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Extended Book Review: Mathematics In Popular Culture: Essays On Appearances In Film, Fiction, Games, Television And Other Media, Edited By Jessica K. Sklar And Elizabeth S. Sklar; Loving+Hating Mathematics: Challenging The Myths Of Mathematical Life, By Reuben Hersh And Vera John-Steiner; Mathematicians: An Outer View Of The Inner World, By Mariana Cook, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
I was delighted to have the opportunity to review three books on a topic near and dear to my heart. In recent years it has become a passion of mine to think of and speak about the place of mathematics in the real world, in the world of those who are not doing mathematics for a living. I care about the applications and the implications of mathematics, but more than that, I care about the feelings and the impressions attached to it. Often math anxiety or skepticism comes up; the latter may be due to how frequently others (mis)use statistics, …
Quotients Of Gaussian Primes, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Quotients Of Gaussian Primes, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
It has been observed many times, both in the Monthly and elsewhere, that the set of all quotients of prime numbers is dense in the positive real numbers. In this short note we answer the related question: "Is the set of all quotients of Gaussian primes dense in the complex plane?"
Review: Unitary Equivalence To Truncated Toeplitz Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Review: Unitary Equivalence To Truncated Toeplitz Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Encyclopedia Of Mathematics And Society, Gizem Karaali
Book Review: Encyclopedia Of Mathematics And Society, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society is an impressive achievement of collective effort and serious thought, an amazing collection of delightful, unexpected essays, a sourcebook for students and teachers alike. The experience of reading the EMS was, for this encyclopedia enthusiast, enlightening and enjoyable.
If any librarians out there are still wondering, let me be clear: I strongly recommend this encyclopedia. For individuals, the expense might well be an initial turn-off; keeping in mind that the hard copy books come with online access to the same content might alleviate some of the pain.
As for me? I expect to enjoy …
The Brave New World Of Open Access & Creative Commons: A Humanistic Experiment In Mathematical Publishing, Gizem Karaali
The Brave New World Of Open Access & Creative Commons: A Humanistic Experiment In Mathematical Publishing, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
In January 2011 the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (JHM) published its first issue. JHM (http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm) is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access journal which has passed the all important ten-thousand-download barrier in its first anniversary. In order to remain faithful to the fundamental principles of open access, JHM uses Creative Commons licensing, where authors retain copyright of their work, but others are free to reuse them (with proper attribution). In this note I share and reflect upon our experience with open access and Creative Commons.
On The Matrix Equation Xa + Ax_T = 0, Ii, Alice Zhuo-Yu Chan '14, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Amy L. Shoemaker '14
On The Matrix Equation Xa + Ax_T = 0, Ii, Alice Zhuo-Yu Chan '14, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Amy L. Shoemaker '14
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The matrix equation $XA + AX^T = 0$ was recently introduced by De Ter\'an and Dopico to study the dimension of congruence orbits. They reduced the study of this equation to a number of special cases, several of which have not been explicitly solved. In this note we obtain an explicit, closed-form solution in the difficult Type 0-I interaction case.
Supercharacters, Exponential Sums, And The Uncertainty Principle, J.L. Brumbaugh '13, Madeleine Bulkow '14, Patrick S. Fleming, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Gizem Karaali, Matt Michal '15, Andrew P. Turner '14
Supercharacters, Exponential Sums, And The Uncertainty Principle, J.L. Brumbaugh '13, Madeleine Bulkow '14, Patrick S. Fleming, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Gizem Karaali, Matt Michal '15, Andrew P. Turner '14
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The theory of supercharacters, which generalizes classical character theory, was recently introduced by P. Diaconis and I.M. Isaacs, building upon earlier work of C. Andre. We study supercharacter theories on $(Z/nZ)^d$ induced by the actions of certain matrix groups, demonstrating that a variety of exponential sums of interest in number theory (e.g., Gauss, Ramanujan, and Kloosterman sums) arise in this manner. We develop a generalization of the discrete Fourier transform, in which supercharacters play the role of the Fourier exponential basis. We provide a corresponding uncertainty principle and compute the associated constants in several cases.
