Undergraduate Mathematics

"Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field."
—Paul Dirac (1902–1984)

The Mathematics major at Yeshiva College includes the options of specialized tracks in computer science and actuarial science, and a BA/MA program. Alumni have been accepted to graduate programs at Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Columbia University, Hebrew University, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, University of California at Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Rutgers University, the University of California at Los Angeles, and the University of Pennsylvania. Industrial employers of alumni include Google, Citigroup, Travelers Insurance, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Northrup Grumman, Deloitte and Touche, Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young Actuarial Group, and many others. In addition, graduates in the mathematical sciences have served in various advisory capacities, such as the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.

The faculty of the Department of Mathematical Sciences teach at both undergraduate campuses and in The Katz School of Science and Health graduate programs. Topics of faculty research include: partial differential equations, dynamical systems, functional analysis, operator theory, geometric analysis, nonlinear analysis, computational time series analysis, financial mathematics, data science, high-energy physics, plasma dynamics, space-mission design, computational astrophysics, theory of elasticity, mathematical biology, integral equations, and group theory. The research of department faculty has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Cancer Institute, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Institute of Health, and the Department of the Navy. Several of the department faculty have published textbooks in their field.

Stern College for Women has a variety of programs for students interested in the mathematical sciences, which include pure and applied mathematics, industrial mathematics, and scientific programming.

Students interested in industrial applications of mathematics may select the pre-actuarial track, which prepares students for the initial professional examinations for insurance actuaries. The first of these examinations may be used to satisfy the college’s exit requirement. The Career Center will assist in the placement of suitably prepared students in actuarial internships during the summer preceding their senior year.  An undergraduate major in mathematics, supplemented by courses in economics, computer science and business, is also excellent preparation for graduate study in finance or quantitative economics and careers in the financial services industry. Courses in economics, computer science, and physics may be applied to an undergraduate degree in mathematics as correlate courses.

Students who are interested in links between mathematics and computer science may take cross-listed courses in scientific computing, discrete mathematics, and numerical analysis. As many as four computer science courses will be accepted as advanced electives for the mathematics major. A minor in computer science is also offered. Students have the option of pursuing shaped majors that include training in business-related computing and information technology. 

First-year graduate courses in mathematics are open to suitably qualified undergraduates. These currently include courses in risk management and other topics of industrial interest, as well as courses in pure and applied mathematics.

In addition to the Katz graduate program, students may also apply for the BA/MA program, in which they will receive credit toward both the BA and MA degrees for up to 12 credits of graduate courses.

Finally, mathematics is an excellent major for pre-engineering students. Students in the college’s joint engineering programs with Columbia University or the State University of New York at Stony Brook may combine degrees in Computer Science or Computer Engineering at those institutions with a mathematics major at Stern College for Women.

• Edward Belbruno
  Clinical Professor of Mathematics (W)
  PhD, New York University
  Research interests:  celestial mechanics, chaos theory, dynamical systems,
  aerospace engineering, cosmology (big bang singularity).
  Contact: edward.belbruno@yu.edu
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  Wenxiong Chen
  Professor of Mathematics
  PhD, Academia Sinica
  Research interests: nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, fractional Laplacians,
  and other non-local operators, nonlinear functional analysis, and geometric analysis.
  Contact: wchen@yu.edu

• Michael Dalezman
  Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
  PhD, New York University
  Research Interests: number theory.
  Contact: dalezma@yu.edu

  Marian Gidea (Department Chair)
  Professor of Mathematics, Director of the Graduate Program 
  PhD, SUNY at Buffalo
  Research interests: dynamical systems, chaos theory, celestial mechanics,
  and applications to mathematical physics, astrodynamics, mathematical biology,
  and financial mathematics.
  Contact: marian.gidea@yu.edu

• Miroslav Iovanov
  Associate Professor of Mathematics
  PhD, SUNY at Buffalo
  Research interests: algebra and related fields, more specifically, including  noncommutative algebra and ring theory, Hopf algebras and quantum groups, representation theory, category theory, combinatorics/discrete math, linear algebra, as well as homological algebra and category theory, topology and combinatorics. 
  Contact: miodrag.iovanov@yu.edu
  
  Antonella Marini
  Professor of Mathematics  
  PhD, University of Chicago
  Research interests: partial differential equations and applications to high-energy physics.
  Contact: marini@yu.edu
  
  Stephen Miller
  Safra University Professor of Mathematics
  PhD, Princeton University
  Research interests: Automorphic Forms, L-functions (Database of Automorphic L-functions), Analytic Number Theory.
  Contact: stephen.miller@yu.edu
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Tutoring 

• Tutoring at Yeshiva College is available via Peer Tutoring, Yeshiva College
• Tutoring in mathematics at Stern College for Women is available via Tutoring - Math/Calculus

Research

• Interactive Models of the Hyperbolic Plane
• Software created by a faculty member at the University of New Mexico.
• Kolmogorov
  Links and resources related to the work of the great Soviet mathematician.
• Grothendieck
  Links and resources related to the work of the great algebraic geometer.

Internships

• Mathematics Internships
  A listing maintained by a professor at Purdue University.
• Internships, Scholarships, and Awards
  From the American Statistical Association.
• Internships and Co-op Opportunities
  From the American Mathematical Society.
• NASA Internships

Graduate Study

• Graduate Fellowships in Mathematics (PDF)
  From the American Mathematical Society.
• Graduate Fellowships in Applied Mathematics
  From the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Careers

• Careers in Mathematics
  From the American Mathematical Society.
• Careers in Applied Mathematics
  From the Society for Applied Mathematics.
• Actuarial Careers
  From Be An Actuary.
• Careers in Risk Management
  From the Society of Actuaries.
• Careers in Statistical Analysis
  From the American Statistical Association

News and Organizations

• The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
  In Cambridge, England
• The Santa Fe Institute
• The Center for Nonlinear Studies
• The American Institute of Mathematics
• American Mathematical Society
• American Statistical Association
• Society for Applied Mathematics