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Mathematics

Results of REU Research 2018

REU Mini-Conference, July 16-17, 2018
Schedule and Abstracts

Participants, Presentations, and Reports

  • Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry Mentors: Prof. J. Maurice Rojas and Yuyu Zhu
    • Lacey Eagan (Howard Payne U): Geometry of Real Roots, with an Eye Toward Chemical Reaction Networks I, slides, report (joint with Lacey Eagan)
    • Luis Feliciano (Hunter College): Geometry of Real Roots, with an Eye Toward Chemical Reaction Networks II, slides, report (joint with Luis Feliciano)
    • Natalie Randall (Austin College): A Faster Randomized Algorithm for Counting Roots in Z/(pk) I, slides, report (joint with Leann Kopp), paper submitted for publication (by Leann Kopp, Natalie Randall, J. Maurice Rojas, and Yuyu Zhu)
    • Leann Kopp (Auburn U): A Faster Randomized Algorithm for Counting Roots in Z/(pk) II, slides, report (joint with Natalie Randall), paper submitted for publication (by Leann Kopp, Natalie Randall, J. Maurice Rojas, and Yuyu Zhu)
  • Mathematics of Topological Quantum Computation Mentors: Prof. Eric Rowell; Adam Deaton, Paul Gustafson, and Qing Zhang
    • Leslie Mavrakis (Seattle Pacific University), Sydney Timmerman (Johns Hopkins University), and Benjamin Warren (Swarthmore College), in collaboration with Sasha Poltoratski (UC Berkeley): Integral Metapletic Modular Categories I-III, slides
    • David L. Green (UT Austin): On classification of modular tensor categories, slides
  • Number Theory Mentors: Prof. Matt Young and Prof. Riad Masri; Jiakun Pan
    • Havi Ellers (Harvey Mudd College) and Meagan Kenney (Bard College): Effective bounds for traces of singular moduli, slides, report
    • Tristie Stucker (U Idaho) and Amy Vennos (Salisbury U): Dedekind Sums Arising form Generalized Eisenstein Series, slides, report
Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry
Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry
Mathematics of Topological Quantum Computation
Computational Biology
Number Theory
Number Theory

Everybody
Whole group in 2018