"A Ternary Algebra with Applications to Binary Quadratic Forms,"  Council for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. Florian Luca and Alain Togbe, "On the Diophantine Equation $x^2 + 2^{\alpha}5^{\beta}13^{\gamma} = y^n$,” Algorithmic Number Theory Seminar (ANTS-VIII); LCNS 5011 (2008), pgs. 7-12. [7], Goins is President of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM). With Talitha Washington, "The Area of the Surface Generated by Revolving a Graph About Any Line," PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, Vol. 36; (2005), no.

2-3, pgs. 4 (2012), pgs. Even if our individual gifts are not major gifts, collectively we can make a difference.

He completed his PhD in 1999 on “Elliptic Curves and Icosahedral Galois Representations” from Stanford University, under Daniel Bump and Karl Rubin.

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Math. 11-28. With Kevin Mugo, "Points on Hyperbolas at Rational Distance,"  International Journal of Number Theory,  Vol. 13 - 31.

by Chernousov, Gille, and Pianzola, I am the Chair of the Committee on Graduate Students under the, From September 29 through October 1, 2017, I co-hosted, On January 19, 2018, I gave a colloquium talk in the Department of Mathematics at, On February 8, 2018, I will give a seminar talk in the Department of Mathematics at, From March 14-16, 2018, I will give a series of talks at the, On March 19, 2018, I gave a colloquium talk in the Department of Mathematics at the, On April 6, 2018, I will give a plenary talk in the Department of Mathematics as part of the conference, On April 14, 2018, I will give a talk at in the AMS Special Session. He attended public schools in South Los Angeles and got his BSc in mathematics and physics in 1994 from California Institute of Technology, where he also received two prizes for mathematics. 144-147. Edray was raised, along with his brother, by his mother in South Central Los Angeles,. Edray H Goins In Celebration of Pi Day: The History of the Indiana Pi Bill. 121-132.

by Robert A. Kucharczyk, ?Enumeration of Grothendieck?s Dessins and KP Hierarchy? The handful of undergraduate courses were basically graduate-level courses (for exam… 23, Issue 2 (2013), pgs.

He currently runs an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) titled "Pomona Research in Mathematics Experience (PRiME).”  Prof. Goins is interested in (1) Selmer groups for elliptic curves using class groups of number fields, (2) Belyi maps and Dessins d’Enfants, (3) origami as branched covers of elliptic curves, and (4) Galois groups, monodromy groups, and etale fundamental groups. Math.

Edray Herber Goins grew up in South Los Angeles, California.

"Semi-Magic Squares and Elliptic Curves,"  Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Vol. (February 4, 2010). 430-442. Edray Goins is one of about a dozen black mathematicians among nearly 2,000 tenured faculty members in the nation’s top 50 math departments. His interests include Selmer groups for elliptic curves using class groups of number fields, Belyi maps and Dessin d'enfants. by Peter Zograf, ?Generalized Onsager Algebras and Grothendieck?s Desssins d?Enfants?

Whenever I did teach, I taught advanced graduate-level courses (like algebraic number theory and class field theory). Department of Mathematics, Purdue University 150 N. University Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067 Phone: (765) 494-1901 - FAX: (765) 494-0548 Contact the Webmaster for technical and content concerns about this webpage.

"Three Questions: The Journey of One Black Mathematician," Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. "Icosahedral $\mathbb Q$-curve Extensions," Math Research Letters 10 (2003), no.

275 (2001), pgs. [8] He was elected to the 2019 Class of Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

The product of the Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) public school system, He attended the California Institute of Technology, where he majored in mathematics and physics, and earned his doctorate in mathematics from Stanford University. With Mel Currie, "The Fractional Parts of $\dfrac nk$,"  Council for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. With Alain Togbe, "On Pythagorean Quadruplets,"  International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. IV; Contemp. In January 2004 he was featured in Black Issues in Higher Education as one of the "2004 Emerging Scholars of the Year.”  From 2004-2018, Dr. Goins was a professor of mathematics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. 725-734. 9, No. 102 - 119.

