San Diego State University Mathematics Research Experience for Undergraduates

NOTICE: The 2010 REU program has been cancelled. Check back in January 2011 concerning the 2011 REU program.

In 2010, the projects will be in number theory, specifically in numerical monoids. A numerical monoid is the set of all nonnegative integer linear combinations of a set of positive integer generators. This set is closed under addition, has identity (0), but not inverses. The two projects will investigate invariants of numerical semigroups, specifically the omega function and the catenary degree.

Projects from previous years: 2007, 2008, 2009