UWEC CERCA 2025

UWEC CERCA 2025

7:59am CDT

The 33rd Annual UWEC Mathematics Retreat Hibbard Hall

8:30am CDT

Analytic Continuation Hibbard Hall 311Isaac Ackerman • Matthew Kreiger • Jack Paulsen • Aiham Hassan Investigating possible relationships between teacher or student motivations related to mathematics Hibbard Hall 320Maddie Sasse • Christopher Hlas Reconstructing Signals from Erasures Hibbard Hall 322Rebecca Yoshino • Sam Scholze The Boy Girl Paradox: Why Probability Makes No Sense. Hibbard Hall 312John Holmberg • Jennifer Harrison

9:00am CDT

Bike Lock Conundrum! Hibbard Hall 312Kahlyn Geiger • Finnley McGowan • Ellah Olson • Jennifer Harrison Exploring the set of constructible numbers Hibbard Hall 320Harlea Monson • Dylan Simanski • aBa Mbirika Longitudinal Comparison of Models to Predict Match Outcomes in the WTA Hibbard Hall 322Morgan Dekan • Anna Lee • Jessica Kraker Staying Within the Bounds: Liouville’s Theorem Hibbard Hall 311Brianna Evans • Carter Klug • McKenzie Mack • Aiham Hassan

9:30am CDT

Fractional Linear Transformations: Properties and Applications Hibbard Hall 311Angelo Brantner • Isaac Geffers • Damian Nguyen • Aiham Hassan Math Department Scheduling Using Number of Preps and Back-to-Back Courses Hibbard Hall 322Brynn Bergeson • Abra Brisbin Tower of Hanoi Hibbard Hall 312Elaynah Jaschob • Adelynn Stanley • Jennifer Harrison What's yellow and is equivalent to the Axiom of Choice? Zorn's Lemon! Hibbard Hall 320Matthew Kreiger • Noah Woodruff • aBa Mbirika

10:00am CDT

Color me Confused!!! Hibbard Hall 312Jakob Leonard • Jacob Lynch • Ainsley Nutt • Jennifer Harrison Deterministic and Heuristic Analysis of Two-Dimensional Iterated Function Systems Hibbard Hall 322Clara Bartlett • Finn Walker • Chris Ahrendt Rouché's Theorem Hibbard Hall 311Grace Cole • Paige Cole • Katherine Conklin • Aiham Hassan You Can’t Run From Community: Quantifying Connectedness Hibbard Hall 320Maddie Blong • Allison Beemer

10:30am CDT

Chance of Victory - Probability Unveiled Hibbard Hall 312Dakota Borths • Kole Sonnenberg • Jennifer Harrison Communication in the Claw Network Hibbard Hall 320Elise Bormann • Allison Beemer Mathematics Students’ Perceptions of Learning Opportunities and Barriers in Developmental Mathematics Hibbard Hall 311Kenzi Schneider • Bree Stanford • Katrina Rothrock Part 1: Transfer Systems for Non-abelian Groups Hibbard Hall 322Koki Shibata • Chloe Lewis

11:00am CDT

Gambler’s Fallacy: How Probabilities Lie to Us Hibbard Hall 312Katherine Conklin • Jakob DeFosset • Michael Holtz • Jennifer Harrison Part 2: The Width of Non-Abelian Transfer Systems Hibbard Hall 322Harlea Monson • Chloe Lewis Rate My Communication Channel! Hibbard Hall 320Matthew Kreiger • Allison Beemer Area Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem Hibbard Hall 311The Students of Math 304 • Katrina Rothrock

11:30am CDT

An Analysis of AI-generated Proof and Student Proof Validation Hibbard Hall 322Ellah Olson • Madison Schwartz • Jihye Hwang • Chloe Lewis One + Two + Two + Three + Three = Eleven Hibbard Hall 312Allison Beilke • Annyka Schnettler • Jennifer Harrison Stop! In the Name of Error Correction with Tanner Graphs Hibbard Hall 320Grace Cole • Allison Beemer

12:00pm CDT

Classifying Enzyme Substrates Using Machine Learning Hibbard Hall 322Kyle He • Abra Brisbin Knot Theory, Link Homotopy, and Quandles Hibbard Hall 311Keira Darnall • Nathan Phillips • Briar Weston • Christopher Davis Putting Respect on the Name of Complex Differentiability Hibbard Hall 312Duncan Koepke Simulating an Adversarial Presence in a Decentralized Machine Learning Scheme Hibbard Hall 320Morgan Fiebig • Allison Beemer

2:00pm CDT

Quantitative Finance: What is it and is it right for me? Hibbard Hall 102Dr. Gary Hatfield

3:30pm CDT

Mathematics Competition Hibbard Hall 102

2:00pm CDT

Knot Theory, Link Homotopy, and Quandles Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Keira Darnall • Nathan Phillips • Briar Weston • Christopher Davis

11:00am CDT

Poster 075: Generating Symmetric Crossword Grids for the New York Times Mini Puzzle Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kirsten Balgord • Chloe Lewis

12:30pm CDT

Investigating possible relationships between teacher or student motivations related to mathematics Davies Center: Ho-Chunk Room (320E)Maddie Sasse • Christopher Hlas

2:00pm CDT

Poster 079: Math Department Scheduling Using Number of Preps and Back-to-Back Courses Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Brynn Bergeson • Annabelle Piotrowski • Theodore Schwantes • Abra Brisbin Poster 080: Classifying Enzyme Substrates Using Machine Learning Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kyle He • Abra Brisbin Poster 089: Longitudinal Comparison of Models to Predict Match Outcomes in the WTA Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Brynn Bergeson • Morgan Dekan • Anna Lee • Jessica Kraker Poster 106: Knot Theory, Link Homotopy, and Quandles Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Keira Darnall • Nathan Phillips • Briar Weston • Christopher Davis Poster 107: Deterministic and Heuristic Analysis of Two-Dimensional Iterated Function Systems Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Clara Bartlett • Finn Walker • Chris Ahrendt