Success Stories: Mathematics and Industry

Are you looking for inspirational examples of mathematics being used in real-life? Do you want to learn about the results of mathematics and industry working together? We sampled a few success stories of participants of SWI.

The story of KNLTB

The Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (KNLTB) was looking for an improved ranking methodology for double players in national and regional official competitions, which has to become a better indicator of the tennis skills and better predictor for results of future matches.

The story of Philips

Philips is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hair machinery, from styling tongs and razors to beard trimmers. Those trimmers display strange behavior: at the right speed, the electric motor suddenly hardly feels the counterforce of the blade that shoots back and forth. Philips wanted to know which frequency causes the dip in alternating currents.