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With Alejandra Alvarado, "Arithmetic Progressions on Conic Sections,"  International Journal of Number Theory. [4] Goins took a position at Pomona College in 2018. [9], A ternary algebra with applications to binary quadratic forms, Palindromes in different bases: A conjecture of J. Ernest Wilkins, Points on hyperbolas at rational distance, Branch decomposition heuristics for linear matroids, Arithmetic progressions on conic sections, On the generalized climbing stairs problem, Riordan matrix representations of Euler's constant γ and Euler's number e, Professor Goins featured speaker at University of Michigan's Dr. Marjorie Lee Browne Colloquium, "For a Black Mathematician, What It's Like to Be the 'Only One, Why I’m leaving a Research I University for a Liberal Arts College, "2016 PRiME: Purdue Research in Mathematics Experience", Three Questions: The Journey of One Black Mathematician, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edray_Herber_Goins&oldid=973285613, California Institute of Technology alumni, Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 August 2020, at 11:21. 2 (2018), pgs. 8, No. I never really taught any classes until I started a tenure-track position in the Midwest. 5, pgs. With Talitha Washington, "On the Generalized Climbing Stairs Problem," Ars Combinatoria, Vol. With Talitha Washington, “Sphere-of-Influence Graphs,”  Wolfram Demonstrations Project. Vol. 9 (2009), pgs.

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I try to stay active within various professional organizations: I also try to give lots of talks and attend conferences to represent NAM; you can subscribe to my travel schedule here: Personal Travel Schedule. Copyright© 2020, Purdue University, all rights reserved. [3][4], He served for many years on the faculty of Purdue University. 7 (2018), pgs. Edray Herber Goins (born June 29, 1972, Los Angeles) is an American mathematician.

The product of the Los Angeles Unified (LAUSD) public school system, He attended the California Institute of Technology, where he majored in mathematics and physics, and earned his doctorate in mathematics from Stanford University. ", "Lattice Point Visibility on Generalized Lines of Sight,", "Riordan Matrix Representations of Euler's Constant $\gamma$ and Euler's Number $e$,", "On the Generalized Climbing Stairs Problem,", , "Arithmetic Progressions on Conic Sections,", "Branch Decomposition Heuristics for Linear Matroids,", "The Area of the Surface Generated by Revolving a Graph About Any Line,", "Points on Hyperbolas at Rational Distance,", "Semi-Magic Squares and Elliptic Curves,", "A Tasty Combination: Multivariable Calculus and Differential Forms,", "Palindromes in Different Bases: A Conjecture of J. Ernest Wilkins,", "On the Diophantine Equation $x^2 + 2^{\alpha}5^{\beta}13^{\gamma} = y^n$,”, "Icosahedral $\mathbb Q$-curve Extensions,", "A Ternary Algebra with Applications to Binary Quadratic Forms,", "Artin's Conjecture and Elliptic Curves,", American Mathematical Society (AMS) Committee on Meetings and Conferences, Arizona Winter School (AWS) Advisory Board, Initiative for Mathematics Learning by Inquiry (MLI) Board of Directors, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Committee on Graduate Students, Preparing Undergraduates through Mentoring toward PhD's (PUMP), Advisory Board, American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) Human Resources (HR) Board, Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Committee on Minority Participation in Mathematics, Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF), Advisory Board, Western Algebraic Geometry Symposium (WAGS), Diversity Committee, National Science Foundation (NSF) Workforce (principal investigator) DMS-1560394: "REU Site: Purdue Research in Mathematics Experience (PRiME)”, Purdue University, Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award, National Association of Mathematicians, Claytor-Woodard Lecture, Black Issues in Higher Education, "Emerging Scholar of the Year”, Selmer groups for elliptic curves using class groups of number fields, Origami as branched covers of elliptic curves, Galois groups, monodromy groups, and etale fundamental groups.