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Undergraduate Research

JOURNAL PAPERS BASED ON RESEARCH DONE AT ONU WITH ONU STUDENTS AS CO-AUTHORS

    1. Mihai Caragiu and Courtney J. Brown: Quadratic residues and a special class of polynomials, Far East Journal of Mathematical Education, Volume 8, Issue 1, 43-50 (February 2012);
    2. Mihai Caragiu, Lauren Sutherland and Mohammad Zaki, Multidimensional Greatest Prime Factor Sequences, JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 187-195 (December 2011);
    3. Mihai Caragiu and Ashley Risch, An Euler-Fibonacci Sequence, Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 1-7 (May 2011)
    4. Greg Back and Mihai Caragiu, The Greatest Prime Factor and Recurrent Sequences, Fibonacci Quarterly 48, no. 4, 358-362 (November 2010);
    5. Mihai Caragiu and Greg Back: The Greatest Prime Factor and Related Magmas, JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, 15(2), 127-136 (December 2009)
    6. Mihai Caragiu and John Holodnak: On Sampling Periodic Functions, Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 29 (1), 145-149 (April 2008)
    7. Mihai Caragiu and Nathan Baxter: A note on  p-adic Ducci games, JP J. of Algebra, Number Theory and Appl. 8 (1), 115-120 (June 2007)
    8. Mihai Caragiu, Ronald A. Johns and Justin Gieseler: Quasi-random Structures from Elliptic Curves, JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, 6 (3), 561-571 (December 2006)
    9. Mihai Caragiu and Lisa Scheckelhoff:  The Greatest Prime Factor and Related Sequences, JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, 6 (2), 403-409 (August 2006)
    10. Nathan Baxter and Mihai Caragiu: Arithmetic Properties of Some Special Sums, JP Journal of Algebra, Number Theory and Applications, 4 (3), 455-463 (December 2004)

      CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

      • Kristi Patton, Sandra Schroeder and Richard Daquila: An Investigation of Continued Fractions, Electonic Proceedings of Undergraduate Mathematics Day, Volume 2, Nov. 2005.

      ArXiv e-prints

      • Mihai Caragiu and Jacob L. Johanssen, Fibonacci-Lucas densities, math.GM/0603232

       

      Recent Capstone Presentations by ONU Math/Stat Majors

      CONTRIBUTED TALKS/POSTERS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

       

      75. Caitlin Zook: My Relentless Struggle with a Sangaku Problem
      2012 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Xavier University
      [advisor: Dr. Donald Hunt]

      74. Tommy Steinberger: On Bernoulli's Inequality
      2012 Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, March 3, Siena Heights University

      [advisor: Dr. Mohammad Zaki]

      73. Ashley Ernst, Morgan Hammer, Mitchell Thayer and Matt Tremains : A Nice Relation in Triangle Geometry
      2012 Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, March 3, Siena Heights University
      [advisor: Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      72. Emily Barbee, David Kauffman, Katie Klopp and Liz Spingola: On The Product of Binomial Coefficients
      2012 Michigan Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, March 3, Siena Heights University
      [advisor: Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      71. Joe Mileski: The Mathematical Relationship between Musical Phrases [poster presentation]
      MAA Undergraduate Poster Session, 2012 Joint Mathematical Meetings, Boston

      [advisor: Dr. William Fuller]

      70. Lauren Cassell: Guarding a Koch Fractal Art Gallery [poster presentation]
      MAA Undergraduate Poster Session, 2012 Joint Mathematical Meetings, Boston

      [advisor: Dr. William Fuller]

      69. Courtney J. Brown: Special Polynomial Interpolation over Finite Fields
      2011 Undergraduate Mathematics Day, University of Dayton

      [advisor: Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      68. Joseph Mileski: Paths of Melody Lines on Circles
      2011 Ohio MAA Fall Meeting, University of Findlay
      [advisor: Dr. William Fuller]

      67. Lauren Cassell: Guarding a Koch Fractal Art Gallery
      2011 Ohio MAA Fall Meeting, University of Findlay
      [advisor: Dr. William Fuller]

      66. Molly Eickholt: Simplifying Ford Links
      2011 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Youngstown State University

      [advisor: Dr. Donald Hunt]

      65. Kristin Elix: Maximizing The Product of Two Multi-Digit Numbers
      2011 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Youngstown State University

      [advisor: Dr. Harold Putt]

      64. David Mangus: Ways in Which I was Wrong
      2011 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Youngstown State University

      [advisor: Dr. Donald Hunt]

      63. Ashley Risch: An Euler-Fibonacci Sequence
      Miami University Fall Conference, 2010

      [advisor: Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      62. Lauren Cassell, Joseph Mileski and Christopher Iliff: "Hyperbolic" Nine Point Circles
      2010 Ohio MAA Fall Meeting, Ursuline College

