Winning team: W&M undergrads Ethan Shelburne ’21, Clare Heinbaugh ’23 and Stuart Thomas ’21 (left to right) recently beat out over 16,000 other teams from around the world to earn the title of “outstanding winner” in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). Courtesy photo
Photo - of - by Adrienne Berard | April 28, 2021
The American singer, songwriter, producer, visual artist and two-time Grammy winner Frank Ocean can now say that mathematics proves he’s the most influential artist of the 21
st century.
Ocean can credit his new status to three undergraduates from William & Mary, whose mathematical model analyzing musical influence recently earned the trio the title of “outstanding winner” in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) directed by COMAP.