Annual Mathematics Competition 2014 All students of Calculus I and II (MAT 126-127) were invited to participate in this year’s Mathematics Contest. The test consisted of three challenging calculus problems, to be solved over one weekend. 60 students participated. The results are in, and the following cash awards were given: Calculus I First Prize: No winner […]
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Annual Mathematics Competition 2013-2014 All students of Calculus I and II (MAT 126-127) were invited to participate in this year’s Mathematics Contest. The test consisted of three challenging calculus problems, to be solved over one weekend. The results are in, and the following cash awards were given: Calculus I (19 participants) First Prize winner, $150: […]
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Michael Cerchia is an arithmetic geometer interested in the arithmetic of moduli spaces, stacks, and modular curves.
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Krishnendu Khan’s research interest lies in rigidity aspects of operator algebras, ergodic theory, geometric group theory and connections therein. He is mainly interested in computations of von Neuman algebraic invariants arising from negatively curved groups using deformation/rigidity techniques combined with geometric group theoretic methods.
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Ravki’s research broadly lies in algebraic number theory, arithmetic geometry and algebraic geometry, from both theoretical and computational perspectives. Her recent work involves studying Galois representations associated to elliptic curves and exploring their relationship to isogenies of elliptic curves.
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The University of Maine Department of Mathematics & Statistics will host the Maine-Québec Number Theory Conference on October 5-6, 2013. Approximately 60 number theorists from New England, Québec, and beyond will gather at the annual meeting to present and discuss their research. Among the 38 scheduled lectures is a plenary address by Barry Mazur, a […]
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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. The schedule of lectures and list of topics are here.
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All students of Calculus I and II (MAT 126-127) were invited to participate in this year’s Mathematics Contest. The test consisted of three challenging calculus problems, to be solved over one weekend, and turned in on November 14th, 2012. The results are in, and the following cash awards were given: Calculus I (26 participants) First Prize […]
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The department of Mathematics and Statistics ran a contest in 2011 for Calculus students. There were 37 contestants, 25 enrolled into Calculus I and 12 into Calculus II. Students of Calculus I and II were given different sets of problems and were not competing with each other. Place Name Class Prize First Nathan Dunn […]
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Stuart Lathrop has been awarded a CLAS Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship for this year. Mr. Lathrop, who is a senior math major, won the $1400 fellowship for his proposal entitled Contributions to the Foundations of the Theory of Transcendental Numbers. He is writing an extensive survey on the theorem of Gelfand and Schneider asserting […]
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