Growth: A Journal of Mathematics and Mathematics Education
ISSN: xxxx-xxxx
Growth: A Journal of Mathematics and Mathematics Education aims to provide a publication platform for high quality undergraduate research in mathematics and in mathematical pedagogy. The technical scope of the journal is combinatorial mathematics, broadly interpreted—the editorial board will consider all submissions in their areas of interest. All submitted articles must have an undergraduate research component and must be certified by a senior researcher. All submissions will be peer reviewed according to standard practices in academic mathematics. Precise editorial policies are set by the editorial board.
- Research article
- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-113
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 2009-2022
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Due to the deepening reform of quality education, the requirements for physical education teaching in colleges and universities have become increasingly strict. In this era of rapid renewal and development of multimedia information technology, in order to make the traditional sports basketball teaching keep up with the pace of the trend and to search for the future development direction of college public sports basketball teaching, this paper studied the application of multi information data fusion technology in college public sports basketball teaching. The remote sensing technology and global positioning system in the multi information data fusion technology were used to conduct real-time detection and statistics on the sports effects of students in basketball teaching, and the relevant experimental scheme was designed. The data results recorded by manual recording and multi information data fusion technology were compared. The experimental results showed that when three student representatives and remote sensing technology simultaneously counted the times of passing and touching, the success rate of passing and the scoring rate of throwing for four sports members, the accuracy of remote sensing technology was higher; the Global Positioning System (GPS) system could effectively record the running distance, average speed and heart rate of 4 athletes. The average speed of No. 3 athlete was 9.1 m/s; the passing rate and shooting rate were both 50%, and the average speed of No. 4 athlete was 7.85 m/s. The pass success rate was 50%, and the shooting rate was only 33.3%. These data were conducive to teachers’ timely understanding of students’ personal conditions and basketball level, which could improve the efficiency of college sports basketball teaching and also increase the quality of students’ sports. At the same time, the questionnaire survey method was also used to study the results of the introduction of multi information data fusion technology. The findings shown that multi-information data fusion technology might increase students’ passion for learning basketball courses, hence improving the quality of sports, by altering their interest and attitude. In order to provide guidance for the future development of college public sports basketball instruction, this study offered a reference value for the application of multi-information data fusion.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-112
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1995-2007
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) and multimedia technology (MT) provide a new platform for college physical education (PE), which plays a positive role in promoting college PE. Combined with the actual situation, some discussions are made on the application of multimedia teaching technology in college PE teaching, in order to better serve the MT teaching of college PE teaching. The popularization and wide application of multimedia teaching technology in education and teaching have caused a series of changes in teaching concepts, teaching design, teaching methods, creative teaching, etc., preparing for the development of teaching. Starting from the teaching quality evaluation methods, the existing problems in the evaluation process were analyzed. These problems are reflected in the retrospective evaluation method, which is not scientific enough to summarize the evaluation results, and it is difficult to track and improve the teaching ideas. Teaching evaluation is a complex system that includes classroom teaching, sports facilities, sports activities, classroom teaching, physical health, supervision and management and many other aspects. Modern educational philosophy generally holds that the classroom teaching process should include formulating clear teaching objectives, selecting the most appropriate teaching methods and using scientific evaluation methods to collect information about correct answers. According to the construction of a comprehensive evaluation system of intelligent algorithm and AI technology, the quality of teaching evaluation has been improved by 21.4% after calculation.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-111
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1983-1993
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Although human motion form capture is widely used in multiple fields, it often requires a significant amount of time and cost to learn how to operate the device during use. Therefore, this article attempted to apply computer vision (CV) technology and image segmentation algorithms to human motion form capture technology, simplifying the operation scheme and improving recognition accuracy and efficiency. This article provided an in-depth analysis of human motion form capture technology. Firstly, it identified several parts of the current human motion form capture technology that can be optimized, and introduced the effects of these optimized parts on human motion form capture in sports training. This article took the form capture of aerobics athletes as a sample and extracted 50 keyframe images containing aerobics scoring actions from 100 aerobics activity videos. The extraction interval for these keyframe images was at least 10 seconds. Next, this article used histogram equalization to enhance the image, while segmenting and recognizing the human motion forms of the five types of actions in the keyframe images, highlighting the level of action standards of athletes in aerobics. Finally, this article selected 6 key frame images containing different movements of aerobics athletes for comparative experimental analysis. In this experiment, both commonly used optical unlabeled capture techniques and motion morphology capture techniques combining CV and image segmentation algorithms were used to capture the human body in the image. The addition of CV technology and image segmentation has improved the overall performance of human motion morphology capture technology by approximately 26.02%. The integration of CV technology and image segmentation algorithms into human motion form capture technology has greatly improved image processing efficiency. At the same time, CV technology and image segmentation algorithms have also enabled better image processing accuracy in human motion form capture.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-110
