Mathematics and Statistics
The goal of the Mathematics and Statistics Department is to enable students to analyze and organize information using quantitative and statistical tools, to reason and argue logically, to employ appropriate problem-solving strategies, and to communicate complex ideas clearly and efficiently.
The Senior Program
Mathematics majors begin the senior year with a senior seminar. These small seminars focus on different areas of mathematics and are devoted largely to presentations by students and intensive discussion. Then, in the spring semester, students may elect to write a thesis, working independently but under close faculty supervision. The senior thesis is a culmination of each student's undergraduate experience; it synthesizes coursework, research and discussion into a focused statement of intellectual growth and insight. Strong student papers sometimes are published in scholarly journals — a remarkable accomplishment at the undergraduate level.
Honors Projects
- Bootstrapping Without Simulations: How the Multinomial Theorem Can Be Applied in Sampling With Replacement Frameworks
- Deriving Optimal Blackjack Strategy
- Abel Summability & Applications
- The Discrete Log Problem: Characterizing Boolean Matrix Behavior Using Circular Matrices
- Pointed Quandle Coloring Quivers of Linkoids
- D.I.N.T.: Double Income, No Taxes (The Banach Tarski Way)
- Double Trouble: Twins and Cotwins in a Circulent Graph
Contact
Department Name
Mathematics and Statistics Department
Contact Name
Michelle LeMasurier, Chair
Clinton, NY 13323
