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Mathematics instructors publish a new mathematics of finance textbook

Our mathematics instructors Allison Cointot and Christy Sue Langley have published a mathematics of finance textbook. Their e-book is Mathematics of Finance: An Algebraic Approach, Great River Learning, (2021), ISBN: 9781644967928.

Mathematics graduate Björn Guðjónsson honored

ICMA-VIII funding request form

International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

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ICMA-VIII abstract submission form

International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems

October 28-30, 2022

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

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International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems

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Caleb Macdonald earns praise for presentation

Mathematics graduate student Joshua Caleb Macdonald received special recognition for his contributed presentation, Modeling COVID-19 outbreaks in United States with distinct testing, lockdown speed and fatigue rates, to the Mathematical Epidemiology section of the 2021 Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting. The meeting, organized by the University of California, Riverside, was held virtually on June 13 - 17, 2021.

Undergraduate research activities

Many of our undergraduate mathematics majors are conducting academic research. A few recent examples are described below.

During Fall 2020 our undergraduate mathematics major Maxwell Lovig completed a research project Tick population modeling under the direction of Ross Chiquet and Amy Veprauskas.

During Fall 2020 our undergraduate mathematics majors Maddie Angerdina and Ian Bonin completed a research project Dynamics of a smallmouth bass populations with harvesting under the direction of Ross Chiquet and Amy Veprauskas.

Krishnamoorthy Outstanding Doctoral Mentor

Dr. Krishnamoorthy was honored by the graduate school as one of five Outstanding Doctoral Mentors for 2019-2020. Our most productive PhD advisor, Krishnamoorthy has directed 28 PhD's!

Bayard and Kane graduate summa cum laude!

Mathematics graduates Christopher Andrew Bayard and Maxwell Reigner Kane are among the ten college of sciences graduates (27 university graduates) who graduated summa cum laude!

As noted above, the Spring 2021 class stands out for academic achievement. Overall, twenty-seven undergraduate students were recognized as summa cum laude graduates for achieving 4.0 GPAs. The group is the largest ever to earn perfect GPAs. The ten honorees from the college of sciences are:

College of Sciences Outstanding Graduate

Maxwell Reigner Kane is the Spring 2021 Outstanding Graduate for the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences.

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