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Mathematics
The mathematics program is versatile and broad and provides opportunity to explore the major areas of the discipline. Majors select a course of study that emphasizes a specific area of choice. Research and courses abound in mathematical theory (preparation for graduate training in mathematics); probability and statistics (preparation for a career as an actuary or statistician); applications of mathematics; and mathematics education (for secondary school teaching). Researchers in mathematics are highly regarded worldwide in many fields.
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Solving the Arch's Mathematical Mysteries
How the Gateway Arch Got Its Shape
March 16,
2009 -- The Gateway Arch soars above the City of St. Louis. Eero Sarrinen's awe-inspiring design is visually stunning, extraordinarily graceful and an architectural masterpiece, but it is also a mathematical marvel.
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That's just super!
Researchers reveal superfluid-superconductor relationship
Aug. 5,
2008 --
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| A WUSTL researcher and his collaborator have drawn the first detailed picture of the way a superfluid influences the behavior of a superconductor. This could shed light on the behavior of neutron stars, above. |
Scientists have studied superconductors and superfluids for decades. Now, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have drawn the first detailed picture of the way a superfluid influences the behavior of a superconductor. In addition to describing previously unknown superconductor behavior, these calculations could change scientists' understanding of the motion of neutron stars.
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Of time and the River City
National sundial group tours St. Louis area's sundials
Aug. 4,
2008 --
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| A group of about 45 sundial enthusiasts will tour 15 St. Louis area sundials. |
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While we are bombarded daily with gloomy stories about Earth going to a hot place in a handbasket, a group of roughly 45 enthusiasts from around the country are meeting in St. Louis, August 7-10, to celebrate the beauty of the Earth moving around the sun.
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John McCarthy
Professor of Mathematics
John McCarthy's field is a kind of analysis called operator theory, which he defines as the study of matrices in infinite dimensional space. It is most directly linked to quantum mechanics, a physics theory involving elementary particles such as the electron that predicts the outcomes of physical ...
Expertise: mathematics, pure mathematics, operator theory, quantum mechanics
Direct contact: (314) 935-6753
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mccarthy@wustl.edu
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Steven Krantz
Professor and Chair of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences
Steven G. Krantz, Ph.D., is professor and chair of mathematics. He received the Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1974. Several complex variables; harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, geometry, interpolation of operators, complex function theory, and real analysis are among his specialties. ...
Expertise: harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, geometry, interpolation of operators, complex function theory
Media assistance: (314) 935-5272 / tony_fitzpatrick@wustl.edu
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Victor Wickerhauser
Professor of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences
Victor Wickerhauser, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, is an expert in wavelet analysis, a sophisticated kind of harmonic analysis that is integral in analyzing and compressing data — video, sound or photographic, for instance — for a wide range of applications.
Expertise: wavelet analysis, harmonic analysis, compressed data, audio data, video data, fingerprinting analysis
Direct contact: (314) 935-6771
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victor@wustl.edu
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