Mathematics Comps
Modular Forms
Advisor: Alex Barrios
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: Math 261, 361, or 342
Planar Metric Graphs
Advisor: Owen Biesel
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisite: Math 236 only
Exploring Arithmetic Topology
Advisor: Claudio Gómez-Gonzáles
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: None, but Math 342, 352, and 354 are nice to have!
Detecting Gerrymandering in Redistricting Plans
Advisor: Deanna Haunsperger
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: No particular course; It would be helpful if several members of this group (or all) would be able to write programs to perform calculations for the methods we will discuss.
Directed Reading in Algebra, Number Theory, or Combinatorics (you can help choose the topic)
Advisor: Mark Krusemeyer
Terms: Fall/Winter or Winter/Spring (chosen with student input)
Prerequisites: See description; probably at least Math 342
Modeling Plant Population Rescue with ODEs
Video
Advisor: Kate Meyer
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Math 241 – Ordinary Differential Equations
Bringing Math History to the College Math Classroom
Advisor: MurphyKate Montee
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: None
Finite Topological Spaces
Advisor: Steve Scheirer
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: None
Statistics Comps
Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Health Data
Video
Advisor: Deepak Bastola
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisites: Stat 220, Stat 250, Stat 330
Simulation and the Bootstrap
Advisor: Laura Chihara
Terms: Winter/Spring
Prerequisite: Stat 250
Analyzing Time-to-Event Data
Advisor: Adam Loy
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Stat 230 and Stat 250
Extreme Value Analysis
Advisor: Andy Poppick
Terms: Fall/Winter
Prerequisites: Stat 230 and Stat 250