Algebra
- Reza Akhtar, Professor
Algebraic Geometry, K-theory, Combinatorics - Jason Gaddis, Assistant Professor
Noncommutative Algebra - Dennis Keeler, Associate Professor
Algebraic Geometry, Noncommutative Rings
Research
Areas of Research
Find faculty who are working in specific areas of research.
Analysis
- Patrick Dowling, Professor
Functional Analysis - Caleb Eckhardt, Associate Professor
Operator Algebras - Beata Randrianantoanina, Professor
Functional Analysis - Narcisse Randrianantoanina, Professor
Functional Analysis
Differential Equations and Applied Dynamical Systems
- Anna Ghazaryan, Professor
Applied analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, applied dynamical systems, nonlinear waves - Vahagn Manukian, Associate Professor (Hamilton Campus)
Applied analysis, applied dynamical systems, existence and stability of traveling waves - Alin Pogan, Associate Professor
Applied Analysis and Partial Differential Equations - Alim Sukhtayev, Associate Professor
Applied Analysis, Operator Theory, and Partial Differential Equations
Graph Theory and Combinatorics
- Louis DeBiasio, Professor
Extremal/Probabilistic Graph Theory - Tao Jiang, Professor
Graph Theory, Extremal Combinatorics - Zevi Miller, Professor
Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Complexity Theory - Daniel Pritikin, Professor
Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Recreational Mathematics
Mathematics Education
- Dana Cox, Professor
Mathematics Curriculum and Student Learning - Suzanne Harper, Professor
Technology in Mathematics Education - Jane Keiser, Professor
Geometric student thinking, helping students obtain computational fluency, and professional development partnerships - Wayne Nirode, Assistant Professor
Teaching and Learning of Geometry
Optimization and Numerical Analysis
- Champike Attanayake, Associate Professor (Middletown Campus)
Computational and Financial Mathematics - Olga Brezhneva, Associate Professor
Optimization, Ordinary Differential Equations - Jae Woo Jeong, Associate Professor (Hamilton Campus)
Applied and Computational Mathematics, GFEM - Ebrahim Sarabi, Associate Professor
Variational Analysis and Optimization - Douglas Ward, Professor
Variational Analysis
Set Theory
- Tetsuya Ishiu, Associate Professor
Set theory - Paul Larson, Professor
Set theory - Trevor Wilson, Associate Professor
Set theory
Topology
- Dennis Burke, Emeritus Professor
Set-theoretic topology - Daniel Farley, Associate Professor
Geometric Topology, Geometric Group Theory - Ivonne Ortiz, Professor
Algebraic and geometric topology
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
There are a plethora of opportunities for mathematics students to become involved in undergraduate research at 兔子先生 University. Many of our faculty have been, or currently are, actively engaged in research with students.
The Office of Research for Undergraduates offers several research programs, including the and the . The American Mathematical Society maintains a in Mathematics.
Mathematics students who are interested are encouraged to speak directly with our faculty, or may contact Dr. Jason Gaddis (gaddisj@miamioh.edu) for assistance in placement.
My research is in graph theory (where a graph is just an abstract "network"). I specifically work on problems of an extremal, probabilistic, or Ramsey-theoretic nature. A student looking to do research in graph theory should at the minimum take MTH 438.
I study a branch of abstract algebra, called noncommutative algebra, where we do not assume that the "ordinary" rules of multiplication are followed. I am especially interested in questions related to symmetry in this setting, but my work instersects with other areas such as representation theory, combinatorics, and algebraic geometry. My has more information on projects by my former students. I welcome students at all level, but I prefer that students have first completed MTH 421 (Intro to Abstract Algebra).
