About Me
My research focus is at the intersection of number theory and combinatorics, specifically partitions and modular forms.
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I live with my husband, our two-year-old son, our one-year-old daughter, and our two dogs.
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I enjoy swimming, reading, and watching TV with my family.
Maddie Dawsey
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER
Contact Information
Email:
Office:
RBN 4048
Office Hours:
Mo 2:30 - 3:30 pm
TuFr 9:00 - 10:00 am
EDUCATION
2015-2019
Doctoral Degree
EMORY UNIVERSITY - Atlanta, GA
I received a Ph.D. in Mathematics.
My advisor was Dr. Ken Ono.
2011-2015
Bachelor's Degrees
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA - Athens, GA
I received bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Italian.
I was also a member of the varsity swim team and helped my team to win two national championship titles and four Southeastern Conference championship titles.
TEACHING
CURRENT
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Spring 2024:
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MATH 3336 (Abstract Algebra)​
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MATH 3203 (Matrix Methods in Science and Engineering)
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PAST (UT Tyler)
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Fall 2023: two sections of MATH 2415 (Multivariate Calculus)
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Summer II 2023: MATH 2312 (Precalculus)
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Spring 2023: two sections of MATH 3305 (Ordinary Differential Equations)
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Fall 2022: two sections of MATH 1342 (Statistics I)
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Spring 2022:
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two sections of MATH 2414 (Calculus II)​
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MATH 3425 (Foundations of Mathematics)
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Summer I 2021: MATH 2413 (Calculus I)
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Spring 2021:
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MATH 2414 (Calculus II)
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HNRS 2414 (Honors Calculus II)
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MATH 1342 (Statistics I)
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Fall 2020:
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MATH 2413 (Calculus I)
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HNRS 2413 (Honors Calculus I)
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MATH 3203 (Matrix Methods in Science and Engineering)
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Summer II 2020: MATH 1342 (Statistics I)
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Spring 2020: two sections of MATH 2414 (Calculus II)
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Fall 2019: two sections of MATH 2414 (Calculus II)
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Summer II 2019: MATH 1342 (Statistics I)
PAST (Emory)
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Fall 2018: MATH 211 (Multivariable Calculus)
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Summer 2 2018: MATH 112 (Calculus II)
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Spring 2018: MATH 111 (Calculus I)
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Fall 2017: MATH 111 (Calculus I)
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Summer 2 2017: MATH 111 (Calculus I)
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Spring 2017: MATH 112 (Calculus II)
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Fall 2016: MATH 111 (Calculus I)
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Fall 2015: T.A. for two sections of MATH 116 (Calculus II for Life Sciences)
RESEARCH
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Published Papers
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Combinatorial properties of Rogers-Ramanujan-type identities arising from Hall-Littlewood polynomials (with Claire Frechette). Annals of Combinatorics 20: 2 (2016), 345-360.
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Congruences for powers of the partition function (with Ian Wagner). Annals of Combinatorics 21: 1 (2017), 83-93.
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Shifted distinct-part partition identities in arithmetic progressions (with Ethan Alwaise, Robert Dicks, Jason Friedman, Lianyan Gu, Zach Harner, Hannah Larson, Ian Wagner, and Josh Weinstock). Annals of Combinatorics 21: 4 (2017), 479-494.
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Conjugacy growth series for finitary wreath products. Research in Number Theory 3: 7 (2017).
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A new formula for Chebotarev densities. Research in Number Theory 3: 27 (2017).
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Effective bounds for the Andrews spt-function (with Riad Masri). Forum Mathematicum, Volume 31, Issue 3 (2019), 743-767.
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Multiquadratic fields generated by characters of An (with Ken Ono and Ian Wagner). Journal of Algebra, Volume 533 (2019), 339-343.
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Higher Width Moonshine (with Ken Ono). Advances in Mathematics, Volume 360 (2020), doi.org/10.1016/j.aim.2019.106896.
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Fields generated by characters of finite linear groups (with Ken Ono and Ian Wagner). Archiv der Mathematik 116 (2021), 487-500.
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Generalized Paley graphs and their complete subgraphs of orders three and four (with Dermot McCarthy). Research in the Mathematical Sciences, 8: 18 (2021), doi.org/10.1007/s40687-021-00254-7.
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Self-conjugate t-core partitions and applications (with Benjamin Sharp). Australasian Journal of Combinatorics 82(2) (2022), 212-227.
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Derivatives and Integrals of Polynomials Associated with Integer Partitions (with Tyler Russell and Dannie Urban). Journal of Integer Sequences 25 (2022), Article 25.5.1.
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A “supernormal” partition statistic (with Robert Schneider and Matt Just). Journal of Number Theory 241 (2022), 120-141.
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Bijections, generalizations, and other properties of sequentially congruent partitions (with Ezekiel Cochran, Emma Harrell, and Samuel Saunders). Ramanujan Journal (2023), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-023-00728-y.
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Representations of integers as quotients of sums of distinct powers of three (with Katie Anders, Bruce Reznick, and Simone Sisneros-Thiry). Submitted.
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Non-standard binary representations and the Stern sequence (with Katie Anders, Rajat Gupta, and Joseph Vandehey). Submitted.
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Inequalities and asymptotics for hook numbers in restricted partitions (with Will Craig and Guo-niu Han). Submitted.