      [advisor: Dr. William Fuller]

      61. Axel Brandt and Nicholas Erickson: Efficiencies of Factorization Algorithms on RSA Encryption
      (poster presentation) 2010 Posters on the Capitol, Columbus, OH
      [advisors: Dr. Mohammad Zaki and Dr. Nathaniel Bird]

      60. Greg Back: The Greatest Prime Factor Function and Some Applications
      2010 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Kent State University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      59. Kevin Earnest: Perturbations in the Aerospace Sequence of Attitude Determination Using Quaternions
      2010 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Kent State University
      [advisor Dr. William Fuller]

      58. John Holodnak: The Perron-Frobenius Theorem with Applications to Sports Ranking Models
      2010 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Kent State University
      [REU advisor Dr. Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University]

      57. Caitlin Zook: A Nonvanishing Result for Certain Sums …
      2010 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Kent State University
      [advisor Dr. Mohammad Zaki]

      56. John Holodnak: Rush versus Pass:Modeling the NFL
      (poster presentation) 2010 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Francisco
      [REU advisor Dr. Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University]

      55. Greg Back: A Prime Addition Commutative Magma
      (poster presentation) 2010 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Francisco
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      54. Andrew Magyar: Edgar Structures on Manifolds
      (poster presentation) 2009 Mathfest, Portland OR
      [advisor Dr. William Fuller]

      53. John Holodnak: Rush versus Pass: Modeling the NFL
      2009 Ohio MAA Fall Meeting, Kenyon College
      [REU advisor Dr. Carl D. Meyer, North Carolina State University]

      52. Axel Brandt: Characterisation of Ford Links
      Undergraduate Knot Theory Conference, Denison University, 13-15 July 2009
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      51. Joshua Stoffel: Maxwell's equations
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Khristo Boyadzhiev]

      50. Joshua Szekely: Annular and annular-like functions
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      49. Gregory Back: The Jacobi symbol and cryptography
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      48. Eric Gossett: Hailstones in tornadoes
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Bill Fuller]

      47. Sharon Binkley: One-time pad and text visualization
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      46. John Holodnak: Sudoku and binary integer programming
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      45. Axel Brandt: Characterisation of Ford Links
      2009 Ohio MAA Spring Meeting, Bowling Green.
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      44. Axel Brandt: Characterisation of Ford Links
      (poster presentation) 2009 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, Washington D.C.
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt; co-author - Tyler Dunlap, ONU '08]

      43. John Holodnak: A Stochastic Model of Tuberculosis
      (poster presentation) 2009 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, Washington D.C.
      [advisors Dr.Yuliya Gorb and Dr. Jay Walton, Texas A&M; co-presenter Andrew Basinski]

      42. Andrew Magyar: The Structure of Digroups
      2008 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Marietta College
      [REU advisor Dr. J. D. Phillips, Wabash College]

      41. Christopher Lemon: Markov Chains and the Ising Model
      2008 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Marietta College
      [advisor Dr. Ronald Johns]

      40. Andrew Magyar (ONU), Kyle Prifogle (Wabash College), David White (Bowdoin College),
      and William Young (Purdue University): An Investigation into the Structure of Digroups
      (award-winning poster presentation) 2008 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Diego
      [REU advisor Dr. J. D. Phillips, Wabash College]

      39. John Holodnak: On Sequences Not Satisfying Recurrence Relations
      (poster presentation) 2008 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Diego
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      38. Charise Kazmierczak: Geometry in Rose Windows
      2007 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Shawnee State University
      [advisor Dr. Maria Raiti]

      37. Megan Reese: The Golden Section and Design
      2007 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Shawnee State University
      [advisor Dr. Maria Raiti]

      36. Greg Back: Counting with Transfer Matrices
      2007 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Shawnee State University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      35. John Holodnak: Kronecke's Theorem and Linear Recurrences
      2007 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Shawnee State University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      34. Andrew Homan: An Outline of the Completeness Theorem
      2007 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Shawnee State University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      33. Lisa Scheckelhoff: On a class of recurrent sequences based on the greatest prime factor function
      (award-winning poster presentation)
      2007 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, New Orleans
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      32. Andrew J. Homan: Robinson's theorem in connection with a Putnam problem
      (award-winning poster presentation)
      2007 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, New Orleans
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      31. Justin Gieseler: An application of elliptic curves to one-time pad cryptography
      (award-winning poster presentation)
      2007 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, New Orleans
      [advisors Dr. Mihai Caragiu and Dr. Ronald Johns]

