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Mathematics

Results of REU Research 2019

REU Mini-Conference, July 22-23, 2019
Schedule and Abstracts

Participants, Presentations, and Reports

  • Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry Mentors: Prof. J. Maurice Rojas; Joann Coronado
    • Lauren Gernes (Lewis University): Probability of Easily Approximating the Positive Real Roots of Trinomials (Part 1), slides, report (joint with Laurel Newman)
    • Laurel Newman (Harvey Mudd College): Probability of Easily Approximating the Positive Real Roots of Trinomials (Part 2), slides
    • Tyler Feemster (Princeton University): On the Existence and Number of Roots of Polynomials over Prime Fields, slides,
    • Caleb Robelle (University of Maryland, Baltimore County): Counting Points on Arbitrary Curves Over Prime Power Rings, slides, report
  • Algebraic Methods in Mathematical Biology Mentors: Prof. Anne Shiu; Nida Obatake and Thomas Yahl
    • Seth Gerberding (University of South Dakota): Preserving Identifiability: Removing Leaks, Moving Outputs, and a New Model, slides, report
    • Brianna Gambacini (University of Connecticut): Neural codes (Part 1), slides, report (joint with Sam Macdonald)
    • Sam Macdonald (Willamette University): Neural codes (Part 2), slides, report (joint with Brianna Gambacini)
    • Dilruba Sofia (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth): An Efficient Way of Understanding the Maximum Number of Steady States of Chemical Reaction Networks, slides, report
  • Number Theory Mentors: Prof. Matt Young and Prof. Riad Masri; Wei-Lun Tsai
    • Stephanie Gaston (CSU Dominguez Hills): An average of generalized Dedekind sums (Part 1), slides, report (joint with Travis Dillon)
    • Travis Dillon (Lawrence University): An average of generalized Dedekind sums (Part 2), slides, report (joint with Stephanie Gaston)
    • Asimina Hamakiotes (Macaulay Honors at Baruch College): Asymptotic Distribution of the Partition Crank (Part 1), slides, report (joint with Aaron Kriegman)
    • Aaron Kriegman (Haverford College): Asymptotic Distribution of the Partition Crank (Part 2), slides
Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry
Algorithmic Algebraic Geometry
Algebraic Methods in Mathematical Biology
Computational Biology
Number Theory
Number Theory