Honors in Mathematics

Candidates need departmental approval based on mathematical maturity, creativity, and the ability to do independent work in order to register for 313-49300 Honors Course. Final approval for honors is decided by a department vote. Honors in mathematics are awarded only upon recommendation of the department faculty.

Candidates are expected to complete an honors thesis and give a presentation to the faculty on their work.

Honors Theses

• 2008-2009
  Matthew Mastroeni
  Mentor: James Conklin
  An Axiomatic Formulation of Quantum Mechanics
• 2007-2008
  Matthew Rogala
  Mentor: Osman Yurekli
  Generalization of the Genocchi Numbers to their q-analogue
• 2006-2007
  Maksim Sipos
  Mentor: David Brown
  Dynamical Plane Structures in the Parameter Plane of Cosine-root Family (PDF)
• 2005-2006
  Walter Hannah
  Mentor: David Brown
  Internal Rays of the Mandelbrot Set (PDF)
• 2004-2005
  Donny Tang
  Mentor: Thomas Pfaff
  Deletion and Contraction Games: Chromatic Polynomial Proofs and Making Sense of an Apple Tree (PDF)
• 2003-2004
  Matthew Halstead
  Mentor: David Brown
  Dynamics of the Cosine-root Family (PDF)
• 2002-2003
  Carly O'Brien
  Mentor: David Brown
  Minimization of Walking Distance via Subway Metric (PDF)