      30. Andrew J. Homan: An Extension of a Putnam problem
      2006 MAA Ohio Fall Meeting, Muskingum College

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      29. Lisa Scheckelhoff: On a class of sequences related to the greatest prime factor function
      2006 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Akron
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      28. Justin Gieseler: Randomness properties of elliptic curves
      2006 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Akron
      [advisors Dr. Mihai Caragiu and Dr. Ronald Johns]

      27. Jason J. Bockey: Ford Circles
      2006 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Akron

      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      26. Lisa Scheckelhoff: Sophie Germain Digraphs
      (poster presentation) Eighth Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate
      Women in Mathematics (university of Nebraska, Lincoln), February 3-5, 2006.
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      25. Kristi Patton: Continued Fractions
      (poster presentation)
      2006 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Antonio, TX

      [advisors Dr. Sandy Schroeder and Dr. Richard Daquila]

      24. Jacob Johanssen: Fibonacci-Lucas densities
      (poster presentation)
      2006 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Antonio, TX

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      23. Justin Gieseler: The Distribution of points on elliptic curves projections
      (poster presentation)
      2006 AMS-MAA Joint Meetings, San Antonio, TX

      [advisors Dr. Mihai Caragiu and Dr. Ronald Johns]

      22. Kristi Patton: Continued Fractions
      Undergraduate Mathematics Day,University of Dayton, November 5, 2005

      [advisor Dr. Sandy Schroeder]

      21. Justin Gieseler: Distribution of Points on Elliptic Curves Projections,
      Undergraduate Mathematics Day,University of Dayton, November 5, 2005
      [advisors Dr. Mihai Caragiu and Dr. Ronald Johns]

      20. Justin Gieseler: Cubic Polynomials and Quadratic Residues
      2005 MAA Ohio Fall Meeting, Ashland University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      19. Jacob L. Johanssen: Fibonacci-Lucas densities
      2005 MAA Ohio Fall Meeting, Ashland University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      18. Nathan Baxter and Justin Gieseler: Some computer explorations in Number Theory
      2005 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Miami University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      17. Nathan Baxter: Ultrasonic Beam-Forming with the Genetic Algorithm
      (award-winning poster presentation) 2005 Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, Atlanta

      [REU advisor Dr. Jerry Magnan, Florida State University]

      16. Julie Holda: A closer look at Monte Carlo simulations
      (poster presentation) 2005 Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, Atlanta

      [Project developed at NASA Glenn Research Center]

      15. Matt Katschke: San Gaku Problems and the Consequences of their Analogs
      (poster presentation) 2005 Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, Atlanta

      [REU advisor Dr. William Dickinson, GVSU; ONU advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      14. Kara S. Lewis: Increasing the Retention Rate of Women in Sciences at Purdue University
      2005 Joint MAA-AMS Meetings, Atlanta
      [REU advisor Dr.  George McCabe, Purdue University]

      13. Nathan Baxter: Quadratic Residues: a Computer - Assisted Journey
      2004 MAA Ohio Fall Meeting, John Carroll University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      12. Kristine Patton: The Ducci Problem: a Brief Review
      2004 MAA Ohio Fall Meeting, John Carroll University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      11. Julie Holda: An application of Monte Carlo simulations for NASA
      2004 Pi Mu Epsilon Fall Student Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH
      [Project developed in a summer internship at NASA Glenn Research Center]

      10. Matt Katschke: San Gaku Problems in Other Geometries
      (award-winning poster presentation) 2004 MATHFEST, Providence, RI
      [REU Project at Grand Valley State University]

      9. Kristine Patton: On Primorial Primes
      2004 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Cincinnati

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      8. Mark Clausing: Advanced compass and straightedge constructions
      2004 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Cincinnati
      [advisor Dr. Donald Hunt]

      7. Nathan Baxter: Arithmetic Properties of Some Partial Sums
      2004 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, University of Cincinnati

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      6. Nathan Baxter: P-adic exponents and some of their applications [poster presentation]
      2004 MAA-AMS Joint Meetings, Phoenix, AZ
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      5. Nathan Baxter: An Application of Weyl's Theorem
      2003 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, The Ohio State University
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      4. Matt Valerio: Fractal Exploration: A Look at Mandelbrot and Julia sets in 2 and 3 dimensions
      2002 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Xavier University
      [advisor Dr. Khristo Boyadzhiev]

      3. Nicholas Vidovich: On a Fibonacci identity
      2002 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Xavier University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      2. Thomas Jonell: A square root algorithm
      2002 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Xavier University

      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

      1. Ethan Miller and Paul Pfeiffer: Cellular Automata with Finite Life Span
      2001 MAA Ohio Spring Meeting, Bowling Green
      [advisor Dr. Mihai Caragiu]

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