School Choice As A One-Sided Matching Problem: Cardinal Utilities And Optimization, Sinan Aksoy, Alexander Adam Azzam, Chaya Coppersmith, Julie Glass, Gizem Karaali, Xueying Zhao, Xinjing Zhu
School Choice As A One-Sided Matching Problem: Cardinal Utilities And Optimization, Sinan Aksoy, Alexander Adam Azzam, Chaya Coppersmith, Julie Glass, Gizem Karaali, Xueying Zhao, Xinjing Zhu
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
The school choice problem concerns the design and implementation of matching mechanisms that produce school assignments for students within a given public school district. Previously considered criteria for evaluating proposed mechanisms such as stability, strategyproofness and Pareto efficiency do not always translate into desirable student assignments. In this note, we explore a class of one-sided, cardinal utility maximizing matching mechanisms focused exclusively on student preferences. We adapt a well-known combinatorial optimization technique (the Hungarian algorithm) as the kernel of this class of matching mechanisms. We find that, while such mechanisms can be adapted to meet desirable criteria not met by …
Selma Karaali And Artemis Karaali, Gizem Karaali
Selma Karaali And Artemis Karaali, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
A blog about grandmothers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
A Method For Generating Realistic Correlation Matrices, Johanna S. Hardin, Stephan Ramon Garcia, David Golan
A Method For Generating Realistic Correlation Matrices, Johanna S. Hardin, Stephan Ramon Garcia, David Golan
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
Simulating sample correlation matrices is important in many areas of statistics. Approaches such as generating Gaussian data and finding their sample correlation matrix or generating random uniform $[-1,1]$ deviates as pairwise correlations both have drawbacks. We develop an algorithm for adding noise, in a highly controlled manner, to general correlation matrices. In many instances, our method yields results which are superior to those obtained by simply simulating Gaussian data. Moreover, we demonstrate how our general algorithm can be tailored to a number of different correlation models. Using our results with a few different applications, we show that simulating correlation matrices …
Review: Cyclicity Results For Some Antianalytic Toeplitz Operators Acting On H^P, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Review: Cyclicity Results For Some Antianalytic Toeplitz Operators Acting On H^P, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Review: On Some Bergman Shift Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Review: On Some Bergman Shift Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
The Graphic Nature Of Gaussian Periods, William Duke, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Bob Lutz '13
The Graphic Nature Of Gaussian Periods, William Duke, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Bob Lutz '13
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
Recent work has shown that the study of supercharacters on abelian groups provides a natural framework with which to study the properties of certain exponential sums of interest in number theory. Our aim here is to initiate the study of Gaussian periods from this novel perspective. Among other things, this approach reveals that these classical objects display a dazzling array of visual patterns of great complexity and remarkable subtlety.
The Graphic Nature Of The Symmetric Group, J.L. Brumbaugh '13, Madeleine Bulkow '14, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Matt Michal '15, Andrew P. Turner '14
The Graphic Nature Of The Symmetric Group, J.L. Brumbaugh '13, Madeleine Bulkow '14, Luis Alberto Garcia '14, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Matt Michal '15, Andrew P. Turner '14
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
We investigate a remarkable class of exponential sums which are derived from the symmetric groups and which display a diverse array of visually appealing features. Our interest in these expressions stems not only from their astounding visual properties, but also from the fact that they represent a novel and intriguing class of supercharacters.
Topological Symmetry Groups Of Graphs In 3-Manifolds, Erica Flapan, Harry Tamvakis
Topological Symmetry Groups Of Graphs In 3-Manifolds, Erica Flapan, Harry Tamvakis
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
We prove that for every closed, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold there exists an alternating group A_n which is not the topological symmetry group of any graph embedded in the manifold. We also show that for every finite group G there is an embedding T of some graph in a hyperbolic rational homology 3-sphere such that the topological symmetry group of T is isomorphic to G.
The Brave New World Of Open Access & Creative Commons: A Humanistic Experiment In Mathematical Publishing, Gizem Karaali
The Brave New World Of Open Access & Creative Commons: A Humanistic Experiment In Mathematical Publishing, Gizem Karaali
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
In January 2011 the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (JHM) published its first issue. JHM (http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm) is an online-only, peer-reviewed, open-access journal which has passed the all-important ten-thousand-download barrier in its first anniversary. In order to remain faithful to the fundamental principles of open access, JHM uses Creative Commons licensing, where authors retain copyright of their work, but others are free to reuse them (with proper attribution). In this note I share and reflect upon our experience with open access and Creative Commons.
On The Norm Closure Problem For Complex Symmetric Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Daniel E. Poore '11
On The Norm Closure Problem For Complex Symmetric Operators, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Daniel E. Poore '11
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
We prove that the set of all complex symmetric operators on a separable, infinite-dimensional Hilbert space is not norm closed.