Welcome to Mathematics & Statistics

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Maine is dedicated to research and instruction in the Mathematical Sciences.

News and Events

• Thesis defense. Wednesday, Mat 15, 11:00am – 11:50am, 421 Neville Hall. Jie Huang, Analysis of Survival Data by a Weibull-Generalized Poisson Distribution. Abstract.

• Graduate Seminar.  Tuesday, May 14, 2:10pm – 3:00pm, Neville 421.  Adam Duncan.  Wavelet-Based Edge Detection and Segmentation of Chromosome Territories in 3D Images of Cell Nuclei.  Abstract.

• Thesis defense. Friday, April 26, 2:10am – 3:00pm, 204 Neville Hall.
  Carl Ragsdale, Matrix Coefficients of Certain Supercuspidal Representations. Abstract.

• Thesis defense. Tuesday, April 23, 11:10am – 12:00pm, 165 Barrows Hall. Kendra Mooers, Characterization of Mammographic Breast Lesions and Their Microenvironment: An Application of a Wavelet-Based Multifractal Formalism. Abstract.

• Capstone Presentations.  It’s that time of year again- when the senior Mathematics majors give talks on their Capstone papers. Come hear what they have been working on, MWF at 9am for the rest of the semester. The schedule of lectures and list of topics are here.

• Graduate Seminar.  Wednesday, April 17, 2:10pm – 3:00pm, Neville 421.  Carl Ragsdale.  An introduction to complex representations of finite groups.  The abstract is here.

• Mathematics Colloquium.  UMaine Math BA Alum Eva Curry, who is now a faculty member at Acadia University, will speak about her research on Multidimensional Radix Representations and Number Systems, Wednesday Feb. 20 from 3:10pm – 4:00 pm in 100 Neville Hall.

• Mathematics Contest Results.  Back in November, we held a contest for all students of Calculus I and II. The results are in – congratulations to all of the winners!

Maine Mathematician. Marston Morse, from Waterville, Maine, was a pioneer in Differential Topology. He spent most of his career as a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, upstairs from Albert Einstein. His tremendously influential life’s work is a body of knowledge known as Morse Theory.  For some insight into his childhood in Maine, see his essay on Mathematics and the Arts.