Professor of Mathematics Kendall Richards and Jordan Smith ’20 coauthored the article “A Concavity Property of Generalized Complete Elliptic Integrals,” which has been accepted for publication in the journal Integral Transforms and Special Functions. This collaboration began in an independent study last spring and continued into the summer. This fall, Smith began his graduate studies in mathematics at Baylor University.

—September 2020

Assistant Professor of Mathematics John Ross and Professor of Mathematics Kendall Richards’ book Introductory Analysis: An Inquiry Approach was released by Taylor & Francis–CRC Press. The text is an inquiry-based exploration of the real number line, seriously examining fundamental topics in the field of real analysis. Beyond the main content, the text features an extended prologue that introduces readers to inquiry-based proof writing, as well as a suite of extended explorations into advanced special topics in the field. An early version of this text was read by SU math majors Morgan Engle ’18 and Elyssa Sliheet ’19, and improvements were made based on their suggestions.

—February 2020

Professor of Mathematics Kendall Richards and coauthors Elyssa Sliheet ’19 and Roger Barnard had the article titled “On Sharp Bounds for Ratios of K-Balanced Hypergeometric Functions” accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/14751; the hard-copy publication will appear in 2020).

—October 2019

Professor of Mathematics Kendall Richards recently published an article titled “A Note on Inequalities for the Ratio of Zero-Balanced Hypergeometric Functions” in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (series B, vol. 6, May 2019).

—May 2019

Southwestern University had a strong showing at the 2019 Texas Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), held March 28–30 at Tarleton State University, in Stephenville, TX.

Student lodging, registration, and meals were provided by the Fleming Student Travel Fund and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Southwestern students accounted for five of the 57 presentations, along with 20 other colleges and universities.

—March 2019

Professor of Mathematics Kendall Richards coauthored (with Horst Alzer) the article “Inequalities for the Ratio of Complete Elliptic Integrals,” which was recently published in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.

—August 2017

Five faculty from Southwestern’s Mathematics Department attended the Texas Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in San Antonio, April 17-18, 2015: Associate Professor Alison Marr, Associate Professor Gary Richter, Associate Professor Therese Shelton, Professor Kendall Richards, and President Ed Burger.

Richter presented “Limits and Composition of Functions in Calculus.” Shelton was presented with The Ron Barnes Distinguished Service to Students Award; President Burger regaled attendees with his introduction of the award. Shelton participated in the Executive Committee Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA, moving from Chair-Elect to Chair, and participated in the Meeting of the Texas Association of Academic Administrators in the Mathematical Sciences. 

—July 2015