Andrew LedoanMathematician

Associate Professor and Associate Head

Department of Mathematics
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
415 EMCS Building (Dept. 6956)
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
 
Office Room 417F EMC
Telephone Number +1 423 425 4019
Electronic-Mail andrew-ledoan@utc.edu
 

 

 

General Information

After receiving the Ph.D. degree in 2007 from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign under advisor Alexandru Zaharescu, I worked for University of Rochester as a postdoctoral faculty under the supervision of Steven Gonek and for Boston College as a visiting assistant professor. During this time I also studied prime gaps with Daniel Goldston at San José State University. I joined the faculty of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2011 and currently work as Associate Professor of Mathematics.

  • Curriculum Vitae PDF
  • Research Statement PDF

 

Areas of Specialization

  • Number Theory
  • Probability Theory
  • Multivariate Statistics

My primary research interests are in number theory, mainly having to do with prime numbers and their connection with the Riemann zeta function. My other favorite topics are L-functions, Farey fractions, sequences, and arithmetic functions. I am also hard at work in probability theory and  multivariate statistics, especially in relation to random polynomials, random vectors, and stochastic processes that arise in approximation theory.

 

Teaching Duties

I am dedicated to the goal of promoting significant learning experiences among students. I love learning, teaching mathematics on various levels, and helping students.

Fall 2018

  • MATH 2450 Introduction to Differential and Difference Equations
  • MATH 4250 Modern Abstract Algebra I

Spring 2019 (tentative)

  • MATH 4350 Mathematics of Finance
  • MATH 4600 Numerical Analysis I

 

Professional Service

I recently accepted an invitation to join the Editorial Board of Punjab University Journal of Mathematics (PUJM). I am honored to serve as an Associate Editor of PUJM. As such, I am happy to consider high quality papers in number theory, analysis, probability theory, and multivariate statistics for PUJM.

 

Grants

  • C. Gao (Co-PI), A. Ledoan (PI), and R. Nichols (Co-PI), Chattanooga Math Circle, MAA’s Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants Program and Dolciani Halloran Foundation ($5,966, April 18, 2017—May 31, 2018)
  • J.R. Graef (Co-PI), L. Kong (PI), and A. Ledoan (Co-PI), Modeling Online Social Network Dynamics and Predicting Information Diffusion with Fractional Differential Equations, SimCenter—Center of Excellence in Applied Computational Science and Engineering Grants Program ($96,380, July 1, 2018—June 30, 2019)

 

Undergraduate Supervision

 

Graduate Supervision

  • Ashley Holcomb (M.S., 2014)
  • Gentry Jones (M.S., 2015)
  • Benjamin Kimsey (M.S., 2015)
  • Christopher Corley (Ph.D., in progress)

 

Outreach

 

Travel and Meetings

You can find me presenting talks at the following meetings and conferences:

 

Favorite Links

 

“The one and only success which it is his to command is to bring to his work a mighty heart.”
      Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire, 1884