, Set, Goooo: A Study of Random Maze Generation and Maze Solving by Computers
Advisor: Mr. Paul Yriberri
School: Miramonte High School, Orinda

S0916 Maser, Craig N. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Self-Similarity in a Chaotic Algorithm
Advisor: Mr. Ben Aroyan
School: Muir (John) High School, Pasadena

S0917 Parker, Richard J. Grade 9, San Bernardino County

Penny Probability
Advisor: Mr. Daniel Morse
School: Bloomington High School, Bloomington

S0918 Peles, Gil N. Grade 10, Riverside County

Which Computer Virus is the Most Destructive?
Advisor: Mrs. Lori Reisbig
School: Norco Senior High School, Norco

S0919 Pollack, Craig E. Grade 10, Contra Costa County

Cycling Forever?
Advisor: Mr. Norman Seraphin
School: El Cerrito Senior High School, El Cerrito

S0920 Sorkin, Stephen P. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

When can an Integer be Expressed as the Sum of Two Squares?
Advisor: Ms. Gail Grande
School: North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood

S0921 Spring, Neil T. Grade 12, San Diego County

Fuzzy Logic in Air Traffic Control: Traffic Advisory and Resolution
Advisor: Ms. Mary Mauer
School: Morse (Samuel F.B.) Senior High School, San Diego

S0922 Stephens, Benjamin K. Grade 11, San Diego County

A Statistical Analysis of the Defect of Fermat's Last Theorem
Advisor: Ms. Victoria Coordt
School: Torrey Pines High School, Encinitas

S0923 Watson, David E. Grade 9, Riverside County

Rate of Change in Evolutionary Processes
Advisor: Mr. Terry Snell
School: Rubidoux High School, Riverside

S0998 Shpungin, Boris E. Grade 11, Contra Costa County

Going Up? Take the Stairs!
Advisor: <none acknowledged>
School: Kennedy (John F.) High School, Richmond

S0999 Ellwood, Holly L. Grade 10, Los Angeles County

Can a Word Processing Program be Modified to Help the Visually Impaired?
Advisor: Mrs. Margery Lee Weitkamp
School: Chaminade College Preparatory, West Hills