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Welcome to Mathematics

Mathematics has been a human endeavor for millennia. It has always been driven by two sources: the intrinsic beauty of numbers, shapes, and structures on the one hand and the necessity to solve practical problems in fields as diverse as atomic physics, computed tomography, and finance on the other.

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Mathematics Department UAB is hiring an Instructor! Review of applications begins January 13, 2025.

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Mandar Kulkarni

Mandar Kulkarni

Ph.D. 2009 Career: CGGVeritas

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Brandon Merritt Johnson

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Hongkun Zhang

Hongkun Zhang

Ph.D. 2005 Career: Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts; Postdoc, Northwestern University; Associate Professor, North China Electric Power University

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