Advances in the Mathematical Sciences: Research from the 2015 Association for Women in Mathematics Symposium

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
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Floer Field Philosophy....Pages 3-90
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An Elementary Fact About Unlinked Braid Closures....Pages 93-101
Symmetric Unions Without Cosmetic Crossing Changes....Pages 103-116
The Total Thurston–Bennequin Number of Complete and Complete Bipartite Legendrian Graphs....Pages 117-137
Coverings of Open Books....Pages 139-154
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Understanding Locomotor Rhythm in the Lamprey Central Pattern Generator....Pages 157-172
Applications of Knot Theory: Using Knot Theory to Unravel Biochemistry Mysteries....Pages 173-186
Metapopulation and Non-proportional Vaccination Models Overview....Pages 187-207
Controlling a Cockroach Infestation....Pages 209-224
The Impact of Violence Interruption on the Diffusion of Violence: A Mathematical Modeling Approach....Pages 225-249
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Cramér’s Theorem is Atypical....Pages 253-270
Counting and Partition Function Asymptotics for Subordinate Killed Brownian Motion....Pages 271-279
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A Statistical Change-Point Analysis Approach for Modeling the Ratio of Next Generation Sequencing Reads....Pages 283-300
A Center-Level Approach to Estimating the Effect of Center Characteristics on Center Outcomes....Pages 301-321
False Discovery Rate Based on Extreme Values in High Dimension....Pages 323-337
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Asymptotic and Oscillatory Behavior of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales....Pages 341-355
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Using Applications to Motivate the Learning of Differential Equations....Pages 359-370
What Is a Good Question?....Pages 371-375
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Information Measures of Frequency Distributions with an Application to Labeled Graphs....Pages 379-400
Integrating and Sampling Cuts in Bounded Treewidth Graphs....Pages 401-415
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Considerations on the Implementation and Use of Anderson Acceleration on Distributed Memory and GPU-based Parallel Computers....Pages 417-436