23 faculty and 0 courses in Mathematics at Amherst College.
- David A. Cox, William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus h-index 50
Most of my research involves algebraic geometry, which is the field of mathematics that studies geometric objects by means of algebra. Some aspects of my work are very abstract, while others are more computational and applied. There are har
Notable: “Making a Science of Model Search: Hyperparameter Optimization in Hundreds of Dimensions for Vision Architectures” (2013) · 1,648 citations
- Amanda L. Folsom, Bicentennial Professor of Mathematics h-index 18
I specialize in Number Theory, one of the oldest branches of mathematics which also continues to be a field of active research today. In particular, I study modular and mock modular forms (certain complex-valued functions), harmonic Maass f
Notable: “MOCK THETA FUNCTIONS AND QUANTUM MODULAR FORMS” (2013) · 73 citations
- Robert L. Benedetto, William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics h-index 17
Notable: “A wavelet theory for local fields and related groups” (2004) · 173 citations
- Daniel J. Velleman, Julian H. Gibbs '46 Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus h-index 15
Much of my research has been in the field of mathematical logic, particularly set theory. However, I have published papers in a wide range of fields, including combinatorics, probability, topology, analysis, philosophy of mathematics, and f
Notable: “American Mathematical Monthly” (2010) · 643 citations
- Jessica Sidman, Brian E. Boyle Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science; Associate Department Chair of Mathematics h-index 12
My research lies at the intersection of computational commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, combinatorics, and applications. One of the major threads of inquiry in commutative algebra is to try to understand algebraic properties of
Notable: “A sharp bound for the Castelnuovo–Mumford regularity of subspace arrangements” (2002) · 61 citations
- Yongheng Zhang, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics h-index 12
Notable: “A dynamic planning model for deploying service functions chain in fog-cloud computing” (2022) · 55 citations
- Xiaoqian Gong, Assistant Professor of Mathematics h-index 11
My main mathematical research interest lies in mathematical analysis and application. Throughout my career, my research has been to develop new analytical mathematical tools to solve real-life problems. Meanwhile, my mathematical research f
Notable: “Limitations and Improvements of the Intelligent Driver Model (IDM)” (2022) · 77 citations
- Ryan J. Alvarado, Associate Professor of Mathematics h-index 10
My research lies at the junction of Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs), and a large portion of my work falls under the scope of the general program aimed at studying the interrelationship between geometry and analys
Notable: “RAF inhibitors prime wild-type RAF to activate the MAPK pathway and enhance growth” (2010) · 1,628 citations
- Gregory S. Call, Peter R. Pouncey Professor of Mathematics h-index 8
Notable: “Canonical heights on varieties with morphisms” (1993) · 238 citations
- Ivan Contreras, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Class Dean h-index 8
My research lies at the intersection of geometry, topology and mathematical physics. There are two different ways to understand physical systems. One is called classical, the analysis of phenomena at a macroscopic level, and the other one i
Notable: “Fourth Avenue Landslide during 1964 Alaskan Earthquake” (1998) · 49 citations
- David Zureick-Brown, Professor of Mathematics h-index 7
I am broadly interested in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and algebraic geometry, with some side interests in combinatorics and commutative algebra, and with a focused interest on the arithmetic of varieties, stacks, arithmetic statist
Notable: “Elliptic curves over ℚ $\mathbb {Q}$ and 2-adic images of Galois” (2015) · 64 citations
- Michael C. Ching, Professor of Mathematics h-index 7
Notable: “Operads and chain rules for the calculus of functors” (2018) · 28 citations
- Harris B. Daniels, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Department Chair of Mathematics h-index 7
Notable: “Torsion subgroups of rational elliptic curves over the compositum of all cubic fields” (2016) · 19 citations
- Nathan K. Pflueger, Associate Professor of Mathematics h-index 5
My research centers on algebraic geometry. Algebraic geometry is a very old subject that sits at a nexus between abstract algebra, number theory, complex analysis, and geometry. My own research focuses on using combinatorics to solve proble
Notable: “Bitangents of tropical plane quartic curves” (2015) · 28 citations
- Joseph Palmer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics h-index 4
Professor Palmer's research is centered around various aspects of a field known as symplectic geometry. Symplectic geometry has a history spanning hundreds of years, and was originally developed as the mathematical formulation of clas
Notable: “Monitoring protoplast production from plant cells” (1975) · 12 citations
- Miriam Kuzbary, Assistant Professor of Mathematics h-index 1
Geometric Topology, Low dimensional Topology, Knot Theory, Group Theory My mathematical interests lie at the intersection of group theory and topology; I am curious about groups whose elements are topological spaces themselves, like three-m
Notable: “Link Concordance and Groups” (2019) · 3 citations
- Aamir Rasheed, Lecturer in Mathematics
- Danielle L. Benedetto, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
- Fanhui Xu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- Jenna Zomback, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Professor Zomback’s research area is descriptive set theory, which combines techniques from analysis, topology, combinatorics, and logic to study definable sets and functions in separable complete metric spaces—such as the real numbers, the
- Joe Kraisler, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
My research interests are primarily in applied mathematics and partial differential equations. Mathematically, I employ techniques from functional and harmonic analysis, spectral theory, asymptotic analysis, and probability theory. Physical
- Katherine E. Moore, Lecturer in Mathematics
- Seok Hyun Byun, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
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