Project-Based Guide to Undergraduate Research in Mathematics

Pamela E. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.Erik Insko is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida.Aaron Wootton is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon.

• Folding Words Around Trees: Models Inspired by RNA.- Phylogenic Networks.- Tropical Geometry.- Chip Firing Games and Critical Groups.- Counting Tilings by Taking Walks in a Graph.- Beyond Coins, Stamps, and Chicken McNuggets: an Invitation to Numerical Semigroups.- Lateral Movement in Undergraduate Research: Case Studies in Number Theory.- Projects in (t,r) Broadcast Domination.- Squigonometry: Trigonomtry in the p-norm.- Researching in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.- Possible Directions for Both Undergraduate Students and Faculty.- Undergraduate Research in Mathematical Epidemiology.

“The book at hand provides readers with workable, tangible, and sustainable examples of topics and areas for undergraduate mathematics students in the areas of combinatorics, number theory, graph theory, analysis, mathematics education, and applied mathematics (mathematical biology). … This reviewer highly recommends high-impact practices: mentored undergraduate research, capstone projects, and collaborative work. In this volume, mathematics instructors and undergraduates will find deep possibilities for summer projects, senior theses, and capstone seminars.” (Jennifer R. Bowen, The UMAP Journal, Vol. 44 (1), 2023)