Solving the Basel Problem using the Poisson Summation Formula Prayagdeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will introduce expander graphs which are sparse graphs having strong connectivity properties. We discuss some of their properties and... Read More
Solvability of General Solution and a Related Exit Problem Dr. Qingshuo Song Worcester Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor “We study sufficient conditions for a Feynman-Kac functional up to an exit time to be the generalized viscosity solution of a Dirichlet problem.... Read More
The Awards Ceremony will recognize the Undergraduate and Graduate award recipients. All are welcome – join us in honoring our 2019 awards winners! **Fiesta buffet to immediately follow the ceremony in EMS Building, E495
UW-Milwaukee Department of Mathematical Sciences presents, Spring Graduation Picnic Location: Beer Garden at Hubbard Park (Picnic Site Located on South End of the Park) Directions can be found here Time: Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 12:00–2:00PM FREE food (such as sandwiches & pizza)... Read More
Bootstrap: A Glance at the Method That Revolutionized Statistics Mr. Marco Vaassen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Using an impressively simple idea, Bradley Efron, in 1979, gave statisticians a powerful framework for estimating properties of an... Read More
The Askey-Wilson Polynomials, their Symmetric Sub-Families and q-Inverse Properties Dr. Howard S. Cohl National Institute of Standards and Technology Mathematician “We give a more precise symmetric parametric description for various properties of the Askey-Wilson polynomials including hypergeometric and q-integral representations.... Read More
An Exploration into the 4 Color Theorem Mr. John Byrum University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will explore the 4 color theorem. We will see how to prove less strong claims.”
Genera of Knots in the Complex Projective Plane Mr. Jake Pichelmeyer Kansas State University PhD Student (ABD) “Let K be a knot and M be a smooth, closed four-dimensional manifold. The M-genus of K (plural: genera) is the least genus... Read More
Probabilistic Methods in Geometry Mr. Praydeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Parallel Straight Lines are drawn on the plane, at a distance d from each other. A needle of length L is dropped at random... Read More
An SOS Counterexample to an Inequality of Symmetric Functions Alex Heaton Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Science Postdoctoral Researcher “It is known that differences of symmetric functions corresponding to various bases are nonnegative on the nonnegative orthant exactly when... Read More