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UWEC CERCA 2026

7:59am CDT

The 34th Annual UWEC Mathematics Retreat Hibbard Hall

8:25am CDT

Wallpaper Groups Hibbard Hall 320Rylie Christnovich • Chloe Lewis

8:30am CDT

Area Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem Hibbard Hall 323Natalie Houle • Renee Giese • Kailey Johnson • Gabe Sanders • Lydia Edison • Ava Northamer • Becky Lueloff • Gabi DeRoma • Mykayla Tharp • Cathy Roche • Katrina Rothrock Fermat's Christmas Theorem: Proving Prime Numbers as the Sum of Two Squares Hibbard Hall 203Thomas Davidsaver • aBa Mbirika The Locker Problem Hibbard Hall 231Joshua Cole • Noah DeMoss • Nolan Diffor • Jennifer Harrison Topology and Geometry of Latent Spaces in Scientific Deep Learning: Applications to Dark Matter Reconstruction and Single-Cell Tracking Hibbard Hall 302Sophia Scott • Gracie Carlton • Julian Antolin Camarena

8:45am CDT

Quaternions Hibbard Hall 320Brooke Gerry • Abby Wynne • Keira Darnall • Chloe Lewis

9:00am CDT

Consecutive and Parity-Consecutive Complete Lucas Sequences when the Period Equals the Modulus (Part 1 of 2) Hibbard Hall 203Grace Blegen • Sarah O'Malley • Paige Simanski • aBa Mbirika Loss Plus Loss Equals Win Hibbard Hall 231Brennon Anderson • Lucas Bean • Kyle Brandberg • Garrett Mahlum • Jennifer Harrison The Importance of Remaining Stationary: Variational Calculus and the Euler-Lagrange Equations Hibbard Hall 312Duncan Koepke Topology and Geometry of Generative and Language Model Representation Spaces: Memorization in Diffusion Models and the Structure of Language Embeddings Hibbard Hall 302Henry Theisen • Owen Edmundson • Julian Antolin Camarena

9:05am CDT

Twin Primes Hibbard Hall 320Claire Lewis • Morgan Presler • Chloe Lewis

9:25am CDT

The Rubik’s Cube Hibbard Hall 320Kaitlyn Smith • Bree Stanford • Chloe Lewis

9:30am CDT

Area Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem Hibbard Hall 312Sam Haines • Kalli Huckabee • Emma Martin • Gabby Brucker • Lucy Wibel • Katrina Rothrock Consecutive and Parity-Consecutive Complete Lucas Sequences when the Period Equals the Modulus (Part 2 of 2) Hibbard Hall 203Grace Blegen • Sarah O'Malley • Paige Simanski • aBa Mbirika Cryptarithms Hibbard Hall 231Keira Darnall • Mai Lee • Ben Lockman • Matt Wojcik • Jennifer Harrison How To Start Coding With Math Hibbard Hall 302Sloan Welch • Ryan Harrison

9:45am CDT

Cayley Graphs Hibbard Hall 320Kevin LeClair • Chloe Lewis

10:00am CDT

Harmonic Conjugate Pairs in Two-Dimensional Heat Conduction and Fluid Flow Hibbard Hall 302Clara Bartlett • Claire Lewis • Aiham Hassan The Insolvability of the Quintic by Radicals Hibbard Hall 203Johnny Stevenson • Hannah Greeno • aBa Mbirika Too Many Queens on the Board Hibbard Hall 231Clay Estes • Jennifer Harrison A New Lower Bound for Clasp Number on 3-Component Links Hibbard Hall 312Nathan Phillips • Jack Paulsen • David Lawrence • Christopher Davis Next Gen Math Tools: Practical Technology Integration in the Classroom Hibbard Hall 323Brooke Gerry • Kaitlyn Smith • Bree Stanford • Mai Lee • Melissa Troudt

10:05am CDT

Germain Primes Hibbard Hall 320Brayden Mau • Jacob Lynch • Matt Wojcik • Chloe Lewis

10:25am CDT

RSA Cryptography Hibbard Hall 320Daniel Moore • Jack Hoverson • Joel Acevedo • Chloe Lewis

10:30am CDT

Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms Hibbard Hall 302Maddie Sasse • Aleya Hadenfeldt • Paige Simanski • Aiham Hassan Risky Business Hibbard Hall 231Ethan Leeser • Mason Lijewski • Jennifer Harrison The Snake of the Algebra Hibbard Hall 203Sashreek Tirunagari • aBa Mbirika

