REU Site: Wake/Davidson Experience In Number Theory Research

总统科学技术顾问委员会(PCAST)的这份报告强调，学生研究参与是招收和留住STEM专业的有效方式，并有助于满足经济对接受STEM培训的学生的需求，特别是来自“代表不足的大多数”--70%的大学生是女性和少数族裔--的需求。韦克/戴维森数论研究体验(Wade Into Research)项目将在2015、2016和2017年的暑期为8名学生提供为期9周的本科生暑期研究体验。这些学生将被分成两组，每组四人，在戴维森学院的凯瑟琳·汤普森博士和维克森林大学的杰里米·劳斯博士的指导下进行数论方面的原创性研究。通过参与原创性研究，学生将从数学课程的学生过渡到为学科做出原创性贡献的独立学者。他们将体验数学研究的兴奋、快乐、挑战和成功，目标是每个学生小组在暑期结束前撰写并提交一篇原创研究论文以供发表。数论是数学中最古老的分支学科之一，其中充满了许多简单明了的问题，这些问题需要现代数学的全部武器库来解决，或者到目前为止还没有解决。Wade Into Research的参与者将讨论涉及初等数论、代数数论、二次型、模型和椭圆曲线的问题。这些问题的选择将考虑到学生的兴趣、长处和数学品味。研究工作将得到一个强有力的专业发展计划的补充，重点是编程、数学写作、数学专业学生的工作和研究生学习。学生们将在佐治亚大学的夏季会议上以及AMS/MAA联席会议上展示他们的研究成果。

The report of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) highlights student research engagement as an effective way to recruit and retain STEM majors and help meet the economy's demand for students with STEM training, especially from the "underrepresented majority" - the 70% of college students that are women and racial minorities. The Wake/Davidson Experience in Number Theory Research (WADE INTO Research) program will provide a nine-week summer research experience for undergraduates (REU) for eight students during the summers of 2015, 2016, and 2017. These students will be divided into two groups of four and conduct original research in number theory under the direction of Dr. Katherine Thompson (of Davidson College), and Dr. Jeremy Rouse (of Wake Forest University). By participating in original research, the students will transition from being students in mathematics courses to being independent scholars who make original contributions to the discipline. They will experience the excitement, joys, challenges, and success of mathematics research, with the goal of each student group writing and submitting for publication an original research paper by the end of the summer.Number theory is one of the oldest sub-disciplines of mathematics and is replete with many simple to state problems that require the full arsenal of modern mathematics to solve, or which have so-far eluded solution. WADE Into Research participants will attack problems involving elementary number theory, algebraic number theory, quadratic forms, modular forms, and elliptic curves. These problems will be selected with the student's interests, strengths and mathematical tastes in mind. The research work will be complemented by a robust professional development program focusing on programming, mathematical writing, jobs for mathematics majors, and graduate study. The students will present the results of their research at a summer conference at the University of Georgia, and at the AMS/MAA Joint Meetings.