Steven J. Miller                                                       Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Williams College                202 Bronfman Science Center, 413-597-3293 (Steven.J.Miller AT williams.edu) Faculty Program Director for Spencer Neighborhood Click here for my schedule

curriculum vita (click here for annotated bibliography) research statement teaching statement     Welcome letter to Williams Students Possible thesis / colloquium projects Opportunities in Mathematics (REUs, gradschool) photos of Cam and Kayla

RECENT CONFERENCES:    CANT 2011    IAS Matlab Lecture    Random Processes (Holy Cross)    Undergraduate Research Session (Holy Cross)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:  Analytic Number Theory, Random Matrix Theory, Analysis and Probability (distribution of zeros and n-level statistics for families of L-functions, especially families of elliptic curves with rank over Q(T), classical random matrix theory, random graphs, ranks of elliptic curves, computational number theory, probability theory, Benford's Law, cryptography, linear programming, multiple Dirichlet series, sabermetrics, ...).

      Thesis         Papers        Talks     My Book (Invitation to Modern Number Theory)      Handouts      My Riddles Page       Notes Graduate Workshop Lfns-RMT

COURSES:     Welcome letter to students    Possible thesis / colloquium projects   Green Chicken contest

          2011 - 2012:    Math 238 (Topics in Number Theory, Smith College, Fall 2011)    Math 342 (Probability, Mount Holyoke College, Fall 2011)

Previous classes (Williams): Math 103 (Calculus I),   Math 105 (Multivariable Calculus; 2010 version here),    Math 209 (Differential Equations and Vector Calculus),

                                          Math 302 (Complex Analysis),    Math 308/406 (Analysis and Number Theory),  Math 341 (Probability),
                                          Math 399 (Sabermetrics), Math 406 (Analysis and Number Theory); Winter Study: Math 10 (cryptography); Putnam Indep Study

          Previous classes (Brown):   Math 1 (freshman seminar: riddles to modern mathematics), Math 90 (calculus, summer calculus)

                                                    Math 35 (honors multivariable calculus), Math 52 (linear algebra)   Math 54 (honors linear algebra),    Math 153 (abstract algebra),

                                          Math 162 (mathematical statistics), Math 197 (Benford's law, sabermetrics)

          Previous classes (Ohio State) Math 104 (Basic College Mathematics), Math 148 (Algebra, Trigonometry and their Applications)

                                          Math 187/487 (Problem Solving / Advanced Problem Solving), Math 683L (Topics in Linear Algebra)

                                                    Working groups (Euler, fractals)

 

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