The h-index or Hirsch number of a scholar is at least n if the scholar has n publications that have been cited in at least n many other papers. With respect to the Mathematical Reviews database, examples include 11 for our Prof. Hugh M. Hilden (left), 14 for Princeton’s Andrew Wiles, and a very high 36 for Paul Erdös.
UH Manoa mathematics and engineering students, faculty and staff, in collaboration with the Native Hawaiian Science and Engineering Mentorship program and SFSU, will team up on Friday and Saturday, February 25-26, with Moloka‘i High and Aka‘ula Middle School to teach math to K-12 students and their families.
Our alumnus Zach Kent (PhD, 2010) is involved in research on partition functions that is being described as a breakthrough in the blogosphere. Kent’s doctoral adviser was Prof. Pavel Guerzhoy.
New theories reveal the nature of numbers
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During the Fall 2010, Professor Monique Chyba and students in her STOMP program have been working with children served by Honolulu’s Institute for Human Services (an organization serving homeless families in our community).
On Friday, December 10, the STOMP crew — along with volunteers from the Graduate Women in Science organization, the Mathematics Department, and many other STEM departments on campus — will host a 2-hour “Be a Scientist Tonight” event, in which kids served by IHS will participate in hands-on science experiments. There will be ten activity stations to choose from, including: robotics, cryptography, fly genetics, taking apart computers, and exploring how whales and dolphins use sound underwater. Watch the newscast on KITV