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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

New Mathematics Teachers' Goals, Orientations, and Resources that Influence Implementation of Principles Learned in Brigham Young University's Teacher Preparation Program , Caroline S. Gneiting

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Impact of Applying Visual Design Principles to Boardwork in a Mathematics Classroom , Jennifer Rose Canizales

Practicing Mathematics Teachers' Perspectives of Public Records in Their Classrooms , Sini Nicole White Graff

Parents' Perceptions of the Importance of Teaching Mathematics: A Q-Study , Ashlynn M. Holley

Engagement in Secondary Mathematics Group Work: A Student Perspective , Rachel H. Jorgenson

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Understanding College Students' Use of Written Feedback in Mathematics , Erin Loraine Carroll

Identity Work to Teach Mathematics for Social Justice , Navy B. Dixon

Developing a Quantitative Understanding of U-Substitution in First-Semester Calculus , Leilani Camille Heaton Fonbuena

The Perception of At-Risk Students on Caring Student-Teacher Relationships and Its Impact on Their Productive Disposition , Brittany Hopper

Variational and Covariational Reasoning of Students with Disabilities , Lauren Rigby

Structural Reasoning with Rational Expressions , Dana Steinhorst

Student-Created Learning Objects for Mathematics Renewable Assignments: The Potential Value They Bring to the Broader Community , Webster Wong

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Emotional Geographies of Beginning and Veteran Reformed Teachers in Mentor/Mentee Relationships , Emily Joan Adams

You Do Math Like a Girl: How Women Reason Mathematically Outside of Formal and School Mathematics Contexts , Katelyn C. Pyfer

Developing the Definite Integral and Accumulation Function Through Adding Up Pieces: A Hypothetical Learning Trajectory , Brinley Nichole Stevens

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Mathematical Identities of Students with Mathematics Learning Dis/abilities , Emma Lynn Holdaway

Teachers' Mathematical Meanings: Decisions for Teaching Geometric Reflections and Orientation of Figures , Porter Peterson Nielsen

Student Use of Mathematical Content Knowledge During Proof Production , Chelsey Lynn Van de Merwe

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Making Sense of the Equal Sign in Middle School Mathematics , Chelsea Lynn Dickson

Developing Understanding of the Chain Rule, Implicit Differentiation, and Related Rates: Towards a Hypothetical Learning Trajectory Rooted in Nested Multivariation , Haley Paige Jeppson

Secondary Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Curricular Reasoning , Kimber Anne Mathis

“Don’t Say Gay. We Say Dumb or Stupid”: Queering ProspectiveMathematics Teachers’ Discussions , Amy Saunders Ross

Aspects of Engaging Problem Contexts From Students' Perspectives , Tamara Kay Stark

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Addressing Pre-Service Teachers' Misconceptions About Confidence Intervals , Kiya Lynn Eliason

How Teacher Questions Affect the Development of a Potential Hybrid Space in a Classroom with Latina/o Students , Casandra Helen Job

Teacher Graphing Practices for Linear Functions in a Covariation-Based College Algebra Classroom , Konda Jo Luckau

Principles of Productivity Revealed from Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Discussions Around the Productiveness of Teacher Moves in Response to Teachable Moments , Kylie Victoria Palsky

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Curriculum Decisions and Reasoning of Middle School Teachers , Anand Mikel Bernard

Teacher Response to Instances of Student Thinking During Whole Class Discussion , Rachel Marie Bernard

Kyozaikenkyu: An In-Depth Look into Japanese Educators' Daily Planning Practices , Matthew David Melville

Analysis of Differential Equations Applications from the Coordination Class Perspective , Omar Antonio Naranjo Mayorga

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

The Principles of Effective Teaching Student Teachershave the Opportunity to Learn in an AlternativeStudent Teaching Structure , Danielle Rose Divis

Insight into Student Conceptions of Proof , Steven Daniel Lauzon

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Teacher Participation and Motivation inProfessional Development , Krystal A. Hill

Student Evaluation of Mathematical Explanations in anInquiry-Based Mathematics Classroom , Ashley Burgess Hulet

English Learners' Participation in Mathematical Discourse , Lindsay Marie Merrill

Mathematical Interactions between Teachers and Students in the Finnish Mathematics Classroom , Paula Jeffery Prestwich

