This project comes from Our Lady of the Lake PET Imaging Center. The center is seeking to automates cancer detection and treatment into a more precise process.
For ages, medical science has always used biological explanations. And now, the expansion of medicine is leading to a new path, the use of mathematical modeling to explain physiological patterns. The objective of this project is to model normal, healthy blood pressure curves using mathematical programs. The ability to perform such a task will lead to any deviations from the normal curve being connected to certain health problems.
The main theme of this course will be graph theory. We will discuss a wide range of topics, including spanning trees, eulerian trails, matching theory, connectivity, hamiltonian cycles, coloring, planarity, integer flows, surface embeddings, and graph minors. The prerequisites for the course are very modest—all graduate students should be able to follow the lectures. There are many books on graph theory.
Williams Olefins came to the Math Department looking for a program that would maximize revenue. Their ethylene producing plant located near Geismar, LA is equipped with 13 furnaces used to produce 12 different products.
MATH 1551 Honors Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, Section 4
Class Time:
M–F 2:40-3:30
Class Location:
134 Allen Hall
Book:
Calculus (Early Transcendentals) by Jon Rogawski (required)
Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory. Only documented university-approved absences, as listed in LSU PS-22, will be accepted as the basis of make-up quizzes and tests.
Calculators:
Students should bring to class scientific calculators. Graphing calculators will not be allowed on quizzes, tests, and the final exam.