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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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Tracing origins
Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed races
April 8,
2008 -- A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis that includes Alan R. Templeton and the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa has developed a technique to detect the ancestry of disease genes in hybrid, or mixed, human populations. The technique, called expected mutual information (EMI), determines how a set of DNA markers is likely to show the ancestral origin of locations on each chromosome.
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Algorithm finds the network - for genes or the Internet
Math tool finds genetic communities that lead to disease
March 12,
2008 -- Human diseases and social networks seem to have little in common. However, at the crux of these two lies a network, communities within the network, and farther even, substructures of the communities. Weixiong Zhang, Ph.D., Washington University associate professor of computer science and engineering and of genetics, along with his Ph.D. student, Jianhua Ruan, has published an algorithm (a recipe of computer instructions) to automatically discover communities and their subtle structures in various networks.
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Do the math
Consider supplemental math programs as holiday gift
Nov. 12,
2007 --
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| A math problem review session at the Kumon-Ladue math program on Clayton Road in Ladue. |
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Parents of school-aged children might want to think of giving their children an enduring holiday gift this year: enrollment in a supplemental mathematics program. While it can cost anywhere from $80 to $110 a month, the results of practicing mathematics nearly daily is rewarding to both students and parents. In fact, parents might be even bigger recipients of this gift than their children. While their children gain self-esteem and confidence, the parents very likely will feel a sense of relief and pride in their children's accomplishment.
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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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