Senior Theses in Mathematics

Students select a topic related to their concentration and submit their thesis proposal in the spring of their junior year. Under the regular guidance of faculty advisors and evaluators, students continue to research, write, and develop the study over the course of their senior year. The result is a significant piece of research and an established skill set that will enable independent research studies going forward.

Past theses in mathematics include:

• Ethan Ackelsberg, "Competitive Coloring: A Structural Approach" (2016)
• Matthew Meyer, "Another Golden Braid: An Exploration of Formal Systems, Absurdism, Logical Assumption, and What We Learn From Them" (2016)
• Mallie Prytherch, "The Application of Mathematical and Theoretical Methods to the Chinese Housing Market: A Case Study" (2016)
• Nathan Sadowsky, "Two Accounts of History: A Phylogenetic Approach to Reconstructing Gene Trees and Species Trees; or Ninety-Five Theses on Species: A Tree-tise" (2016)
• Melissa Sherman-Bennett, "On Groups and Their Graphs" (2016)
• Gemma Gearhart, "The Algebra of Rubik's Cube" (2014)
• Benjamin Palmer, "Disaster: A Network Analysis of When Engineering Goes Wrong" (2014)
• Miriam Melnick, "An iOS Library for Viewing Complex 3D Models" (2013)
• Thomas Meyer, "Using a Massively Parallel Computer Architecture to Model the Ocean's Biological Pump" (2013)
• Samuel J. Ferguson, "Minimal Surfaces with Harmonic Maps: Soap Bubbles with Imaginary Numbers" (2010)
• Maria Terres, "Invading Lake Mansfield Forest: A Study of Local Invasive Plants" (2008)
• Ashley Christensen, "Geometrical Study of the Quintic Equation" (2004)
• Matthew Todd Farrell, "Fractal Reflections: the Theory of Theta-Schottky Groups and their Fractal Dimensions" (2004)
• Benjamin M. Kalish, "Introduction to Ray Tracing" (2002)
• Benjamin T. Webster, "On Linearly Equivalent Actions and their Applications" (2002)
• Robert Ji Wai Young, "Strategies for Jotto" (2002)
• Jeffrey Legge, "Improving the Accuracy of Vertex Labeling Algorithms" (2001) 
• Sara P. Smollett, "Alice in Mathland: A Mathematical Fantasy" (2000)
• Zoe Sherman, "A Mere Formality: Axiomatic Systems in Counterpoint and Geometry" (1999)