The Honors Presentations for 2005 were held on Tuesday, May 31 in APM 6438. These presentations were based on theses submitted for examination to the Mathematics Department Honors Committee.

Joey Hammer - Honors with Distinction
Decomposing Hackenbush
Advisor: Dr Leonard Haff

Chris Melancon - Honors with Distinction
Simulation of a Quantum Random Walk
Advisors: Dr Jeffrey Rabin & Dr David Meyer

Chris Severs - Honors with High Distinction
Distance 2 Permutation Statistics and Symmetric Functions
Advisor: Dr Jeffrey Remmel

Jonathan Pearlman - Honors with Distinction
Necessary Conditions for the Non-Existence of Odd Perfect Numbers
Advisor: Dr Ronald Evans

Josh Hernandez - Honors with Distinction
Non-Commutative Subharmonic and Harmonic Polynomials
Advisor: Dr J William Helton