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Papers in Progress​
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Summation formulas in the theory of Hecke's functional equation (with Rajat Gupta). In preparation.
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Digraphs for quotients of sums of distinct powers of three (with Katie Anders, Bruce Reznick, and Simone Sisneros-Thiry). In preparation.
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Conference Proceedings
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CM evaluations of the Goswami-Sun series (with Ken Ono). Proceedings of Elliptic Integrals, Elliptic Functions and Modular Forms in Quantum Field Theory. Zeuthen, Germany (2017). Texts & Monographs in Symbolic Computation. Eds. J. Blümlein, C. Schneider, and P. Paule. Springer Nature Switzerland AG (2019), 183-193.
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Hypergeometric Functions over Finite Fields and Modular Forms: A Survey and New Conjectures (with Dermot McCarthy). From Operator Theory to Orthogonal Polynomials, Combinatorics, and Number Theory. Eds. F. Gesztesy and A. Martinez-Finkelshtein. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, Volume 285. Birkhäuser, Springer Nature Switzerland AG (2021), 41-56.
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Book Chapters
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Review of "Your hit parade: the top ten most fascinating formulas in Ramanujan's lost notebook," by B. C. Berndt and G. E. Andrews. Encyclopedia of Srinivasa Ramanujan and His Mathematics. Submitted.
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Ramanujan and the Nekrasov-Okounkov Formula. Encyclopedia of Srinivasa Ramanujan and His Mathematics. Submitted.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Popular magazine article: Speed Seeking (with Ken Ono). Splash Magazine (Summer 2019), 38-39.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4245103. "Parking functions on directed graphs and some directed trees," by W. King and C. H. Yan. The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 27(2) (2020), #P2.48.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4263544. "On t-core and self-conjugate (2t-1)-core partitions in arithmetic progressions," by K. Bringmann, B. Kane, and J. Males. Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 183 (2021) 105479.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4301587. "Distribution Properties for t-Hooks in Partitions," by W. Craig and A. Pun. Annals of Combinatorics 25 (2021), 677-695.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4322529. "Moments of partitions and derivatives of higher order," by S. Zemel. Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 54 (2021), 425-439.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4356162. "Cylindric partitions and some new A_2 Rogers-Ramanujan identities," by S. Corteel, J. Dousse, and A. Uncu. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 150 (2022), no. 2, 481-497.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4372227. "Certain eta-quotients and l-regular overpartitions," by C. Ray and K. Chakraborty. Ramanujan Journal 57 (2022), no. 2, 453-470.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4416681. "Laguerre inequalities for discrete sequences," by L. X. W. Wang and E. Y. Y. Yang. Advances in Applied Mathematics 139 (2022), 949-967.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4382175. "The asymptotic number of weighted partitions with a given number of parts," by D. Stark. Ramanujan Journal 57 (2022), 949-967.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4541589. "Sign behaviour of sums of weighted numbers of partitions," by F. Gawron and M. Ulas. Ramanujan Journal (2023) 60:571-584.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4554014. "Congruences for overpartitions with l-regular over-lined parts," by G. D. Shivanna and S. Chandrappa. The Journal of Analysis (2023) 31:459-474.
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AMS Mathematical Review MR4607743. "On generalizations of a conjecture of Kang and Park," by R. Inagaki and R. Tamura. Research in Number Theory (2023) 9:51.
ADVISING
RESEARCH ADVISING
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
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Dannie Urban (UT Tyler), research in number theory, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021
Undergraduate Students
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Alejandro De Mingo (UT Tyler), senior capstone project on origami, Spring 2024
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Tyler Russell (UT Tyler), research in number theory, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021 and Spring 2022
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Pi Mu Epsilon MathFest Presentation: Polynomials Associated to Integer Partitions
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MathFest Outstanding Presentation Award​
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Senior capstone project on the Hardy-Littlewood circle method, Spring 2022
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Ben Sharp (UT Tyler), research in number theory, Fall 2020 – Spring 2021​
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Rebecca Odom (UT Tyler), senior capstone project on self-conjugate partitions, Spring 2021
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Pi Mu Epsilon MathFest Presentation: Identifying Self-Conjugate Partitions
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MathFest Outstanding Presentation Award
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Paper submitted to Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal
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Landri Edwards (UT Tyler), senior capstone project on applied mathematics to analyze soccer acceleration data, Fall 2020
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Jerry Lu (University of Virginia), research in applied mathematics to analyze swimming acceleration data, joint advising with Dr. Ken Ono, Spring 2020 – Spring 2021
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Chloe West (UT Tyler), senior capstone project on applied mathematics to analyze swimming acceleration data, Spring 2020
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Sven Mesihovic (Emory), research in applied mathematics to analyze swimming acceleration data, joint advising with Dr. Ken Ono, Spring 2019
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
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2022 UT Tyler REU: Partitions
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Zeke Cochran (LeTourneau)
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Emma Harrell (Mount Holyoke)
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Sam Saunders (UT Tyler)​
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2019 Emory University Number Theory REU: Swimming Analysis
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2018 Emory University Number Theory REU: Swimming Analysis
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Women in Math and Science (WIMS) at UT Tyler
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Founder and Faculty Advisor
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Pi Mu Epsilon (PME) Mathematics Honor Society, Texas Phi Chapter
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Faculty Advisor