In December 2021, 15 ISU students took the William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Exam, the premier collegiate mathematics competition in North America. The exam consists of… Read More
Speaker: Lee Przybylski (ISU) Abstract: We develop a method for calculating the persistence landscapes of affine fractals using the parameters of the corresponding transformations. Given… Read More
Speaker: by Dima Sinapova (University of Illinois at Chicago) Abstract: Two classical results of Magidor are: from large cardinals it is consistent to have reflection… Read More
Speaker: Eoin Hurley (Universität Heidelberg) Abstract: We develop a method to study sufficient conditions for perfect mixed tilings. Our framework allows… Read More
Speaker: Chris Eur (Harvard) Abstract: Algebraic geometry has furnished fruitful tools for studying matroids, which are combinatorial abstractions of hyperplane arrangements. We first survey some… Read More
Speaker: Mikos Bona (University of Florida) Abstract: The theory of permutation patterns studies subsequences of permutations that behave in a prescribed way. It is a… Read More
Sonia Kovalevsky was a pioneer for women in mathematics and science. Despite her obvious talent for mathematics, Sonia Kovalevsky could not complete her education in… Read More
Timothy McNicholl, professor of mathematics, has been awarded the Scott Hanna Professorship in Mathematics by Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. McNicholl… Read More
Xuan Hien Nguyen, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, has been named the Dio Lewis Holl Chair in Applied Mathematics in recognition of her… Read More