My current research is about equilibrium states and traveling waves. Equilibrium states are states preferred by the underlying physical system. For example, the state where a population of a town is healthy and nobody is sick is an equilibrium state. Traveling waves capture propagation of certain property. For example, a combustion wave is a transition from the equilibrium state where there is no fire, to an equilibrium where all or some of the fuel is gone - like in a field or forest fire. Traveling waves arise in problems from different fields: optical communication, combustion theory, biomathematics, chemistry, social sciences to name a few. This area of research requires some background knowledge in Linear Algebra and Differential Equations. Some of my projects are theoretical and some have a computational component.
I am interested in giving formal proof (i.e. computer-verifiable proof) to basic statements in mathematics with students. You may want to pass MTH 231 or MTH 331 as the fundamental knowledge about proofs is necessary.
My research is in graph theory and combinatorics. My research specialize in
problems both of structural and extremal nature. I welcome students who have strong curiosity and
problem solving attitude to work on research problems. I have worked with many students
in the past, many of whom have gone onto to graduate programs. I continue to look for
interested students to work with.
Student Research Accomplishments
Mathematics students at 兔子先生 University are actively involved in research projects with our faculty, and through REU programs. Below are some papers from our students. Student names are in bold and faculty mentor(s) in italics.
Jason Gaddis and Thomas Lamkin. Centers and automorphisms of PI quantum matrix algebras. To appear in Geometric and Algebraic Aspects of Quantum Groups and Related Topic (AMS Contemporary Mathematics).
Tao Jiang, Sean Longbrake, and Jie Ma. Bipartite-ness under smooth conditions. To appear in Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing.
Jacob Barahona Kamsvaag and Jason Gaddis. Auslander's Theorem for dihedral actions on preprojective algebras of type A. Published in Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 2023, 66 (1), 324-339.
Milena Brixey and Ryan M. Causey. Uniform upper estimates and the repeated averages hierarchy. Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2023, Volume 520 (1), 126871.
Marzieh Bakhshi, Anna Ghazaryan, Vahagn Manukian, Nancy Rodriguez. Traveling wave solutions in a model for social outbursts in a tension-inhibitive regime. Published in Studies in Applied Mathematics, 2021, 2, 650–674.
Milena Brixey, Ryan M. Causey, Patrick Frankart. Uniform subsequential estimates on weakly null sequences. Published in Involve, 2021, 14 (5), 743–774.
Louis DeBiasio and Nicholas Spanier. On Hamiltonian cycles in balanced k-partite graphs. Published in Discrete Mathematics, 2021, 344 (11), 112583.
Louis DeBiasio, Yigal Kamel, Grace McCourt, and Hannah Sheats. Generalizations and strengthenings of Ryser's conjecture. Published in Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2021, 28 (4), P4.37, 58pp.
Louis DeBiasio, Robert A. Krueger, Dan Pritikin, and Eli Thompson. Hamiltonian cycles in k-partite graphs. Published in Journal of Graph Theory, 2020, 94 (1), 92-112.
Louis DeBiasio, András Gyárfás, Robert A. Krueger, Miklós Ruszinkó, and Gábor N. Sárközy. Monochromatic balanced components, matchings, and paths in multicolored complete bipartite graphs. Published in Journal of Combinatorics, 2020, 11 (1), 35-45.
Louis DeBiasio, Robert A. Krueger, and Gábor N. Sárközy. Large monochromatic components in multicolored bipartite graphs. Published in Journal of Graph Theory, 2020, 94 (1), 117-130.
Louis DeBiasio and Robert A. Krueger. Long monochromatic paths and cycles in 2-colored bipartite graphs. Published in Discrete Mathematics, 2020, 343 (8), 111907.
Jason Gaddis and Phuong Ho. Fixed rings of quantum generalized Weyl algebras. Published in Communications in Algebra, 2020, 48 (9), 4051-4064.
Benard A. Neuhaus and Douglas E. Ward. Characterizing the contingent cone's convex kernel. Published in Pure and Applied Functional Analysis, 2020, 5 (3), 653–669.
