4 papers
Quantifying and Documenting Inequity in PhD-granting Mathematical Sciences Departments in the United States
Ron Buckmire, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Joseph E. Hibdon +6
We provide an example of the application of quantitative techniques, tools, and topics from mathematics and data science to analyze the mathematics community itself in order to qua…
The Mathematics of Mathematics: Using Mathematics and Data Science to Analyze the Mathematical Sciences Community and Enhance Social Justice
Ron Buckmire, Joseph E. Hibdon, Drew Lewis +4
We present and discuss a curated selection of recent literature related to the application of quantitative techniques, tools, and topics from mathematics and data science that have…
On definitions of "mathematician"
Ron Buckmire, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Joseph E. Hibdon +6
The definition of who is or what makes a ``mathematician" is an important and urgent issue to be addressed in the mathematics community. Too often, a narrower definition of who is…
Shortest Paths on Cubes
Richard Goldstone, Rachel Roca, Robert Suzzi Valli
In 1903, noted puzzle-maker Henry Dudeney published The Spider and the Fly puzzle, which asks for the shortest path along the surfaces of a square prism between two points (source…