Parents and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics , Rebecca Anne Roberts

Examining the Effects of College Algebra on Students' Mathematical Dispositions , Kevin Lee Watson

Problems Faced by Reform Oriented Novice Mathematics Teachers Utilizing a Traditional Curriculum , Tyler Joseph Winiecke

Academic and Peer Status in the Mathematical Life Stories of Students , Carol Ann Wise

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Effect of Students' Mathematical Beliefs on Knowledge Transfer , Kristen Adams

Language Use in Mathematics Textbooks Written in English and Spanish , Kailie Ann Bertoch

Teachers' Curricular Reasoning and MKT in the Context of Algebra and Statistics , Kolby J. Gadd

Mathematical Telling in the Context of Teacher Interventions with Collaborative Groups , Brandon Kyle Singleton

An Investigation of How Preservice Teachers Design Mathematical Tasks , Elizabeth Karen Zwahlen

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Student Understanding of Limit and Continuity at a Point: A Look into Four Potentially Problematic Conceptions , Miriam Lynne Amatangelo

Exploring the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of Japanese Teachers , Ratu Jared R. T. Bukarau

Comparing Two Different Student Teaching Structures by Analyzing Conversations Between Student Teachers and Their Cooperating Teachers , Niccole Suzette Franc

Professional Development as a Community of Practice and Its Associated Influence on the Induction of a Beginning Mathematics Teacher , Savannah O. Steele

Types of Questions that Comprise a Teacher's Questioning Discourse in a Conceptually-Oriented Classroom , Keilani Stolk

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Student Teachers' Interactive Decisions with Respect to Student Mathematics Thinking , Jonathan J. Call

Manipulatives and the Growth of Mathematical Understanding , Stacie Joyce Gibbons

Learning Within a Computer-Assisted Instructional Environment: Effects on Multiplication Math Fact Mastery and Self-Efficacy in Elementary-Age Students , Loraine Jones Hanson

Mathematics Teacher Time Allocation , Ashley Martin Jones

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

How Student Positioning Can Lead to Failure in Inquiry-based Classrooms , Kelly Beatrice Campbell

Teachers' Decisions to Use Student Input During Class Discussion , Heather Taylor Toponce

A Conceptual Framework for Student Understanding of Logarithms , Heather Rebecca Ambler Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Growth in Students' Conceptions of Mathematical Induction , John David Gruver

Contextualized Motivation Theory (CMT): Intellectual Passion, Mathematical Need, Social Responsibility, and Personal Agency in Learning Mathematics , Janelle Marie Hart

Thinking on the Brink: Facilitating Student Teachers' Learning Through In-the-Moment Interjections , Travis L. Lemon

Understanding Teachers' Change Towards a Reform-Oriented Mathematics Classroom , Linnae Denise Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

A Comparison of Mathematical Discourse in Online and Face-to-Face Environments , Shawn D. Broderick

The Influence of Risk Taking on Student Creation of Mathematical Meaning: Contextual Risk Theory , Erin Nicole Houghtaling

Uncovering Transformative Experiences: A Case Study of the Transformations Made by one Teacher in a Mathematics Professional Development Program , Rachelle Myler Orsak

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Student Teacher Knowledge and Its Impact on Task Design , Tenille Cannon

How Eighth-Grade Students Estimate with Fractions , Audrey Linford Hanks

Similar but Different: The Complexities of Students' Mathematical Identities , Diane Skillicorn Hill

Choose Your Words: Refining What Counts as Mathematical Discourse in Students' Negotiation of Meaning for Rate of Change of Volume , Christine Johnson

Mathematics Student Teaching in Japan: A Multi-Case Study , Allison Turley Shwalb

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Applying Toulmin's Argumentation Framework to Explanations in a Reform Oriented Mathematics Class , Jennifer Alder Brinkerhoff

What Are Some of the Common Traits in the Thought Processes of Undergraduate Students Capable of Creating Proof? , Karen Malina Duff

Probing for Reasons: Presentations, Questions, Phases , Kellyn Nicole Farlow

One Problem, Two Contexts , Danielle L. Gigger

The Main Challenges that a Teacher-in-Transition Faces When Teaching a High School Geometry Class , Greg Brough Henry

