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Matthew Miller (Ph.D., Illinois, 1979)
Mathematical Biology and Commutative Algebra. Research interests involve problems in ecological modeling, particularly in spatial aspects of animal behavior. Previous work in commutative algebra used homological techniques to investigate relationships between betti numbers and Hilbert functions. Teaching interests include mathematics for biology and other life science majors, reform approaches to calculus and differential equations, and teacher preparation for K-12.
E-mail: miller at math dot South Carolina dot edu (abbreviate South Carolina as sc)
Mail:
Department of Mathematics
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Telephone: (803) 777-3690
FAX: (803) 777-3783

Graduate Programs in Mathematics

For routine matters concerning paperwork, paychecks, and so forth contact Kalayna Price, email: Kalayna at math dot sc dot edu, or visit the Graduate Office (LeConte 411), or phone 7-4224. For other matters, large or small, please feel welcome to contact me at my Graduate Director email: graddir at math dot South Carolina dot edu (note there are two "d's" and South Carolina should be abbreviated as simply sc). A great deal of information can be found online at the Graduate Program Information Page, which is maintained by the Department, and at the Graduate School Homepage, maintained by the University. For less formal advice (to be taken with caution) older graduate students have a wealth of information--they are worth getting to know!

Current course materials

  • Fall, 2007

    • Professional activity

  • Homepage of the American Mathematical Society (follow links to find out about meetings, special sessions, deadlines, abstract submission, and so on)
  • Full vita (11 pages), Short vita (4 pages)
  • Condensed vita (NSF 2 page format), just the essentials (1 page, dated 2004)
  • MathSciNet (reviews of publications and links to co-authors, misses some math-biology)

    • Past course and seminar materials

  • Fall, 2007
  • Fall, 2006 - Spring, 2007
  • Summer, 2006
  • Spring, 2006
  • Fall, 2005
  • Summer, 2005
  • Spring, 2005
  • Summer, 2004
  • Spring, 2004
  • Fall, 2003
  • Spring, 2003
  • Fall, 2002
  • Summer, 2002
  • Spring, 2002
  • Fall, 2001
  • Summer, 2001
  • Fall, 2000
  • Summer, 2000
  • Spring, 2000
  • Summer, 1999
  • Spring, 1999
  • Fall, 1998
  • Spring, 1998
  • Spring 1997
  • Fall 1995

    • Research collaboration with biologists

  • The response of a selfish herd to an an attack from outside the group perimeter (with S. Viscido and D. S. Wethey), Journal of Theoretical Biology 208 (2001), 315-328
  • The dilemma of the selfish herd: the search for a realistic movement rule (with S. Viscido and D. S. Wethey), Journal of Theoretical Biology 217 (2002), 183-194
  • Modeling the energy-mortality trade-offs of invertebrate decorating behavior (with S. Berke and S. Woodin), Evolutionary Ecology Research 8 (2006), 1409-1425.

    • Maple worksheets

    (unfortunately very much out of date)
  • Calculus III and IV
  • Differential equations
  • Mathematical biology
  • Computational algebra
  • Calculus materials (mainly calculus and math biology, mostly .ms files in Maple V, R3)
  • Miscellaneous old worksheets

    • PhD students

  • Mark A. Beintema, Gorenstein Algebras with Unimodal h-Sequences, 1990, mbeintem@uwc.edu
  • Kimberly Presser, An Analysis of the Maximal Growth of Hilbert Functions, 2000, kjpres@ship.edu
  • (unofficial co-advisor) Steven V. Viscido, Why Animals Form Groups: the Case for the Selfish Herd Hypothesis, 2000, steven.viscido@noaa.gov
  • (unofficial co-advisor) Sarah K. Berke, The fitness consequences of invertebrate decorating behaviors, 2007, berke@biol.sc.edu

    • Other links

    Last modified: January 15, 2008