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Resource Type: Contest Problem
Primary Level: Undergraduate

Ground Pollution

Author: COMAP


Background:

Several practically important but theoretically difficult mathematical problems pertain to the assessment of pollution. One such problem consists in deriving accurate estimates of the location and amount of pollutants seeping inaccessibly underground, and the location of their source, on the basis of very few measurements taken only around, but not necessarily directly in, the suspected polluted region.

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©1999 by COMAP, Inc.
ICM Problem
Commentary: Yes (2) | Student Papers: Yes (2)

Mathematics Topics:

Math Modeling

Application Areas:

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