Math Students Hit One Out of the Park

October 25, 2011 By
OUA Championship Trophy with Ryan and Tyler

Tyler Wilson (left) and Ryan Donnelly (right) hold the OUA Championship Trophy after Sunday's game

The Blues baseball team has now been twice honoured in the U of T Bulletin.

The first was a profile of the department’s own graduate student Ryan Donnelly and profiled his skills as a pitcher in a “game shortened, no-hitter” against the Gaels from Queen’s University.*

The second featured both Mr. Donnelly and another of our graduate students Mr. Tyler Wilson as it celebrated the Blues “8-4 victory over the Western Mustangs” to cinche the OUA Championship.**

According to Mr. Donnelly, there seems to be something about the sport of baseball that attracts mathematicians; perhaps it’s the meticulously repetitive nature of the pitching.

Whatever it may be we congratulate Ryan and Tyler and the entire Blues team for their great victory!  Batter up!

 

*More on Ryan’s story can be read here
**More on the OUA Championship featuring Tyler can be read here (includes a short video of the game)

Filed Under: Events, In-the-News, Students

Professor George Elliott Interviewed by Science Watch

October 3, 2011 By

Science Watch recently interviewed Professor George Elliott from the University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics, on his recent article “On the Classification of Simple Inductive Limit C*-Algebras, II: The Isomorphism Theorem” as their August ”Emerging Research Front paper in the field of Mathematics”.   The paper was co-written with Professors Guihua Gong and Liangqing Li from the  University of Puerto Rico.

The article asks Professor Elliott and his co-writers such questions as:

  • Why do you think your paper is highly cited?
  • Does it describe a new discovery, methodology, or synthesis of knowledge?
  • Would you summarize the significance of your paper in layman’s terms?
  • How did you become involved in this research, and how would you describe the particular challenges, setbacks, and successes that you’ve encountered along the way?
  • Where do you see your research leading in the future?
  • Do you foresee any social or political implications for your research?

The full article, with responses, can be found here

Filed Under: Faculty, In-the-News