Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
[Summer 2003 REU cancelled due to funding issues]
Summer 2002 REU
Eligibility: Undergraduate students from
universities and colleges may apply.
Stipend: Each participant in the program will be
paid a stipend of (at least) $2,700 for an 8-week project. The dates
are now firm: 24 June - 16 Aug, 2002. Dorm room and meal-plan expenses
will be subtracted directly from student stipends. We will have
reserved a block of dormitory rooms as one easy and relatively
inexpensive choice for housing and meals.
To apply, send
- A letter indicating your interest in a particular project.
- Explanation of your mathematics background, specifically the
mathematics (and related) courses you've taken, the texts you used,
which parts you covered, and the grades you received. Please do also
explain any additional background relevant to the project you're
interested in.
- Two letters of recommendation from your mathematics teachers
to
Professor Paul Garrett, Director, REU
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
206 Church Street SE, 127 Vincent Hall
Minneapolis MN 55455
email: garrett@math.umn.edu
Initial application deadline : April 7, 2002.
Information about 2001's and 2000's programs below.
Summer 2001 REU
In summer 2001 we offered a program of
opportunities for undergraduate students to work with faculty on
research projects in a variety of topics in pure and applied
mathematics. Information about 2000's program follows 2001's.
- Mentors
- Scot Adams
...
[ modeling traffic
]
- Rachel Kuske
...
[ pricing
exotic options, ... noise sensitivity in localized buckling
... biological models of neural response]
- Vic Reiner
...
[ "Tree groups of shifted graphs"
] ... [paper: "The critical group of a threshold
graph" ]
- Hans Peder Christianson, Univ. of Minnesota Twin Cities
- Hyung Kim, Univ. of Minnesota at Morris
- Paul Garrett
...
[ "number theory,
cryptology, coding, modular forms, ..."]
- Laura Chasman, California Institute of Technology
- Ben Chastek, St. Mary's University,
On the infinitude of primes
- Kevin Costello, California Institute of Technology ...
Partitions
- Michel D'sa, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, MN
- Lee Dicker, McGill University ...
The
Hasse-Minkowski Theorem
- Ali Elgindi, Memorial Park High School, Eau Claire, WI
- McKenzie Lamb, Beloit College
- Natalie Linnell, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Christina Mulligan, Harvard University
- Mohammad Zaki, Minnesota State University at Mankato ...
Quadratic Fields and Transcendental Numbers
Eligibility: Undergraduate students from universities and
four-year colleges may apply.
Stipend: Each participant in the program will be
paid a stipend of (at least) $2,500 for an 8-week project, tentatively
4 June - 30 July, 2001. Room and board expenses will be paid for by
each student from their stipend. We will have reserved a block of
dormitory rooms as one easy and relatively inexpensive choice for
housing and meals.
To apply, send
- A letter indicating your interest in a particular project.
- Explanation of your mathematics background, specifically the
mathematics (and related) courses you've taken, the texts you used,
which parts you covered, and the grades you received. Please do also
explain any additional background relevant to the project you're
interested in.
- Two letters of recommendation from your mathematics teachers
to
Professor Paul Garrett, Director, REU
School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
206 Church Street SE, 127 Vincent Hall
Minneapolis MN 55455
Initial application deadline : April 7, 2001.
Summer 2000 REU
In the summer of 2000 several undergraduate
students worked with faculty on research projects. Below are the
project descriptions, the students on each project, and links to their
papers.