Discovering the Derivative Can Be "Invigorating:" Mark's Journey to Understanding Instantaneous Velocity , Charity Ann Gardner Hyer

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

How a Master Teacher Uses Questioning Within a Mathematical Discourse Community , Omel Angel Contreras

Determining High School Geometry Students' Geometric Understanding Using van Hiele Levels: Is There a Difference Between Standards-based Curriculum Students and NonStandards-based Curriculum Students? , Rebekah Loraine Genz

The Nature and Frequency of Mathematical Discussion During Lesson Study That Implemented the CMI Framework , Andrew Ray Glaze

Second Graders' Solution Strategies and Understanding of a Combination Problem , Tiffany Marie Hessing

What Does It Mean To Preservice Mathematics Teachers To Anticipate Student Responses? , Matthew M. Webb

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Fraction Multiplication and Division Image Change in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers , Jennifer J. Cluff

An Examination of the Role of Writing in Mathematics Instruction , Amy Jeppsen

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Reasoning About Motion: A Case Study , Tiffini Lynn Glaze

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

An Analysis of the Influence of Lesson Study on Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' View of Self-As Mathematics Expert , Julie Stafford

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DNA SELF-ASSEMBLY OF TRAPEZOHEDRAL GRAPHS , Hytham Abdelkarim

An Exposition of the Curvature of Warped Product Manifolds , Angelina Bisson

Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Tests for Equality of Generalized Lorenz Curves , Anton Butenko

MATHEMATICS BEHIND MACHINE LEARNING , Rim Hammoud

Statistical Analysis of Health Habits for Incoming College Students , Wendy Isamara Lizarraga Noriega

Reverse Mathematics of Ramsey's Theorem , Nikolay Maslov

Distance Correlation Based Feature Selection in Random Forest , Jose Munoz-Lopez

Constructing Hyperbolic Polygons in the Poincaré Disk , Akram Zakaria Samweil

KNOT EQUIVALENCE , Jacob Trubey

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SYMMETRIC GENERATIONS AND AN ALGORITHM TO PROVE RELATIONS , Diddier Andrade

The Examination of the Arithmetic Surface (3, 5) Over Q , Rachel J. Arguelles

Error Terms for the Trapezoid, Midpoint, and Simpson's Rules , Jessica E. Coen

de Rham Cohomology, Homotopy Invariance and the Mayer-Vietoris Sequence , Stacey Elizabeth Cox

Symmetric Generation , Ana Gonzalez

SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS OF FINITE GROUPS AND RELATED TOPICS , Samar Mikhail Kasouha

Simple Groups and Related Topics , Simrandeep Kaur

Homomorphic Images and Related Topics , Alejandro Martinez

LATTICE REDUCTION ALGORITHMS , Juan Ortega

THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE SPACE OF ALGEBRAIC CURVATURE TENSORS , Katelyn Sage Risinger

Verifying Sudoku Puzzles , Chelsea Schweer

AN EXPOSITION OF ELLIPTIC CURVE CRYPTOGRAPHY , Travis Severns

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Non-Abelian Finite Simple Groups as Homomorphic Images , Sandra Bahena

Matroids Determinable by Two Partial Representations , Aurora Calderon Dojaquez

SYMMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS OF FINITE GROUPS AND RELATED TOPICS , Connie Corona

Symmetric Presentation of Finite Groups, and Related Topics , Marina Michelle Duchesne

MEASURE AND INTEGRATION , JeongHwan Lee

A Study in Applications of Continued Fractions , Karen Lynn Parrish

Partial Representations for Ternary Matroids , Ebony Perez

Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Sum of Cubes of the First n Integers , Obiamaka L. Agu

Permutation and Monomial Progenitors , Crystal Diaz

Tile Based Self-Assembly of the Rook's Graph , Ernesto Gonzalez

Research In Short Term Actuarial Modeling , Elijah Howells

Hyperbolic Triangle Groups , Sergey Katykhin

Exploring Matroid Minors , Jonathan Lara Tejeda

DNA COMPLEXES OF ONE BOND-EDGE TYPE , Andrew Tyler Lavengood-Ryan

Modeling the Spread of Measles , Alexandria Le Beau

Symmetric Presentations and Related Topics , Mayra McGrath

Minimal Surfaces and The Weierstrass-Enneper Representation , Evan Snyder

ASSESSING STUDENT UNDERSTANDING WHILE SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS USING FLOWCHARTS AND ALGEBRAIC METHODS , Edima Umanah

