教授介绍
Miller教授 威廉姆斯学院 数学系教授
Miller教授本科毕业于耶鲁大学,主修数学和物理学,后在普林斯顿大学获得数学硕士与博士学位。目前,Steven Miller教授在威廉姆斯学院数学系任职。Steven Miller教授热爱数学,他认为每个答案背后都有一个解,并有其规律可循。许多不同的现象可以用相同的基本公式来求解(例如,斐波纳契数列就可以解释为何在拉斯维加斯玩轮盘赌不是个好主意)。 Steven Miller教授的主要研究领域是数论和概率,尤其是涉及数学和物理的跨学科问题。Miller教授关注教学,在过去的十年中,他有8名学生获得了久负盛名的丘吉尔奖学金,教授本人在2019年获得了本科生研究理事会颁发的Goldwater学者导师奖。Miller教授已出版六部学术著作,并在数学、物理学、计算机科学、经济学、统计学以及运筹学等领域发表过上百篇研究论文。科研大纲
L1: Introduction to GamesIncluding tic-tac-toe and generalizations, geometry games ( rectangles, chocolate bar, triangle), Conway’s checker game. These introduce the concept of a mono-variant.L2: Definitions
How do we define what is the right quantity to study? Topics include the notion of a mean, the AM-GM and generalizations, dimension and dimensional analysis (Pythagorean Theorem).L3: Fixed point theorems and fractals (iterate Newton’s method and win if iterate to your point).
Includes Intermediate Value Theorem and Pascal’s triangle. Connection with Triangle game.L4: Egg drop game
Including some good problems for students to explore. It can change what we are trying to minimize from the standard analysis. Talk about data collection and how that can inspire modeling.L5: German Tank Problem
If students have skills in coding and gathering data, this provides an opportunity to discuss real-world applications and limitations, good application of calculus and linear algebra.L6: Zeckendorf game
Introduction to Fibonacci numbers, interesting properties, the power of different methods of proof, and some open problems in a game related to Fibonacci numbers.