11:00am CDT

Area Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem Hibbard Hall 323Cadhla Von Asten • Sydnee Millsap • Hannah Burns • Olivia Corr • Lukas Milas • Katrina Rothrock Finding Linear Equations with Technology Hibbard Hall 231Keira Darnall • Elaynah Jaschob • Ryan Harrison Introduction to Liouville's Theorem in Complex Analysis and Applications to Physical Systems. Hibbard Hall 302Jeremy Worden • Ryan Glaser • Aidan Leddick • Aiham Hassan The Monster Behind Moonshine: Exploring the Monster Group and Monstrous Moonshine Hibbard Hall 203Sarah O'Malley • aBa Mbirika The Use of Audio and Video Softwares When Teaching Trigonometric Functions Hibbard Hall 320Michael Holtz • Clay Estes • Ryan Harrison

11:30am CDT

Abstract Algebra and the Rubik’s Cube Hibbard Hall 203Nathan Phillips • aBa Mbirika Population Dynamics with a Periodic Carrying Capacity Hibbard Hall 323James Walker Spreading Knowledge Hibbard Hall 231Jacob Lynch • Nolan Diffor • Ryan Harrison The Laplace Transform: Evolution and Applications Hibbard Hall 302Elaina Plonis • Tay Hoffmann • Aiham Hassan In how many ways can you fold a strip of stamps? Hibbard Hall 320Briar Weston • Allison Beemer

12:00pm CDT

An Introduction to the Mandlebrodt Set Hibbard Hall 302Joe Callanan • Derrick Chute • Isaiah Gengembre • Aiham Hassan Bridging to Correct from Erased Frame Coefficients Hibbard Hall 323Aleya Hadenfeldt • Sam Scholze Cyclotomic Polynomials Hibbard Hall 203Jack Paulsen • aBa Mbirika Encouraging Engagement Inside and Outside of the Math Classroom Using Prodigy Math Hibbard Hall 231Abby Wynne • Annyka Schnettler • Rylie Christnovich • Ryan Harrison

2:00pm CDT

Andrew Balas Lecture (Keynote Address): Statistical Methods for Multi-Stage Optimal Decision-Making Hibbard Hall 102Dr. Abdus Wahed

3:30pm CDT

Mathematics Competition Hibbard Hall 102

2:00pm CDT

A New Lower Bound for Clasp Number on 3-Component Links Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Nathan Phillips • Jack Paulsen • David Lawrence • Christopher Davis GLP-1 Return on Investment: An Actuarial Model For Employer-Sponsored Coverage Of Anti-Obesity Medications. Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Carson McCutcheon • Jared Delich • Herschel Day Links, C-complexes, and Triple Linking Number Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Nathan Phillips • Jack Paulsen • David Lawrence • Christopher Davis Refining the Decoding Algorithm SASH for the Optimization of Community Detection Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Taylor Presler • Allison Beemer

4:00pm CDT

008: Digit Constraints in Decimal Expansions of Fractions with Denominator 3^x Davies Center: Woodland Theater (328)Aaron Fraser • aBa Mbirika

11:00am CDT

Poster 025: Consecutive and Parity-Consecutive Complete Lucas Sequences when the Period Equals the Modulus Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Grace Blegen • Sarah O'Malley • Paige Simanski • aBa Mbirika Poster 026: Optimizing Math Department Scheduling with Prioritized Constraints Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Theodore Schwantes • Abra Brisbin Poster 027: Refining the Decoding Algorithm SASH for the Optimization of Community Detection Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Taylor Presler • Allison Beemer Poster 028: Characterizing Transfer Systems for Non-Abelian Groups Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Koki Shibata • Chloe Lewis Poster 034: Competencies Targeted in Teaching Numbers and Operations Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Vanessa Westerman • Melissa Troudt Poster 035: GLP-1 Return on Investment: An Actuarial Model For Employer-Sponsored Coverage Of Anti-Obesity Medications. Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Carson McCutcheon • Jared Delich • Herschel Day Poster 036: Function Development for Longitudinal Prediction of Match Outcomes in the WTA Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Jared Kendrick • Jessica Kraker

1:15pm CDT

From Memorization to Meaning: Encouraging Justification in the Math Classroom Davies Center: Menominee Room (320F)Annyka Schnettler • Jennifer Harrison

2:00pm CDT

Poster 011: On Matrix Pseudo-inverses Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Danielle Chuan • Haoyu Yang • Luke Zhu • Feroz Siddique Poster 012: Digit Constraints in Decimal Expansions of Fractions with Denominator 3^x Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Aaron Fraser • aBa Mbirika Poster 019: Classifying Enzyme Substrates Using Machine Learning Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Kyle He • Abra Brisbin Poster 020: Partial Error Correction with Tanner Graphs Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Grace Cole • Allison Beemer Poster 041: Links, C-complexes, and Triple Linking Number Davies Center: Ojibwe Ballroom (330)Nathan Phillips • Jack Paulsen • David Lawrence • Christopher Davis

3:20pm CDT

Monkey Mutiny Davies Center: Centennial Room (320A&B)Oliver Meney • Chris Hlas

4:30pm CDT

Something's in the Bunker Davies Center: Centennial Room (320A&B)Josh Morris • Star Hueschen • Chris Hlas