Professor Hamaker on the Odds of Winning the Powerball Jackpot

January 11, 2016January 11, 2016 SMC Math/CS

Prof. Charlie Hamaker (aka Mr. Killjoy) was interviewed by CBS-5 reporter John Ramos for a story about the recent $7 million

Research Students

Elijah Soria Presents Research at the JMM

January 8, 2016February 17, 2016 SMC Math/CS

Mathematics senior Elijah Soria presented his research entitled “Some Properties of Generalized k-Pell Sequences” at the MAA Student Poster Session

Maryam Mirzakhani, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University and the only woman to win a Fields Medal, passed away on July 14th after a long battle with cancer. More information about Professor Mirzakhani’s life and accomplishments can be found in her obituary by the American Mathematical Society.

Michel Milinkovitch, Professor of Genetics and Evolution at the University of Geneva has discovered that the color of the scales of an ocellated lizard behave like a cellular automaton. His results were published in Nature. Read more in The New York Times.

Mathematics Associate Professor Moon Duchin of Tufts University has used her expertise in metric geometry to study the gerrymandering problem through a mathematical lens. Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Department of Mathematics & Computer Science

Saint Mary's College of California

Month: January 2016

Professor Hamaker on the Odds of Winning the Powerball Jackpot

Elijah Soria Presents Research at the JMM