The mathematics faculty are active scholars and teachers. Their research and teaching interests include: logic; mathematical modelling; field independence/dependence; knot theory; mathematics education; lattice theory; topology; graph theory; and group theory.
Debra Boutin came to Hamilton in 1999. She earned her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1991 and her Ph.D. in mathematics from Cornell University in 1998. Her mathematical interests include graph theory, geometric graph theory and group theory. In particular, she works with graphs, their drawings, and their symmetry groups. Her recent papers include "Geometric Graph Homomorphisms" with Sally Cockburn in the Journal of Graph Theory (forthcoming), "Thickness and Chromatic Number of r-Inflated Graphs" with Michael O. Albertson and Ellen Gethner in Discrete Math (forthcoming), and "Determining sets, resolving sets, and the exchange property" in Graphs and Combinatorics 2009.
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Cockburn, who joined the Hamilton faculty in 1991, earned her Ph. D. from Yale University with a doctoral dissertation in algebraic topology. More recently, she has published papers in combinatorial optimization ("On the domino-parity inequalities for the STSP", with Sylvia Boyd and Danielle Vella, in Mathematical Programming Series A 2006) and geometric graph theory ("Geometric Graph Homomorphims", with Debra Boutin, in the Journal of Graph Theory, forthcoming). Among her teaching interests are set theory and the philosophical foundations of mathematics.
Chinthaka Kuruwita received a bachelor's degree in statistics from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and came to the U.S. to pursue graduate studies in 2005. He earned a master's degree and Ph.D in mathematical sciences with a concentration in statistics from Clemson University. Kuruwita's research is focused on new regression models. During his stay in the U.S. he was involved in developing a new modeling strategy to assess suicidal risk of adolescents in the U.S. that was published in Journal of Adolescent Health (2009).
Marisa Hughes received a bachelor's degree in mathematical sciences from Binghamton University. She is currently finishing her doctorate in mathematics at Cornell University, where she received a master's degree in 2009. Her research interests include geometry, topology and combinatorics.
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A far cry from the stereotype of numbers-crunching drudgery, mathematics is a highly creative discipline that balances logic and intuition, analysis and imagination. Mathematics majors at Hamilton make connections across many fields and subjects, applying the sophisticated tools of math to a spectrum of topics. The sheer range of mathematical applications is suggested by the subjects of a few recent student papers: cheating at cards, population growth, traffic flow, employment discrimination, air traffic control and sexuality.
Practicality aside, the majority of Hamilton students who take mathematics do so because they find it interesting in its own right rather than because they need it to achieve some other goal. About 35 to 40 students major in math each year, and the group is divided equally among men and women.
Mathematics is a highly practical discipline, valuable in other courses and professions. Employers in financial, digital and other technical fields put math skills at or near the top of their list of qualities they look for in newcomers. Such majors as economics, computer science, psychology and the hard sciences require math skills as well, making mathematics an appealing minor or double major.
Hamilton graduates in mathematics go on to careers in banking and finance, communication, education, insurance, government and, of course, computer systems and programming. Others enter graduate programs in medicine, law, business, mathematics, applied mathematics statistics, computer science, economics and engineering.
A far cry from the stereotype of numbers-crunching drudgery, mathematics is a highly creative discipline that balances logic and intuition, analysis and imagination. Mathematics majors at Hamilton make connections across many fields and subjects, applying the sophisticated tools of math to a spectrum of topics. The sheer range of mathematical applications is suggested by the subjects of a few recent student papers: cheating at cards, population growth, traffic flow, employment discrimination, air traffic control and sexuality.
Practicality aside, the majority of Hamilton students who take mathematics do so because they find it interesting in its own right rather than because they need it to achieve some other goal. About 35 to 40 students major in math each year, and the group is divided equally among men and women.
Mathematics is a highly practical discipline, valuable in other courses and professions. Employers in financial, digital and other technical fields put math skills at or near the top of their list of qualities they look for in newcomers. Such majors as economics, computer science, psychology and the hard sciences require math skills as well, making mathematics an appealing minor or double major.
Hamilton graduates in mathematics go on to careers in banking and finance, communication, education, insurance, government and, of course, computer systems and programming. Others enter graduate programs in medicine, law, business, mathematics, applied mathematics statistics, computer science, economics and engineering.
A far cry from the stereotype of numbers-crunching drudgery, mathematics is a highly creative discipline that balances logic and intuition, analysis and imagination. Mathematics majors at Hamilton make connections across many fields and subjects, applying the sophisticated tools of math to a spectrum of topics. The sheer range of mathematical applications is suggested by the subjects of a few recent student papers: cheating at cards, population growth, traffic flow, employment discrimination, air traffic control and sexuality.
Practicality aside, the majority of Hamilton students who take mathematics do so because they find it interesting in its own right rather than because they need it to achieve some other goal. About 35 to 40 students major in math each year, and the group is divided equally among men and women.
Mathematics is a highly practical discipline, valuable in other courses and professions. Employers in financial, digital and other technical fields put math skills at or near the top of their list of qualities they look for in newcomers. Such majors as economics, computer science, psychology and the hard sciences require math skills as well, making mathematics an appealing minor or double major.
Hamilton graduates in mathematics go on to careers in banking and finance, communication, education, insurance, government and, of course, computer systems and programming. Others enter graduate programs in medicine, law, business, mathematics, applied mathematics statistics, computer science, economics and engineering.
A far cry from the stereotype of numbers-crunching drudgery, mathematics is a highly creative discipline that balances logic and intuition, analysis and imagination. Mathematics majors at Hamilton make connections across many fields and subjects, applying the sophisticated tools of math to a spectrum of topics. The sheer range of mathematical applications is suggested by the subjects of a few recent student papers: cheating at cards, population growth, traffic flow, employment discrimination, air traffic control and sexuality.
Practicality aside, the majority of Hamilton students who take mathematics do so because they find it interesting in its own right rather than because they need it to achieve some other goal. About 35 to 40 students major in math each year, and the group is divided equally among men and women.
Mathematics is a highly practical discipline, valuable in other courses and professions. Employers in financial, digital and other technical fields put math skills at or near the top of their list of qualities they look for in newcomers. Such majors as economics, computer science, psychology and the hard sciences require math skills as well, making mathematics an appealing minor or double major.
Hamilton graduates in mathematics go on to careers in banking and finance, communication, education, insurance, government and, of course, computer systems and programming. Others enter graduate programs in medicine, law, business, mathematics, applied mathematics statistics, computer science, economics and engineering.
