Jacob C. Manske
(The "C" stands for "")
479 carver hall
iowa state university
contact: jmanske at iastate dot edu
major professor: maria axenovich


Classes I'm Teaching (Fall 2008)
Math 010 - High School Algebra (Track B)

Classes I've Taken
Math 504 - Abstract Algebra I (Fall 2004)
Math 515 - Real Analysis I (Fall 2004)
Math 551 - Combinatorics (Fall 2004)
Math 505 - Abstract Algebra II (Spring 2005)
Math 533 - Cryptography (Spring 2005)
Math 537 - Algebraic Topology (Spring 2005)
Math 511 - Complex Analysis (Summer 2005)
Math 607 - Modern Graph Theory (Fall 2005)
Math 615 - Universal Algebra I (Fall 2005)
Math 621 - Topology (Fall 2005)
Math 690I - Extremal Graph Theory (Spring 2006)
Math 616 - Universal Algebra II (Spring 2006)
Philosophy 318 - 20th Century Anglo-American Philosophy (Spring 2006)
Math 510 - Linear Algebra (Summer 2006)
Philosophy 465 - Brains, Minds, & Computers (Fall 2006)
Math 605 - Design Theory & Association Schemes (Fall 2006)
Math 606 - Enumerative Combinatorics (Spring 2007)
Math 516 - Real Analysis II (Spring 2007)
Philosophy 343 - Philosophy of Technology (Summer 2008)

Classes I've Taught (at ISU)
Math 151 - Business Calculus (Fall 2004)
Math 165 - Calculus I (Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Summer 2007, Summer 2008)
Math 166 - Calculus II (Fall 2005, Spring 2007, Fall 2007)
Math 265 - Calculus III (Spring 2006)
TA for Math 533 - Cryptography (Spring 2008)


Education and Related Information
B.S. in Mathematics at Marquette University, 2004 (Magna Cum Laude)
Most Outstanding Mathematics Student, Marquette University, 2004
President, Pi Mu Epsilon (Wisconsin Alpha Chapter), 2003-2004
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Recipient, Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award, Fall 2005
Member, Mathematics Graduate Student Council, 2005 - 2007
Graduate Student Liaison to the Mathematics Graduate Committee, 2005-2006


Publications
J. Alm, R. Maddux, and J. Manske, Chromatic Graphs, Ramsey Numbers, and the Flexible Atom Conjecture, Electron. J. Combin. 15(1) (2008), Research Paper 49, 8pp. (electronic).
M. Axenovich and J. Manske, On Monochromatic Subsets of a Rectangular Grid. Integers 8 (2008), A21, 14 pp.


Talks and Seminars
(With Doug Ray) "The NFL Superfan Problem" (15 November 2005) (Presentation) (Example Solution using 2005 NFL schedule)
(With Jeremy Alm) "Hey Kids! Improve Your Theorems! Add Superfluous Hypotheses!" (8 April 2006 - MAA Section Meeting)
"Erdős the Calvinist: Predestined Subgraphs" (24 October 2006 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)
(With Jeremy Alm) "Dr. Strangeproof: or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Superfluity" (28 October 2006 - Regional Workshop in the Mathematical Sciences - University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
(With Jeremy Alm) "A Probabilistic Nightmare: Constructing the World's Worst Graph; sort of" (20 February 2007 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)
"The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy with Property B" (6 March 2007 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)
"It's Hip to be Square: Coloring the Integer Grid" (14 December 2007 - University of Dallas Mathematics Colloquium [invited])
"Monochromatic Subsets of the Integer Grid" (4 March 2008 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)
"Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbow Subposets of the Boolean Lattice" (16 September 2008 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)
"It's my poset and I'll cry if I want to" (23 September 2008 - ISU Discrete Math Seminar)


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