Louisa Catalano, Samuel Hsu, Regan Kapalko. On maps preserving products of matrices. Published in Linear Algebra and its Applications, 2019, 563, 193–206. (Kent State REU)
Hong Cai, Anna Ghazaryan, and Vahagn Manukian. Fisher-KPP dynamics in diffusive Rosenzweig-MacArthur and Holling-Tanner models. Published in Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomenon. Special issue on Singular perturbations and multiscale systems, 2019, 14 (4).
Samuel Audino, Delaney R. Aydel, Daniel Farley. Quasiautomorphism groups of type F∞. Published in Algebraic & Geometric Topology, 2018, 18 (4), 2339–2369.
Clayton Collier-Cartaino, Nathan Graber, and Tao Jiang. Linear Turan numbers of r-uniform linear cycles and related Ramsey numbers. Published in Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing, 2018, 27, 358-386.
Axel Brandt, David Irwin, and Tao Jiang. Stability and Turan numbers of a class of hypergraphs via Lagrangians. Published in Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing, 2017, 26, 367-405.
Andrew Newman and Tao Jiang. Small dense subgraphs of a graph. Published in SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 2017, 31, 124-142.
Stephen Colegate and Charlie Liu. Mathematical Modeling of drug use: the dynamics of mono- substance dependence for two addictive drugs. Published in Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, 2017, 14 (7), 449-462. (Faculty advisor: Anna Ghazaryan)
Robert Doughty and Eli Thompson. Mathematical Analysis of Ivermectin as a Malaria Control Method. Published in SIAM Undergraduate Research Online, 2016, 9. (Faculty advisor: Anna Ghazaryan)
Robert Doughty, Jessica Gonda, Adriana Morales, Berkeley Reiswig, Josiah Reiswig, Katherine Slyman, Daniel Pritikin. Arranging kings k-dependently on hexagonal chessboards. Published in Involve, 2016, 9 (4), 699–713.
Teng Zhang and Son Van. A study of a debt-influenced equilibrium of the Keen model. Published in Pi Mu Epsilon Journal, 2016, 14 (4), 275-281. (Faculty advisor: Anna Ghazaryan)
Reza Akhtar, Maxwell Forlini. The linear chromatic number of a Sperner family. Published in Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2014, 171, 1–8.
Zoltan Furedi, Tao Jiang, and Robert Seiver. Exact solution of the hypergraph Turan problem for k-uniform linear paths. Published in Combinatorica, 2014, 34, 299-322.
Reza Akhtar, Ashley Arp, Michael Kaminski, Jasmine Van Exel, Davian Vernon, Cory Washington. The varieties of Bol-Moufang quasigroups defined by a single operation. Published in Quasigroups and Related Systems, 2012, 20 (1), 1–10.
Tao Jiang and Robert Seiver. Turan numbers of subdivided graphs. Published in SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 2012, 26, 1238-1255.
Edward Boehnlein and Tao Jiang. Set systems with a forbidden induced subposet. Published in Combinatorics, Probability, and Computing, 2012, 21, 496-511.
Tao Jiang and Michael Salerno. Ramsey numbers of some bipartite graphs versus complete graphs. Published in Graphs and Combinatorics, 2011, 27, 121-128.
Katherine E. Strauss. Investigating Centers of Triangles: The Fermat Point. Thesis, 兔子先生 University, 2011. (Faculty advisor: Suzanne Harper)
Josh M. Beal, Amit Shukla, Olga A. Brezhneva, Mark A. Abramson. Optimal sensor placement for enhancing sensitivity to change in stiffness for structural health monitoring. Published in Optimization and Engineering, 2008, 9, 119–142.
Zoltan Balogh, John Griesmer. On the multiplicity of jigsawed bases in compact and countably compact spaces. Published in Topology and its Applications, 2003, 130 (1), 65–73.
Dennis K. Burke, Justin Tatch Moore. Subspaces of the Sorgenfrey line. Published in Topology amd its Applications, 1998, 90 (1-3), 57–68.
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