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University of Richmond Math Students Win National Awards

November 6, 2002

University of Richmond students have won two of eight awards at a national mathematics conference.

Ed Kenney Jr., of Killington, Vt.; and Brian Wyman, of Neptune City, N. J., both juniors, were winners in the student competition at the 2002 meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Burlington, Vt.

Kenney presented his findings from a project involving construction of partial difference sets. Wyman talked about his project that developed computational and analytical methods to devise strategies for a game of sticks.

The student competition, called MathFest 2002, was sponsored by Pi Mu Epsilon, the honorary national mathematics society. Undergraduate members nominated by a faculty member were asked to make 15-minute presentations on "a mathematical topic of interest." Each of the eight outstanding presenters from about 70 students was awarded a $150 prize.