Leo Livshits
Professor of Mathematics
Chair
Matrix Analysis
Mathematics
For millennia, mathematics has been central to the liberal arts...
From derivatives to random walks, from integrals to algebras, from vectors to knots, from counting to matrices, from blue whales to neurons: Colby’s mathematics community finds solutions for new (and old) problems and uncovers the fundamental reasons why things work as they do.
About Mathematics
We offer courses that, in the true spirit of the liberal arts, emphasize beautiful underlying ideas, their social and historical context, and their amazing explanatory power. The mathematics major emphasizes the foundational structures of essential mathematical subjects. The flexibility of the mathematical sciences major, on the other hand, lets students focus their major on connections to other disciplines. Students in each major strengthen their problem-solving, abstract-reasoning, and communication abilities.
Graduates with solid quantitative and analytical skills, the core competencies of mathematics, are in demand by employers. The department is an intellectually vibrant place of deep learning — come join us on the transformative adventure through mathematics.
Faculty and Staff
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Kim Caswell
Administrative Assistant
Ayomikun Adeniran
Assistant Professor
Michael Ben-Zvi
Lecturer of Mathematics
Stephanie Dodson
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Tamar Friedmann
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
McFeely Goodman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Fernando Gouvea
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Lorelei Koss
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
Ben Mathes
Professor of Mathematics
Changningphaabi Namoijam
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Evan Randles
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Scott Taylor
Professor of Mathematics
Knot Theory/3-manifolds
George Welch
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Nora Youngs
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Jan Holly
Research Associate
Mathematical Neuroscience/Logic
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