The Undergraduate Program in
Mathematics
Mathematics is the most fundamental of the sciences. It ranges from
the beauty and satisfaction of pure thought in areas like algebra,
analysis, geometry, or topology, to applications of immediate
practical importance - modeling fluids using partial differential
equations, for example.Often enough, the purest of mathematics finds intriguing
practical applications in surprising ways: number theory is used in
cryptography, dynamical systems and wavelets are successfully at
work in engineering, and mathematical game theory has won a Nobel
prize in economics.
Our curriculum is very flexible by design; it accommodates
students of high potential with varying backgrounds and different
interests. At the same time, the education is thorough and
systematic, and accompanied by courses conveying advanced
perspectives and aspects of current research. From early on,
students are encouraged to accept challenges through bonus problems
in courses, or on-campus and international math competitions. Math
students participate in our research groups together with graduate
students, and faculty, and several have even produced research
articles.
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