REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Mathematics Research (SUMaR) at K-State

在夏季的8周内，12名学生将研究开放的研究问题，令人满意的解决方案将涉及在标准期刊上发表的结果。 SUMaR建立了一个跟踪记录，以确定这些问题，但大学生可以访问。问题提供的领域包括数论，分析，偏微分方程，量子计算和数学建模。 所有项目导师都建立了（除了博士后研究员，完善的）与拟议的本科研究项目相关的研究计划。 包括PI和co-PI在内的绝大多数人在指导本科生研究方面拥有丰富的经验，而那些缺乏这种经验的人将由PI和co-PI指导。除了研究之外，该项目还将涉及学生参与各种数学和专业发展活动-包括数学科目GRE准备;介绍数学中常用的计算，排版和演示软件;谈论如何为不同的受众准备有效的演讲;数学研究生院小组; NSF研究生奖学金和学期校外课程小组;和社会活动，许多与其他雷乌斯联合。每年，一半的参与者将是女性，一半将是少数民族，学生谁开始在社区学院，或学生属于另一个群体确定的麦克奈尔计划（第一代在大学或经济上处于不利地位的背景）。将通过受赠机构的退伍军人事务办公室向美国武装部队的退伍军人进行宣传。 将努力从没有毕业生或博士学位的小型地区公立和私立学院中选拔学生。数学的程序。

During 8 weeks in the summer, 12 students will work on open research problems, satisfactory solution of which would involve results publishable in standard journals. SUMaR has established a track-record of identifying such problems, which nevertheless are accessible to undergraduates. Problems are offered in areas including number theory, analysis, PDEs, quantum computing, and mathematical modeling. All project mentors have established (and except for postdoctoral fellows, well-established) programs of research related to the proposed undergraduate research projects. The vast majority including the PI and co-PI have extensive experience in mentoring undergraduate research, and those lacking this will be mentored in mentoring by the PI and co-PI. Besides research, the project will involve student participants in a variety of mathematical and professional development activities - including math subject GRE preparation; introduction to computational, typesetting, and presentation software commonly used in mathematics; a talk about how to prepare effective talks for different audiences; a panel on graduate school in mathematics; a panel on NSF graduate scholarships and semester long off-campus programs; and social activities, many joint with other REUs. Each year, half of the participants will be female, half will be either minority, students who started out at a community college, or students belonging to another group identified by the McNair program (first generation in college or economically disadvantaged background). Outreach to veterans of the U.S. Armed Services will be made through the grantee institution's Office of Veterans Affairs. Efforts will be made to select students from small regional public and private colleges without a graduate or Ph.D. program in mathematics.