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| Durango Bill's Home Page | ||||||||||||||||
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| Featuring Geologic Evolution of the Colorado River Origin & Formation of the Grand Canyon Probability Analysis of Popular Games Graph Theory Enumeration |
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| The links (at the lower left) branch to several educational (research) topics. The first of these is a lengthy historical geology (paleogeography) thesis titled "Evolution of the Colorado River and its Tributaries". It presents a model for the river starting with the late Cretaceous through the Tertiary with the linchpin being the formation and origin of the Grand Canyon. For those readers that don't want to wade through the whole story, there is a quick synopsis on the Kaibab Plateau "Image" page. (Follow the links) The "Image" page links to several areas of geologic/scenic interest throughout the southwest. All of these include 3-D computer generated images including a 4 image spread of the Grand Canyon area. The second category concentrates on mathematical combinatoric (probabillity / frequency) analysis of popular games.such as Monopoly, Bridge, Bingo, Poker, and Shut the Box. Statistical tables and graphs show the probability and frequencies of various outcomes. For example, "Monopoly" shows the exact probability of landing on various spaces. "Bridge" covers the probability of being dealt various point counts, distributions, and the probabilies of various suit splits as well as how many ways a hand could be bid. Topics include algorithms and examples showing how to calculate the results. The third category concentrates on graph and number theory (enumeration). Tables concentrate on how many ways something could happen. Again, computational algorithms are included as well as the numerical statistics. (Some of these get a "little" deep.) |
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| (Click on image to enlarge.) Durango, Colorado is located in the Animas River Valley just a few miles southeast of the 13,000-ft. high La Plata Mountains. Local attractions include the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango Mountain Resort, Mesa Verde National Park, and some of the world's most frightening highways and jeep "roads". |
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| Links to Topics (& Last update date) Paleogeography / Geology Evolution of the Colorado River (4/15/01) Update includes new data from Grand Canyon Symposium 2000 Game Analysis(Probabilities/Frequencies) Bingo (4/22/01) Bridge Combinatorics (4/18/01) Monopoly (4/21/01) (exact numbers) Peg Solitaire (5/13/01) Poker (4/25/01). Shut the Box (4/8/01) Graph Theory / Number Theory Partitions (5/1/01) Rooted (oriented) trees (5/1/01) Non rooted (free) trees (5/1/01) Ordered Binary trees (5/2/01) Structurally different binary trees (5/2/01) Structurally different graphs (5/4/01) |
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| For additional information - contact Bill Butler lisabill@fone.net |
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| Information on Seniors Outdoors in Durango (If you are 55 or older. We also welcome 55 and younger - if you can keep up.) |
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