Excluded minors for nearly-paving matroids , Vanessa Natalie Vega

Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Fuchsian Groups , Bob Anaya

Tribonacci Convolution Triangle , Rosa Davila

VANISHING LOCAL SCALAR INVARIANTS ON GENERALIZED PLANE WAVE MANIFOLDS , Brian Matthew Friday

Analogues Between Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle and Pascal's Arithmetic Triangle , Lacey Taylor James

Geodesics on Generalized Plane Wave Manifolds , Moises Pena

Algebraic Methods for Proving Geometric Theorems , Lynn Redman

Pascal's Triangle, Pascal's Pyramid, and the Trinomial Triangle , Antonio Saucedo Jr.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DYNAMIC MATHEMATICAL SOFTWARE IN THE INSTRUCTION OF THE UNIT CIRCLE , Edward Simons

CALCULUS REMEDIATION AS AN INDICATOR FOR SUCCESS ON THE CALCULUS AP EXAM , Ty Stockham

Theses/Projects/Dissertations from 2018 2018

PROGENITORS, SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS AND CONSTRUCTIONS , Diana Aguirre

Monomial Progenitors and Related Topics , Madai Obaid Alnominy

Progenitors Involving Simple Groups , Nicholas R. Andujo

Simple Groups, Progenitors, and Related Topics , Angelica Baccari

Exploring Flag Matroids and Duality , Zachary Garcia

Images of Permutation and Monomial Progenitors , Shirley Marina Juan

MODERN CRYPTOGRAPHY , Samuel Lopez

Progenitors, Symmetric Presentations, and Related Topics , Joana Viridiana Luna

Symmetric Presentations, Representations, and Related Topics , Adam Manriquez

Toroidal Embeddings and Desingularization , LEON NGUYEN

THE STRUGGLE WITH INVERSE FUNCTIONS DOING AND UNDOING PROCESS , Jesus Nolasco

Tutte-Equivalent Matroids , Maria Margarita Rocha

Symmetric Presentations and Double Coset Enumeration , Charles Seager

MANUAL SYMMETRIC GENERATION , Joel Webster

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Investigation of Finite Groups Through Progenitors , Charles Baccari

CONSTRUCTION OF HOMOMORPHIC IMAGES , Erica Fernandez

Making Models with Bayes , Pilar Olid

An Introduction to Lie Algebra , Amanda Renee Talley

SIMPLE AND SEMI-SIMPLE ARTINIAN RINGS , Ulyses Velasco

CONSTRUCTION OF FINITE GROUP , Michelle SoYeong Yeo

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Upset Paths and 2-Majority Tournaments , Rana Ali Alshaikh

Regular Round Matroids , Svetlana Borissova

GEODESICS IN LORENTZIAN MANIFOLDS , Amir A. Botros

REALIZING TOURNAMENTS AS MODELS FOR K-MAJORITY VOTING , Gina Marie Cheney

Solving Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities on a Number Line , Melinda A. Curtis

BIO-MATHEMATICS: INTRODUCTION TO THE MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS , Lucille J. Durfee

ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE REGARDING ACTIVE AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND THEIR PROMOTION OF FLEXIBLE THINKING IN MATHEMATICS , Genelle Elizabeth Gonzalez

LIFE EXPECTANCY , Ali R. Hassanzadah

PLANAR GRAPHS, BIPLANAR GRAPHS AND GRAPH THICKNESS , Sean M. Hearon

A Dual Fano, and Dual Non-Fano Matroidal Network , Stephen Lee Johnson

Mathematical Reasoning and the Inductive Process: An Examination of The Law of Quadratic Reciprocity , Nitish Mittal

The Kauffman Bracket and Genus of Alternating Links , Bryan M. Nguyen

Probabilistic Methods In Information Theory , Erik W. Pachas

THINKING POKER THROUGH GAME THEORY , Damian Palafox

Indicators of Future Mathematics Proficiency: Literature Review & Synthesis , Claudia Preciado

