We are thrilled to announce that Perkins Professor of Mathematics and Director of Graduate Studies Mark Kisin is among sixteen Harvard faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Academy, founded in 1781, is an honorary society...
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By Anastasia Yefremova Few undergraduate level classes have the distinction of nation-wide recognition that Harvard University’s Math 55 has. Officially comprised of Mathematics 55A “Studies in Algebra and Group Theory” and Mathematics 55B “Studies in Real and Complex Analysis,” it...
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If you're a Harvard University student taking an entry-level math course and you haven't heard of the Math Question Center (MQC) yet, you could be missing out on an essential resource. Located on the third floor of the Science Center,...
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We are happy to share that Dr. Brendan Kelly has been appointed Director of Introductory Mathematics. The newly formed position was created to support the tradition of excellence in the Harvard Department of Mathematics’ introductory courses. There are over 2,000...
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Michael Simkin, post-doctoral fellow at Harvard's CMSA, has an answer for the 150-year-old chess-based n-queens problem. An article on the n-queens problem and its answer is in The Harvard Gazette. The paper "The number of n-queens configurations" is available on...
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