Millsaps College Mathematics Department

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The pigenhole principle and multicolor Ramsey numbers For integers $k,r\geq 2$, the diagonal Ramsey number $R_r(k)$ is the minimum $N\in\mathbb{N}$ such that every $r$-coloring of the edges of a complete graph on $N$ vertices yields on a monochromatic subgraph on $k$ vertices. Here we make a careful effort of extracting explicit upper bounds for $R_r(k...

Accepted! The results from the Millsaps math summer research program have been accepted for publication. They will appear in Involve. Find the article on the arxiv https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.08067.

Congratulations Vajresh Balaji, Olivia Edwards, Anne Marie Loftin, Solomon Mcharo, Lo Phillips, Bineyam Tsegaye, and Dr. Alex Rice! An amazing achievement!

Math still isn’t done y’all. And Alex Rice gives the most simultaneously engaging and accessible math talks I’ve ever heard in my life. Bar. None.

Another paper from this summer’s research with Millsaps math majors is on the arxiv!

Lattice Configurations Determining Few Distances We begin by revisiting a paper of Erdős and Fishburn, which posed the following question: given $k\in \mathbb{N}$, what is the maximum number of points in a plane that determine at most $k$ distinct distances, and can such optimal configurations be classified? We rigorously verify claims made in re...

The first of two papers from this summer’s research program is on the arxiv. Great work by Millsaps math majors!

Sets in $\mathbb{R}^d$ determining $k$ taxicab distances We address an analog of a problem introduced by Erdős and Fishburn, itself an inverse formulation of the famous Erdős distance problem, in which the usual Euclidean distance is replaced with the metric induced by the $\ell^1$-norm, commonly referred to as the $\textit{taxicab metric}$. Specificall...

The math competition put on by Millsaps math department was a huge success! Thanks to all who came out and to Dr. Alex Rice for his innovation and hard work!

We are so proud of our students and Dr. Rice! Read about Millsaps math students and their summer research experience.

Inaugural Kinnaird Institute Research Experience This summer, with the support of the Kinnaird Endowment, the Millsaps College Department of Mathematics launched the inaugural Kinnaird Institute Research Experience with Dr. Alex Rice, assistant professor of mathematics.

At work and at play. Our summer research program is in full swing!

Graduation breakfast 2019. We are so proud of these graduates. They earned it. We can’t wait to see what they do next!