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What the Boy Scouts Don’t Understand About Knots

By Mitch Rogers
October 08, 2017 12:04 PM
Math professor Mark Hughes specializes in topology.
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BYU Math Students go Abroad to Learn about Jobs

By CPMS News
September 20, 2017 11:44 AM
Members of the Applied Math in Europe study abroad recently returned from an international experience involving eight countries and 11 company visits over the course of three weeks.
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BYU Mathematics Professor Receives National “Hall of Fame” Award

By BYU News
February 05, 2016 11:01 AM
Dr. Tyler Jarvis, professor and former department chair in the BYU Department of Mathematics, recently received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award presented by the Mathematical Association of America. He was presented the award at the Joint Mathematics Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society in early January.
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Math and Mentoring

By Ashley Lee
November 05, 2015 12:30 PM
BYU math professor Paul Jenkins’ passion lies in helping students find their own research projects to work on.
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BYU Professor Adds Research to Newton-Old Science Problem

By Tanner Call
May 20, 2015 10:52 AM
Along with Isaac Newton and other famous scientists, BYU professor Lennard Bakker is adding his research to help explain a classic scientific problem—the n-body problem.
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Balancing Duality: Motherhood and Scholarship

By Mackenzie Brown
March 05, 2015 03:36 PM
Being a mother is hard enough; being a professor is just as difficult. Dr. Amanda Francis, a visiting professor in the Department of Mathematics juggles both roles.
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Tug of War is Not the Answer

By Madison Parks
March 26, 2014 12:06 PM
To measure the speed with which cells move within a living organism, most scientists focus on how hard cells push and pull against each other. But Dr. John Dallon, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, has discovered a different, more effective way.
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Mining Data with Mathematics

By Mackenzie Brown
February 05, 2014 01:00 PM
Companies everywhere are gathering information on their transactions, processes, customers, inventories, etc., and storing that data in-house for analysis; there is only one question: how does one analyze the vast amounts of data being collected?
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You’ve Been Watermarked

By Madison Parks
January 29, 2014 12:09 PM
A teary-eyed Hugh Jackman. Statisticians and mathematicians. The US Patent and Trade Office. Hollywood. BYU.
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BYU Math Team: #7 in the Nation

By Curtis Penfold
March 29, 2013 12:46 PM
When competing against Harvard and Virginia Tech, it’s not easy to be in the top 10, but BYU’s math team did just that by ranking number seven in the annual Putnam Exam.
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A Singular Discovery: Geometry Answers Physics Problems

By Carly Huchendorf
March 26, 2013 12:11 PM
BYU mathematics professor Tyler Jarvis: “I like the fact that mathematical tools aren’t just something to be used in the abstract. Yes, they are beautiful in their own right, but they can also be used to solve problems that many other people are interested in. They can tell us something deep about the nature of the universe.”
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A Model for Success

By Carly Huchendorf
January 31, 2013 11:41 AM
Million-dollar business deals, video games, and life-saving jet planes. What sounds like a weekend blockbuster is actually a small portion of mathematician Sridhar Tayur’s résumé.
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Applying Math, Saving Lives

By Curtis Penfold
January 18, 2013 01:48 PM
Can math really save lives? According to Dr. Sridhar Tayur of Carnegie Mellon—you bet.
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A Winning Formula for Mentoring

By Brian Shaw
December 04, 2012 01:14 PM
Professor Michael Dorff of the Department of Mathematics will be announced as the recipient of the Lawrence K. Egbert Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellowship award at next year’s Annual University Conference.
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Math is Art: A Discovery of Patterns in Complicated Spaces

By Curtis Penfold
October 08, 2012 01:28 PM
“Math is beautiful. It’s like art,” Professor Gregory Conner says.
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Get with the Program: Computer Scientists Making Life Easier for Mathematicians

By Curtis Penfold
October 02, 2012 01:15 PM
You know why we love math? Unbeknownst to most, it helps computer scientists create spam filters.
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BYU Students Awarded NSF Fellowships

By Alysa Kleinman
July 13, 2012 11:53 AM
What does Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, have in common with four students from the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences?
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BYU Calculus in the Sweet Sixteen

By Alysa Kleinman
April 09, 2012 01:17 PM
The Department of Mathematics was recognized in March by the biggest professional organization for teaching college-level mathematics: the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), which has over 25,000 members.
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