Ádám's Conjecture and Arc Reversal Problems , Claudio D. Salas

AN INTRODUCTION TO BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS , Amy Schardijn

The Evolution of Cryptology , Gwendolyn Rae Souza

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SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS AND RELATED TOPICS , Mashael U. Alharbi

Homomorphic Images And Related Topics , Kevin J. Baccari

Geometric Constructions from an Algebraic Perspective , Betzabe Bojorquez

Discovering and Applying Geometric Transformations: Transformations to Show Congruence and Similarity , Tamara V. Bonn

Symmetric Presentations and Generation , Dustin J. Grindstaff

HILBERT SPACES AND FOURIER SERIES , Terri Joan Harris Mrs.

SYMMETRIC PRESENTATIONS OF NON-ABELIAN SIMPLE GROUPS , Leonard B. Lamp

Simple Groups and Related Topics , Manal Abdulkarim Marouf Ms.

Elliptic Curves , Trinity Mecklenburg

A Fundamental Unit of O_K , Susana L. Munoz

CONSTRUCTIONS AND ISOMORPHISM TYPES OF IMAGES , Jessica Luna Ramirez

Unique Prime Factorization of Ideals in the Ring of Algebraic Integers of an Imaginary Quadratic Number Field , Nolberto Rezola

ALGEBRA 1 STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO RELATE THE DEFINITION OF A FUNCTION TO ITS REPRESENTATIONS , Sarah A. Thomson

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Researching in Undergraduate Mathematics Education: Possible Directions for Both Undergraduate Students and Faculty

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Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) is a new field to both mathematics and mathematics education. It borrows theory and methodology from other disciplines including psychology, sociology, and neurology. At its core, RUME is attempting to find out about the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics education in order to improve it. In this book chapter, I attempt to give a quick overview on how to conduct RUME with undergraduate students. I pull from my experiences as a mentor of ten undergraduate projects. There is also a suggested timeline of RUME in a semester, some ways to generate RUME open questions, and a large amount of open questions conjectured by others. My hope is that this book chapter has information for both mentors and undergraduates alike.

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Carlo Cafaro –  Information gain that convective-scale models bring to probabilistic weather forecasts

Nicola Thorn –  The boundedness and spectral properties of multiplicative Toeplitz operators

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Matthew Paul Edgington - Mathematical modelling of bacterial chemotaxis signalling pathways (PDF-9.04MB)

Anne Reinarz - Sparse space-time boundary element methods for the heat equation (PDF-1.39MB)

Adam El-Said - Conditioning of the Weak-Constraint Variational Data Assimilation Problem for Numerical Weather Prediction (PDF-2.64MB)

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Mark Parsons - Mathematical Modelling of Evolving Networks

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David Gilbert - Analysis of large-scale atmospheric flows

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Timothy S. Palmer - Modelling a single polymer entanglement (PDF-5.02MB)

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Stephen A. Haben - Conditioning and Preconditioning of the Minimisation Problem in Variational Data Assimilation (PDF-3.51MB)

Jing Cao - Molecular dynamics study of polymer melts (PDF-3.98MB)

Bonhi Bhattacharya - Mathematical Modelling of Low Density Lipoprotein Metabolism. Intracellular Cholesterol Regulation (PDF-4.06MB)

Tamsin E. Lee - Modelling time-dependent partial differential equations using a moving mesh approach based on conservation (PDF-2.17MB)

Polly J. Smith - Joint state and parameter estimation using data assimilation with application to morphodynamic modelling (PDF-3Mb)

Corinna Burkard - Three-dimensional Scattering Problems with applications to Optical Security Devices (PDF-1.85Mb)

Laura M. Stewart - Correlated observation errors in data assimilation (PDF-4.07MB)

R.D. Giddings - Mesh Movement via Optimal Transportation (PDF-29.1MbB)

G.M. Baxter - 4D-Var for high resolution, nested models with a range of scales (PDF-1.06MB)

C. Spencer - A generalization of Talbot's theorem about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

P. Jelfs - A C-property satisfying RKDG Scheme with Application to the Morphodynamic Equations (PDF-11.7MB)

L. Bennetts - Wave scattering by ice sheets of varying thickness

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D. Katz - The Application of PV-based Control Variable Transformations in Variational Data Assimilation (PDF- 1.75MB)

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M.A. Wakefield - Bounds on Quantities of Physical Interest

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J.V. Morgan - Numerical Methods for Macroscopic Traffic Models

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K.W. Blake - Moving Mesh Methods for Non-Linear Parabolic Partial Differential Equations

J. Hudson - Numerical Techniques for Morphodynamic Modelling

A.S. Lawless - Development of linear models for data assimilation in numerical weather prediction .

