Articles: Tag: Mathematics

Three Students Compete in William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition: Team Ranks 43 Out of 557 Institutions

Colin Soleim ’14, Doug Nestor ’14, and Yukihide Nakada ’16 competed in the 74th annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition on December 7. This competition, a six-hour examination solving 12 extremely difficult mathematics problems, is administered across the country in undergraduate institutions. The team was coached during the fall semester by Assistant Professor of Mathematics

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Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program Recognizes Erin Brown ’15 and Neal Shah ’15

Erin Brown ’15 (double major in physics and mathematics) and Neal Shah ’15 (neuroscience) have been recognized by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program, which provides merit-based awards to college sophomores and juniors interested in a research career in the STEM fields. Erin has received a Goldwater Scholarship, and Neal is an

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Student Research Published in Mathematics Journal

The article “Whitehead graphs and separability in rank two” — authored by John Conant ’12, Nivetha Ramasubramanian ’13, and former assistant professor of mathematics Matt Clay — was accepted for publication by the mathematics journal Involve in December 2012.  As described by the publisher, Involve “bridg[es] the gap between the extremes of purely undergraduate-research journals

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