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

UPCOMING CONFERENCES:    Random Processes (Holy Cross, April 2011)        Undergraduate Research Session (Holy Cross, April 2011)

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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

HANDOUTS:   For more on LaTeX, click here. This includes TeX code to do slides as well as posters.

• A tex template is available here: template.tex    template.pdf; you will need the following image yl.eps.
• A video of an introduction to TeX lecture is available here.
• Using beamer for slides: zipped talk on Benford's law (includes .eps files), zipped talk on sabermetrics (includes .eps files).
• A mathematica template is available here: MathematicaIntroVer6.nb
• A video of an introduction to Mathematica lecture is available here.
• Notes, papers and slides from a graduate conference on L-functions and random matrix theory (Utah 2009)

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

          2010 - 2011:    Math 302 (Complex Analysis, Fall)    Math 308/406 (Analysis and Number Theory, Fall)    Putnam Indep Study (Fall)        Math 105 (Multivariable Calculus, Spring)

Previous classes (Williams): Math 103 (Calculus I), Math 105 (Multivariable Calculus, 2010 iteration), Math 209 (Differential Equations and Vector Calculus),
                                          Math 341 (Probability, Fall), Math 399 (Sabermetrics, Fall), Math 406 (Analysis and Number Theory); Winter Study: Math 10 (cryptography)

          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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LINKS:    photos of Cam  Pictures  Twistie Art Arxiv     MathSciNet  Mathlabs (Princeton , NYU, OSU,  AIM) Williams Math Williams College