OU Department of Mathematics

OU Department of Mathematics Welcome to the OU Department of Mathematics page. Visit us online at http://math.ou.edu

The David and Judi Proctor Department of Mathematics at the University of Oklahoma has a long and rich academic tradition dating back to the mid-1890s. We awarded our first master's degree in 1927 and our first doctorate in 1947.

is in 4 days!You can visit the following website to learn about how to give and some of the challenges that can make y...
04/10/2026

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You can visit the following website to learn about how to give and some of the challenges that can make your gift go farther!

https://givesooner.org/pages/home-2400

Our annual OU Math Day is taking place on Thursday, November 6th! High school students are invited to participate in the...
11/03/2025

Our annual OU Math Day is taking place on Thursday, November 6th!

High school students are invited to participate in the Sooner Math Bowl, solve math-related puzzles, and to hear an entertaining talk from Frank Wagner entitled "Beauty & Math- Mathematician's Search for Order and Pattern".

For more information you can visit:
https://mathday.math.ou.edu/

Another special event taking place today and tomorrow involves one of our alumni, Stephen Terry whose specialty is in Ec...
04/09/2025

Another special event taking place today and tomorrow involves one of our alumni, Stephen Terry whose specialty is in Economics.

Stephen will provide a talk at a joint Graduate Student Seminar/Math Club meeting today (April 9) at 5:30 pm in PHSC 1105 entitled: Math in Economics .

He will also give a Karcher Colloquium talk on tomorrow (April 10) at 4 pm in PHSC 1105, preceded by tea at 3:30 pm in the Math Lounge, as usual. The title of this talk is Krusell-Smith Problems.

More about Stephen:

Stephen Terry is an Associate Professor at the Economics Department of the University of Michigan. He earned a BA from UT-Arlington, an MS from our department, and a PhD from Stanford University; prior to University of Michigan, he taught at Boston University. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Join us for a rare collaboration between the Department of Math and the School of Dance, featuring Sahana Balasubramanya...
04/09/2025

Join us for a rare collaboration between the Department of Math and the School of Dance, featuring Sahana Balasubramanya, an acclaimed Bharatanatyam dancer and Assistant Professor of Math at Lafayette College, as she takes us on an interactive journey through the Indian art form of Bharatanatyam.

Sahana will be performing tomorrow (April 10) 6:30-8:30p.m in Reynolds Performing Arts Center 3002. You can register for this event in the link provided below.

At 4p.m today (in PHSC 1105) Sahana will also be providing a Math talk entitled: The semi-simple theory of higher rank acylindricity

Registration for the performance link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEISwWbrV0iKtEeFLeBgBCisYywOEAHMzlRtt-cLpdc7BLcQ/viewform

Math Talk announcement link:
https://math.ou.edu/events/talks?4216

Favorite place on campus? Ours is the Math Department lounge where faculty, graduate students, and majors can spend so...
04/08/2025

Favorite place on campus? Ours is the Math Department lounge where faculty, graduate students, and majors can spend some time drinking coffee or tea and enjoying both the cookies and the conversations.

Just a reminder that tomorrow (4/8) is the in which your choice to give means giving more!There are some special times...
04/07/2025

Just a reminder that tomorrow (4/8) is the in which your choice to give means giving more!

There are some special times to give! If you live far from Norman, Okalahoma now, your gift of just $10 (or more- your choice!) could turn into a gift of $500, $1,000, or $1,500 dollars if you are one of the top three farthest people to donate to OU Math between 1 and 2a.m or between 8 and 9 p.m central time!

Or, if you give during 3-4a.m, 6-8a.m, 11a.m-12p.m, or 9-10p.m, your gift could be the one randomly chosen to become a $500, $1,000, or $1,500 dollar gift!

Please consider giving to OU Math in some way tomorrow (4/8). You can find different clubs and groups to give to for OU Math at the following link:

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Next Tuesday is the and we invite you to participate in sharing for the benefit of the current and future graduate and...
04/03/2025

Next Tuesday is the and we invite you to participate in sharing for the benefit of the current and future graduate and undergraduate students here in the Math Department!

There are multiple areas you can give. Check out the details and plan on giving here:

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04/02/2025


Sharing is caring! Please make plans to give next Tuesday. Your donations can help to contribute to scholarships, fellowships, and more!

In addition to our play about Emmy Noether on Thursday, March 27th, we are also please to announce that Dr. David Rowe w...
03/26/2025

In addition to our play about Emmy Noether on Thursday, March 27th, we are also please to announce that Dr. David Rowe will be presenting on Friday, March 28th.

He will give a colloquium talk titled Emmy Noether: Mathematician Extraordinaire, and there will be a reception following the talk in PHSC 424 in which people can meet the creators of the play!

Some more information about Daivd:

David Rowe is a Professor Emeritus of History of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. He holds a doctorate in Math from OU under the direction of Prof. Leonard Rubin (dissertation title: A Study of Borsuk’s Hyperspace 2hX) and a doctorate in History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York under the direction of Prof. Joseph W. Dauben (dissertation title: Klein, Hilbert, and the Göttingen Mathematical Tradition). His research has mainly focused on mathematics in Germany and on the history of the General Theory of Relativity. Together with Prof. Mechthild Koreuber (Freie Universität Berlin), he has authored the book Proving It Her Way: Emmy Noether, a Life in Mathematics (Springer, 2020).

The David and Judi Proctor Department of Mathematics present! Diving into Math with Emmy Noether, a play by Portraitthea...
03/25/2025

The David and Judi Proctor Department of Mathematics present!

Diving into Math with Emmy Noether, a play by Portraittheater Vienna with Anita Zieher as Emmy Noether

Emmy Noether (1882-1935) was a German mathematician of Jewish descent, one of the most influential mathematicians of 20th century. The play delves into her struggles against gender barriers in academia and her forced exile from Germany during the N**i regime. It premiered on June 4, 2019, at Freie Universität Berlin, and since then has been performed to much acclaim in many European countries. In 2022 it was performed at nine academic institutions in the US, followed by a tour in 2023. The third US tour of Portraittheater Vienna kicks off with the performances in Norman on March 27.



Math background is not expected to enjoy the play, so make your plans to enjoy the show!

https://www.ou.edu/cas/news/college-events/diving-into-math

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