University at Albany, SUNY - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

12/21/2024

12/16/2024

The University at Albany generates $1.1 billion in economic activity throughout the Capital Region, according to a report released today (attached). The analysis, conducted by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission, found the economic impact of UAlbany translated into $813 million in oper...

12/13/2024

If a regular pentagon, a regular hexagon, and a regular decagon are inscribed in congruent circles, then their side lengths form a right triangle.

Furthermore, the right triangle is half of a golden rectangle.

12/13/2024

12/12/2024

With The Graduate School at the University at Albany – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

12/10/2024

"A fractal is a way of seeing infinity."
~Benoit Mandelbrot

12/06/2024

Allen Hatcher, Cornell University, will receive the inaugural Elias M. Stein Prize for Transformative Exposition for his book Algebraic Topology.

Read more: https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=7399

12/05/2024

In a clever proof, high schoolers used gridlike diagrams called arc presentations to show that any knot can fit inside a fractal called a Menger sponge. It’s essentially like threading a microscopic sewing needle through a cloud of dust. https://www.quantamagazine.org/teen-mathematicians-tie-knots-through-a-mind-blowing-fractal-20241126/

12/04/2024

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12/01/2024

Meet Ardita Qemeqi, a graduate student at UAlbany studying Mathematics!

"Choosing UAlbany for my Master's in Mathematics has been one of the best decisions I've made. As an international student, I've received incredible support from faculty and peers, helping me grow academically and personally. After graduation, I plan to pursue Optional Practical Training (OPT) and apply my skills in real-world research or industry."

11/27/2024

“Mathematicians have to be radically honest about what they don’t understand and what they think. There’s something about honesty, about being radically candid, about trying to find ways to articulate what you really feel — it’s super hard. It takes practice. When you do math, you’re exposed to the human thought process in a way that is really pure. It’s not just about understanding things, but about understanding things in a very childish, deep, naïve, super clear, obvious way. It’s very good training for creativity. It’s a scaffold for your imagination.” —David Bessis, mathematician

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical-thinking-isnt-what-you-think-it-is-20241118/

11/21/2024

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11/20/2024

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art

11/20/2024

The truth behind the veil of apparent reality.