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1963-1982
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Image hiding is a technique for transmitting secret information under the cover of a digital image. It usually conceals sensitive information into images for the purpose of encryption. Currently, high embedding capacity and information security remain important research aspects of the image hiding. In this study, a secret image sharing scheme based on a reference matrix is proposed to enhance embedding capacity and verify data integrity. In the proposed scheme, a hill matrix is designed as a reference matrix and a location table is generated. Moreover, a location pair table is generated to ensure the uniqueness of data hiding locations. Then, leveraging the processing of the location pair table, as well as the mapping of the reference matrix and the location table, each pixel pair is exploited to conceal eight secret bits. Furthermore, based on the special construction of the hill matrix, a deception recognition mechanism is designed. This mechanism can detect deceptive behavior and identify tampered images by means of data hiding locations. The experimental results indicate that the proposed scheme achieves a higher embedding capacity and better deception recognition performance than that of most of existing schemes.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-109
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1949-1961
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Upon the arrival of the sharing consumption model, guaranteeing the authenticity of products and the transparency of transactions has emerged as fundamental challenges hindering the industry’s progression. This paper explores the selection and optimization of blockchain technology implementation methods within the shared supply chain. Through a comparative analysis of non-blockchain, private blockchain, and distributed application models, our findings reveal that distributed application generates higher profits when consumers exhibit high sensitivity to blockchain performance and when such performance adheres to specific standards. Conversely, the private blockchain is more suited to customized requirements. Blockchain technology not only increases prices and transparency but also enhances consumer trust, particularly within the distributed application framework. Performance plays a crucial role in decision-making, with the private blockchain relying on corporate investment for optimization and distributed application being constrained by the limitations of the public chain. Based on these findings, it is recommended that enterprises adopt a flexible approach in selecting the most appropriate mode according to their unique needs. Additionally, they should prioritize technological innovation, strive to improve blockchain performance, consider fostering consumer trust, and promote collaborative development throughout the supply chain. These strategies will collectively contribute to the healthy and sustainable growth of the industry.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-108
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1927-1948
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
“Internet + medical health” service is an important direction of current medical development. The high interactivity between doctors and patients in online medical services and the massive and dynamic nature of recommended information have brought new challenges to the platform’s analysis of patient perceived trust. It is difficult for the trust transfer model to process massive information in real time. Clustering massive recommended trust is an effective solution, but data clustering is difficult to process simultaneously with the perceived recommendation trust tendency, which brings about the problem of perceived recommendation trust clustering. How to measure the trust tendency reflected in the clustering of patient perceived recommendation trust is a difficult problem faced by the trust transfer model in the context of Internet medical health services. This paper proposes a two-stage research idea of ” conversion first, clustering later”. Intuitive fuzzy sets are used to measure the fuzziness of patient perceived recommendation trust, and combined with sentiment dictionary, density clustering method and other methods to cross and penetrate each other, a patient perceived recommendation trust clustering method is constructed in the context of Internet medical health services. Finally, data experiments were conducted using the real data of the top 17 doctors on the Haodafu online platform to verify the effectiveness of the method. This method can reflect the subjectivity and ambiguity of patients’ perceived trust, provide a solution for the processing of massive recommendation information, contribute to the research on the improvement of trust transfer method system, and provide method support for predicting and analyzing the trust measurement of patients in the context of Internet medical health services. The model proposed in this paper can be used as the core of the trust-based recommendation system in Internet medical care, and help Internet medical platforms formulate precise strategies for doctors.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-107
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1909-1926
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