C.J.Smith - The semi lagrangian method in atmospheric modelling

T.C. Johnson - Implicit Numerical Schemes for Transcritical Shallow Water Flow

M.J. Hoyle - Some Approximations to Water Wave Motion over Topography.

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M.J. Martin - Data Assimulation in Ocean Circulation with Systematic Errors

P. Sims - Interface Tracking using Lagrangian Eulerian Methods.

P. Macabe - The Mathematical Analysis of a Class of Singular Reaction-Diffusion Systems.

B. Sheppard - On Generalisations of the Stone-Weisstrass Theorem to Jordan Structures.

S. Leary - Least Squares Methods with Adjustable Nodes for Steady Hyperbolic PDEs.

I. Sciriha - On Some Aspects of Graph Spectra.

P.A. Burton - Convergence of flux limiter schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws with source terms.

J.F. Goodwin - Developing a practical approach to water wave scattering problems.

N.R.T. Biggs - Integral equation embedding methods in wave-diffraction methods.

L.P. Gibson - Bifurcation analysis of eigenstructure assignment control in a simple nonlinear aircraft model.

A.K. Griffith - Data assimilation for numerical weather prediction using control theory. .

J. Bryans - Denotational semantic models for real-time LOTOS.

I. MacDonald - Analysis and computation of steady open channel flow .

A. Morton - Higher order Godunov IMPES compositional modelling of oil reservoirs.

S.M. Allen - Extended edge-colourings of graphs.

M.E. Hubbard - Multidimensional upwinding and grid adaptation for conservation laws.

C.J. Chikunji - On the classification of finite rings.

S.J.G. Bell - Numerical techniques for smooth transformation and regularisation of time-varying linear descriptor systems.

D.J. Staziker - Water wave scattering by undulating bed topography .

K.J. Neylon - Non-symmetric methods in the modelling of contaminant transport in porous media. .

D.M. Littleboy - Numerical techniques for eigenstructure assignment by output feedback in aircraft applications .

M.P. Dainton - Numerical methods for the solution of systems of uncertain differential equations with application in numerical modelling of oil recovery from underground reservoirs .

M.H. Mawson - The shallow-water semi-geostrophic equations on the sphere. .

S.M. Stringer - The use of robust observers in the simulation of gas supply networks .

S.L. Wakelin - Variational principles and the finite element method for channel flows. .

E.M. Dicks - Higher order Godunov black-oil simulations for compressible flow in porous media .

C.P. Reeves - Moving finite elements and overturning solutions .

A.J. Malcolm - Data dependent triangular grid generation. .

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Extreme Covering Systems, Primes Plus Squarefrees, and Lattice Points Close to a Helix , Jack Robert Dalton

On the Algebraic and Geometric Multiplicity of Zero as a Hypergraph Eigenvalue , Grant Ian Fickes

Widely Digitally Delicate Brier Primes and Irreducibility Results for Some Classes of Polynomials , Thomas David Luckner

Deep Learning Methods for Some Problems in Scientific Computing , Yuankai Teng

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Covering Systems and the Minimum Modulus Problem , Maria Claire Cummings

The Existence and Quantum Approximation of Optimal Pure State Ensembles , Ryan Thomas McGaha

Structure Preserving Reduced-Order Models of Hamiltonian Systems , Megan Alice McKay

Tangled up in Tanglegrams , Drew Joseph Scalzo

Results on Select Combinatorial Problems With an Extremal Nature , Stephen Smith

Poset Ramsey Numbers for Boolean Lattices , Joshua Cain Thompson

Some Properties and Applications of Spaces of Modular Forms With ETA-Multiplier , Cuyler Daniel Warnock

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Simulation of Pituitary Organogenesis in Two Dimensions , Chace E. Covington

