Applied mathematics pathway
Interested in applied math at Williams? See this recommended pathway through the mathematics major! … Continue reading »
Mathematics
Graduation Breakfast
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Williams College invites graduating mathematics and statistics majors, their families, and guests to attend a breakfast on Commencement morning, Sunday, June 4, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Mathematics and Statistics Library, Bronfman Science Center. Please join us for coffee,… Continue reading »
William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
On an intermittently snowy December 3, 2016, twenty-seven Williams students gathered in Bronfman to take on the 77th Annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, one of the most notoriously challenging math contests in the world! Fueled by determination, coffee, and Professor Miller’s inspirational music playlist, these Ephs used their mathematical… Continue reading »
Colloquium Fest 2017
The 2017 Mathematics Colloquium Fest will be on Tuesday January 24, from 9:30am – 2:20pm in Bonfman 103-106. Sixteen Mathematics seniors give colloquium talks in three or four parallel sessions, with a pizza lunch break. Here is the detailed schedule of the 2017 Colloquium Fest: 9:30 – 10:05 BSC 104… Continue reading »
Williams College defends the Green Chicken!
The 39th Annual Green Chicken math contest was held at Williams College on Saturday November 12, with Williams and Middlebury students taking on challenging math conundrums to compete for the beloved Green Chicken trophy. Williams successfully defended the Green Chicken, with Elijah Fromm ’17, Ian Banta ’19, and Abe Leite ’20… Continue reading »
[email protected] and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences
September 15-October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time when we recognize the accomplishments and contributions of [email protected] and Hispanics in the United States while celebrating the culture and heritage. Every day during this month the website www.lathisms.org – standing for [email protected] and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences –… Continue reading »
The Mathematics of Coral Reef Health
Assistant Professor Julie Blackwood, together with her summer research students and collaborators from Bennington College use mathematics to investigate the deterioration of coral reefs in the Cayman Islands and possible solutions to this problem, including the reintroduction of sea urchins. More information about their work can be found in the… Continue reading »
Blended Upper Level Math Classes
In September 2016, a team of mathematics faculty, technologists and instructional designers from six leading liberal arts colleges (LACOL member schools Amherst, Haverford, Pomona, Swarthmore, Vassar and Williams) are launching a new collaboration to explore blended course sharing for select topics in advanced mathematics. The goal of the project is… Continue reading »
SARS at Williams – let’s hope not.
by Prof. Lauren Childs Imagine a SARS outbreak in quaint Williamstown – that’s exactly what Varun Bhadkamkar ’17, Anthony Brooks ’16, Jack Ferguson ’17, Connor Mulhall ’17, and Annie Sher ’17 did in their Math 307 final project. The SARS group built a network model of the Williams College undergraduate… Continue reading »
The Banach-Mazur Game by John Damstra
This spring, I presented my senior colloquium on a topological game called the Banach-Mazur Game. This game was formulated by Stanislaw Mazur in 1935. It is the earliest example of an infinite game with perfect information. The game proceeds as follows. Continue reading. . John Damstra is a… Continue reading »
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