This paper seeks to discuss focused prototype development of self-driving, autonomous, driverless, electric cars with emphasis on subsystem advancement constituting the progress of the technology. The introduction lays special emphasis on the increased role of autonomous technology in transforming transportation by underlining its potential to enhance safety, effectiveness, and sustainability. Some technical background is provided with the definition of what an autonomous car is and its evolution timeline. Electrical vehicle current advancement is also described in detail. At last, comparative analysis of further prototype developments and subsystems with respect to their usefulness and prospects is given. This assessment serves to contribute to the present discourse on self-driving vehicle technology, and the role that these vehicles will play in on-going transport modal shift.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-106
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1895-1908
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
Purpose – This study investigates the impact of career planning education on university students’ entrepreneurial intentions by examining the mediating roles of self-efficacy and perceived behavioral control, as well as the moderating effects of digital competency and risk propensity. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 450 university students through a structured questionnaire. The research model was tested using structural equation modeling with bootstrapping procedures for mediation analysis and hierarchical regression for moderation effects. Findings – The results reveal that career planning education positively influences entrepreneurial intentions both directly ( =0.312, p<0.01) and indirectly through self-efficacy ( =0.178, p<0.01) and perceived behavioral control ( =0.133, p<0.01). Digital competency ( =0.156, p<0.01) and risk propensity ( =0.143, p<0.01) positively moderate these relationships. Practical implications – The findings suggest that higher education institutions should integrate digital skills development into career planning curricula and tailor educational approaches to students' individual characteristics to enhance entrepreneurial intentions effectively. Originality/value – This study extends the theory of planned behavior by incorporating digital competency as a crucial moderating factor and demonstrating the specific mechanisms through which career planning education influences entrepreneurial intentions in the digital era.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-105
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1877-1894
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
As a result of continuous economic development and accelerated urbanization, the agriculture development has had to change from the traditional mode of agricultural production to the modern mode of agricultural production. What kind of method can better help the development of modern agricultural production mode has become one of the current research topics that has attracted much attention. In response to this problem, the field of modern agricultural production models becomes highly relevant for research. With the in-depth study of modern agricultural production, the research on Internet of Things (IoT) technology in rural characteristic ecological agriculture (ECO) is gradually carried out, and its functional advantages are of great significance to promote the development of modern agriculture. This paper aimed to study the application of IoT technology in the development of rural characteristic ECO. The analysis and research of IoT and ECO enables it to be applied to the construction of an ecological farmland information monitoring system to address the problem of enhancing the ECO development with rural characteristics. In this paper, IoT technology, information detection and ECO were analyzed; the performance of the method was experimentally analyzed; the relevant theoretical formulas were utilized for interpretation. The outcomes demonstrated that the incidence of pests and diseases in field A using the IoT-assisted information monitoring system was 31.11% lower than that in field B, and the use of pesticides was reduced by 15.69%. It can be learned that IoT technology can meet the needs of enhancing the development level of rural characteristic ECO, and the level of agricultural development and work efficiency have been greatly improved.
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- https://doi.org/10.61091/jcmcc127b-104
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 127b
- Pages: 1861-1876
- Published Online: 16/04/2025
With the rapid development of society, the emergence of society and people’s daily life have put forward higher quality requirements for power supply. The original distribution system cannot monitor and control the circuit condition in real time. The power grid operation efficiency is low, and the loss of electric energy in the transmission process is large, resulting in the unstable power supply to users. With the development of smart grid, distribution automation has become the goal of Power System (PS) development. There are many noise data in the process of medium voltage distribution communication. In this paper, the medium voltage high-speed analog Communication Technology (CT) was applied to distribution automation. By modulating the signal and other operations, automatic power distribution can be realized, which can effectively shorten the maintenance time of fault circuits and quickly share power data resources. This paper compared the traditional medium-voltage distribution with the distribution automation based on the medium-voltage high-speed analog CT. The experimental results showed that the average power supply reliability of the traditional medium-voltage distribution and distribution automation was 88.90% and 95.56% respectively in the 10 kV voltage. In the 20 kV voltage, the average power supply reliability of traditional medium-voltage distribution and distribution automation was 90.24% and 97.04% respectively. Therefore, the application of medium-voltage high-speed analog CT in distribution network to distribution automation can effectively improve the reliability of power supply.




