News, Honors, and Awards in 2005
HMC Alum. Karl Mahlburg '01 Solves Major Problem in Number Theory
Karl Mahlburg '01 (now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin) has proved a sixty-year old conjecture in number theory, first posted by Freeman Dyson in the 1940's, and building on the work of George Andrews and Ken Ono. The New Scientist has a detailed article; Malhburg is also collecting press reports.
There are also news features in Science and Scientific American (planned). We are very proud of Karl!
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
The Mathematics Departments of CMC, HMC, Pitzer, Pomona, and Scripps Colleges were awarded a 3-year REU NSF grant in 2005. The principal investigator of the grant is Prof. Jim Hoste (Pitzer) and the Co-PI is Mario Martelli (CMC). [more...]
Click here to see the entire list of NSF REU sites.
Pathways comes to Harvey Mudd College
Pathways is a Los Angeles area mathematics outreach program based in the Department of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. All volunteers are professional mathematicians who are eager to share their love of mathematics with elementary, junior high, and high school students. [ read more ]