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The mathematics program at St. Olaf is nationally recognized for innovative and effective teaching, for scholarship, and for service to the profession. We see mathematics as interesting, important, useful, and appropriate for students with a wide variety of interests. Welcome to our mathematical community.
[edit] What's Happening in St. Olaf Math?
Watch this spot for news of colloquia and other weekly events.
[edit] Every Week!
1. Math Problem Solving Group FALL 2009: Thursdays at 6:30 in RNS 204
The Math Problem Solving Group meets weekly to work on a variety of problems, often with a central theme, and to discuss problem-solving strategies. Additionally, students can use the meetings to prepare for the MAA North Central Section Team Contest, the Putnam Exam, the Konhauser Problemfest, the COMAP modeling contest, and other math competitions. This is an excellent exercise for students pursuing careers in math education and for students contemplating graduate mathematical study.
2. Weekly MSCS Game Night, Wednesdays 6:45 P.M.
Science Center 188
All game enthusiasts are welcome to come to SC 188 on Wednesday nights at 6:45 PM to play a variety of mathematical and other board games. Past games have included Hawaiian checkers, and Settlers of Catan, to name a few. Goodies will be served.
Why you should be there:
- Lots of Fun
- Meet new friends
- Improve your reasoning skills
3. GRE Review Sessions
If you are planning to take the GRE Mathematics Subject test this year, now is the time to review. This fall, Professor Woo will be holding evening review sessions for the GRE math subject test. If you are interested in attending the sessions, please email Prof. Woo (woo@stolaf.edu).[edit] Department News
In the Press:
- Nate Clement '10 and Thomas McConville '09, claimed victory at the Mathematical Association of America's team competition this fall. Team Euler, named in honor of the 18th-century Swiss mathematician, came in first out of 72 teams from 28 colleges and universities of the North Central Section of the MAA. See article here.
- Two student mathematics research teams have papers published in the latest issue of the Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal. Nathan Langholz, `08, and Joe Usset, `08 published their results in Counting Containment Partitions. Katie Evans, '09, and Trygve Wastvedt, '08 published A Combinatorial Proof of an Identity of Andrews
- Katie Evans '09 won top honors for a presentation of her research at the Mathematical Association of America's national meeting in Madison, Wis., August 2008. See article here
- Association of American Colleges and Universities write about St. Olaf's Math Department! See article here.
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Be an ECMS scholar: exciting scholarship opportunities
Encouraging Careers in the Mathematical Sciences (ECMS) is a new program open to St. Olaf students who intend to graduate with a major in mathematics and are interested in pursuing careers in the mathematical sciences. The goal is to increase the number of students who graduate from St. Olaf who are prepared to work in a 21st century, quantitatively intensive world. Click here for more information.
International scholars: examples of recent exciting summer research opportunities
With significant support from the National Science Foundation and St. Olaf College, the MSCS department sponsored three undergraduate research scholars in each of the last two summers. These undergraduates joined teams of professional researcher real analysts at one of two host institutions, Lodz University in Poland and Silesian University in the Czech Republic. Click here for much more information.
View profiles of recent alumni/ae