REU: Coding theory and numerical analysis Summer 2021 Occidental College

The REU is funded by the NSF (DMS-1852001).

Faculty Advisors for 2021:

		Treena Basu will be supervising projects in numerical analysis.
		Jim Brown will be supervising projects in coding theory and number theory.

Occidental's REU will be hosting a virtual REU conference on July 29. For more information, please see the conference webpage.

Application: All positions for the summer of 2021 have been filled. Thanks to all that applied!

2021 REU participants:

• Livia Betti (University of Rochester)
• Zaheer Coovadia (Boston College)
• Mayra Diaz (Heritage University)
• Fernando Gaitan (Wesleyan University)
• David Iniguez (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona)
• Alexandra Scott (Tufts University)
• Aiyana Spear (Wellesley College)
• Japheth Varlack (Lee University)

REU write-ups:

• Coding Theory Group: Lattices in real quadratic fields and associated theta series arising from codes over ${\bf F}_{r}$ and ${\bf F}_2 \times {\bf F}_2$.
• Numerical Analysis Group: Unity Approximations in the Construction of NSFD Schemes for 1st Order ODEs and Systems of ODEs

REU final presentations:

• Coding Theory Group: From Codes to Lattices over Real Quadratic Fields: The Comparison of Associated Theta Functions
• Numerical Analysis group: Unity Approximations in the Construction of NSFD Schemes for 1st Order and Systems of ODEs