Delta-K,  Student Corner,  Volume 38, Issue 1

Minimizing Aroma Loss

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 38 Issue 1, December 2000

30 – 32

Minimizing Aroma Loss

Robert Barrington Leigh and Richard Travis Ng

Robert Barrington Leigh is a 13-year-old student at Vernon Barford Junior High School in Edmonton. He has always been interested in mathematics and has competed in several contests. In Grade 6 he won first place in the CNML, and in Grade 7, he gained the Edmonton Junior High math trophy. Robert enjoys Professor A. Liu s math club, and it is under Professor Liu s guidance that he worked on this paper. Richard Travis Ng is 14 years old and in Grade 10 at Meadowlark Christian School. He lives in Edmonton. His favorite hobbies are reading, building websites, playing badminton and skiing. Richard also plays the violin and the piano.