REU Site: Graph Theory, Combinatorics, and Abstract Algebra

该补助金为德克萨斯大学泰勒分校的本科生数学研究经验（REU）网站提供资金。 为期八周的计划将于2017年，2018年和2019年夏季举行。 每年夏天，九名学生将以三人一组的方式工作，每组由一名教师导师领导。 该计划的重点是建立学生参与者的信心，并为他们从事数学职业做好准备。 REU将通过从代表性不足的群体中招收学生而产生更大的影响。特别是，非裔美国人，西班牙裔，妇女和第一代大学生将被招募。REU网站的导师将提供本科生可以访问的研究问题，但对工作的数学家来说很有趣。 目标是为参与者提供机会，进行原创研究，并在专业期刊上发表。 研究项目是在图论，组合学和抽象代数领域。 所有的主题将是谁采取了早期证明为基础的数学课程的学生访问。 在八周结束时，REU学生将以专业格式撰写他们的结果，并准备最后的演讲和适合在一月份的联合数学会议上展示的海报。

This grant funds the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in mathematics at the University of Texas at Tyler. The eight-week program will take place in the summers of 2017, 2018, and 2019. Each summer, nine students will work in groups of three with one faculty mentor leading each group. The program focuses on building confidence of student participants and preparing them to pursue careers in mathematics. The REU will have a greater effect by recruiting students from underrepresented groups. In particular, African Americans, Hispanics, women, and first-generation college students will be recruited. The mentors for the REU site will provide research questions that are accessible to undergraduates, yet interesting to working mathematicians. The goal is to provide participants the opportunity to conduct original research leading to publication in professional journals. The research projects are in the areas of graph theory, combinatorics, and abstract algebra. All topics will be accessible to students who have taken early proof-based mathematics courses. By the end of the eight weeks, REU students will write their results in a professional format and prepare a final talk and a poster suitable for presentation at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in January.