Polynomials, Primes and the PTE Problem , Joseph C. Foster

Widely Digitally Stable Numbers and Irreducibility Criteria For Polynomials With Prime Values , Jacob Juillerat

A Numerical Investigation of Fractional Models for Viscoelastic Materials With Applications on Concrete Subjected to Extreme Temperatures , Murray Macnamara

Trimming Complexes , Keller VandeBogert

Multiple Frailty Model for Spatially Correlated Interval-Censored , Wanfang Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

An Equivariant Count of Nodal Orbits in an Invariant Pencil of Conics , Candace Bethea

Finite Axiomatisability in Nilpotent Varieties , Joshua Thomas Grice

Rationality Questions and the Derived Category , Alicia Lamarche

Counting Number Fields by Discriminant , Harsh Mehta

Distance Related Graph Invariants in Triangulations and Quadrangulations of the Sphere , Trevor Vincent Olsen

Diameter of 3-Colorable Graphs and Some Remarks on the Midrange Crossing Constant , Inne Singgih

Two Inquiries Related to the Digits of Prime Numbers , Jeremiah T. Southwick

Windows and Generalized Drinfeld Kernels , Robert R. Vandermolen

Connections Between Extremal Combinatorics, Probabilistic Methods, Ricci Curvature of Graphs, and Linear Algebra , Zhiyu Wang

An Ensemble-Based Projection Method and Its Numerical Investigation , Shuai Yuan

Variable-Order Fractional Partial Differential Equations: Analysis, Approximation and Inverse Problem , Xiangcheng Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Classification of Non-Singular Cubic Surfaces up to e-invariants , Mohammed Alabbood

On the Characteristic Polynomial of a Hypergraph , Gregory J. Clark

A Development of Transfer Entropy in Continuous-Time , Christopher David Edgar

Moving Off Collections and Their Applications, in Particular to Function Spaces , Aaron Fowlkes

Finding Resolutions of Mononomial Ideals , Hannah Melissa Kimbrell

Regression for Pooled Testing Data with Biomedical Applications , Juexin Lin

Numerical Methods for a Class of Reaction-Diffusion Equations With Free Boundaries , Shuang Liu

An Implementation of the Kapustin-Li Formula , Jessica Otis

A Nonlinear Parallel Model for Reversible Polymer Solutions in Steady and Oscillating Shear Flow , Erik Tracey Palmer

A Few Problems on the Steiner Distance and Crossing Number of Graphs , Josiah Reiswig

Successful Pressing Sequences in Simple Pseudo-Graphs , Hays Wimsatt Whitlatch

On The Generators of Quantum Dynamical Semigroups , Alexander Wiedemann

An Examination of Kinetic Monte Carlo Methods with Application to a Model of Epitaxial Growth , Dylana Ashton Wilhelm

Dynamical Entropy of Quantum Random Walks , Duncan Wright

Unconditionally Energy Stable Linear Schemes for a Two-Phase Diffuse Interface Model with Peng-Robinson Equation of State , Chenfei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Theory, Computation, and Modeling of Cancerous Systems , Sameed Ahmed

Turán Problems and Spectral Theory on Hypergraphs and Tensors , Shuliang Bai

Quick Trips: On the Oriented Diameter of Graphs , Garner Paul Cochran

Geometry of Derived Categories on Noncommutative Projective Schemes , Blake Alexander Farman

A Quest for Positive Definite Matrices over Finite Fields , Erin Patricia Hanna

Comparison of the Performance of Simple Linear Regression and Quantile Regression with Non-Normal Data: A Simulation Study , Marjorie Howard

Special Fiber Rings of Certain Height Four Gorenstein Ideals , Jaree Hudson

Graph Homomorphisms and Vector Colorings , Michael Robert Levet

Local Rings and Golod Homomorphisms , Thomas Schnibben

States and the Numerical Range in the Regular Algebra , James Patrick Sweeney

Thermodynamically Consistent Hydrodynamic Phase Field Models and Numerical Approximation for Multi-Component Compressible Viscous Fluid Mixtures , Xueping Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

On the Existence of Non-Free Totally Reflexive Modules , J. Cameron Atkins

Subdivision of Measures of Squares , Dylan Bates

Unconditionally Energy Stable Numerical Schemes for Hydrodynamics Coupled Fluids Systems , Alexander Yuryevich Brylev

Convergence and Rate of Convergence of Approximate Greedy-Type Algorithms , Anton Dereventsov

Covering Subsets of the Integers and a Result on Digits of Fibonacci Numbers , Wilson Andrew Harvey

Nonequispaced Fast Fourier Transform , David Hughey

Deep Learning: An Exposition , Ryan Kingery

A Family of Simple Codimension Two Singularities with Infinite Cohen-Macaulay Representation Type , Tyler Lewis

Polynomials Of Small Mahler Measure With no Newman Multiples , Spencer Victoria Saunders

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

On Crown-free Set Families, Diffusion State Difference, and Non-uniform Hypergraphs , Edward Lawrence Boehnlein

Structure of the Stable Marriage and Stable Roommate Problems and Applications , Joe Hidakatsu

Binary Quartic Forms over Fp , Daniel Thomas Kamenetsky

On a Constant Associated with the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott Problem , Maria E. Markovich

Some Extremal And Structural Problems In Graph Theory , Taylor Mitchell Short

Chebyshev Inversion of the Radon Transform , Jared Cameron Szi

Modeling of Structural Relaxation By A Variable-Order Fractional Differential Equation , Su Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Modeling, Simulation, and Applications of Fractional Partial Differential Equations , Wilson Cheung

The Packing Chromatic Number of Random d-regular Graphs , Ann Wells Clifton

Commutator Studies in Pursuit of Finite Basis Results , Nathan E. Faulkner

Avoiding Doubled Words in Strings of Symbols , Michael Lane

A Survey of the Kinetic Monte Carlo Algorithm as Applied to a Multicellular System , Michael Richard Laughlin

Toward the Combinatorial Limit Theory of free Words , Danny Rorabaugh

Trees, Partitions, and Other Combinatorial Structures , Heather Christina Smith

Fast Methods for Variable-Coefficient Peridynamic and Non-Local Diffusion Models , Che Wang

Modeling and Computations of Cellular Dynamics Using Complex-fluid Models , Jia Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

The Non-Existence of a Covering System with all Moduli Distinct, Large and Square-Free , Melissa Kate Bechard

Explorations in Elementary and Analytic Number Theory , Scott Michael Dunn

Independence Polynomials , Gregory Matthew Ferrin

Turán Problems on Non-uniform Hypergraphs , Jeremy Travis Johnston

On the Group of Transvections of ADE-Diagrams , Marvin Jones

Fake Real Quadratic Orders , Richard Michael Oh

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Shimura Images of A Family of Half-Integral Weight Modular Forms , Kenneth Allan Brown

Sharp Bounds Associated With An Irreducibility Theorem For Polynomials Having Non-Negative Coefficients , Morgan Cole

Deducing Vertex Weights From Empirical Occupation Times , David Collins

Analysis and Processing of Irregularly Distributed Point Clouds , Kamala Hunt Diefenthaler

Generalizations of Sperner's Theorem: Packing Posets, Families Forbidding Posets, and Supersaturation , Andrew Philip Dove

Spectral Analysis of Randomly Generated Networks With Prescribed Degree Sequences , Clifford Davis Gaddy

Selected Research In Covering Systems of the Integers and the Factorization of Polynomials , Joshua Harrington

The Weierstrass Approximation Theorem , LaRita Barnwell Hipp

The Compact Implicit Integration Factor Scheme For the Solution of Allen-Cahn Equations , Meshack K. Kiplagat

Applications of the Lopsided Lovász Local Lemma Regarding Hypergraphs , Austin Tyler Mohr

Study On Covolume-Upwind Finite Volume Approximations For Linear Parabolic Partial Differential Equations , Rosalia Tatano

Coloring Pythagorean Triples and a Problem Concerning Cyclotomic Polynomials , Daniel White

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A Computational Approach to the Quillen-Suslin Theorem, Buchsbaum-Eisenbud Matrices, and Generic Hilbert-Burch Matrices , Jonathan Brett Barwick

Mathematical Modeling and Computational Studies for Cell Signaling , Kanadpriya Basu

Fast Solution Methods For Fractional Diffusion Equations and Their Applications , Treena Basu

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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

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