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Dan Romik is a mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis.[1] He is known for contributions to probability theory and discrete mathematics. He is an author of 3 books and over 40 papers, including publications in the Annals of Mathematics and in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[2][3] In 2010 he was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[4] From 2014 to 2017 he was the chair of the Mathematics Department of the University of California, Davis.[5]

Work

The sphere packing problem

In 2023, Romik published a paper simplifying Maryna Viazovska's solution to the sphere packing problem in dimension 8. Viazovska's original solution relied on computer calculations to verify analytical inequalities that were an essential ingredient in her proof, making the proof a computer-assisted proof. Romik's paper presents a proof of the same inequalities that does not rely on computer calculations.[6]

The moving sofa problem

Romik's research work on the moving sofa problem has been featured on the Numberphile educational YouTube channel,[7] in an article in Popular Mechanics,[8] and in several other news publications and websites.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Software

Romik developed several software packages accompanying his research articles.[16] He is the creator of the MadHat software system for mathematical typesetting and publishing.[17]

Selected publications

Books

  • Romik, Dan (2015). The Surprising Mathematics of Longest Increasing Subsequences. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139872003. ISBN 9781139872003.[18][19][20]
  • Romik, Dan (2015). Topics in Complex Analysis. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110796810. ISBN 9783110796810.
  • Romik, Dan (2023). An Invitation to MadHat and Mathematical Typesetting. Association for Mathematical Research, to appear.

Journal articles

References

  1. ^ UC Davis Mathematics, Dan Romik.
  2. ^ ZbMath Open, Dan Romik.
  3. ^ Dan Romik, Publications.
  4. ^ UC Davis News, LAURELS: Mathematician Romik receives early-career grant
  5. ^ UC Davis Mathematics, Mathematics Newsletter - Featuring the 2016-17 Academic Year.
  6. ^ Romik, Dan (October 18, 2023). "On Viazovska's modular form inequalities". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120 (43): e2304891120. doi:10.1073/pnas.230489112. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  7. ^ Numberphile, The Moving Sofa Problem.
  8. ^ Popular Mechanics, Why Mathematicians Cannot Solve the Problem of Moving Your Sofa
  9. ^ Visual Insight, American Mathematical Society Blogs, Romik's Ambidextrous Sofa
  10. ^ Phys.org, New twist on sofa problem that stumped mathematicians and furniture movers
  11. ^ The Daily Express, Moving a sofa into a house is so tricky - it's stumped mathematicians for years
  12. ^ 3DPrint.com, UC Davis Mathematician Uses 3D Printing to Deliver New Insight into Moving Sofa Problem
  13. ^ 3 Quarks Daily, Moving Sofas in the Apocalypse
  14. ^ De Econometrist, The Moving Sofa Problem
  15. ^ OpenMind, Once Upon a Time, a Sofa in a Hallway…
  16. ^ "Dan Romik's home page - Software". Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  17. ^ MadHat - About.
  18. ^ "The Surprising Mathematics of Longest Increasing Subsequences - Book Review". ZbMath Open. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  19. ^ "The Surprising Mathematics of Longest Increasing Subsequences - Book Review". MAA Reviews. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  20. ^ "The Surprising Mathematics of Longest Increasing Subsequences - Book Review". MathSciNet Mathematical Reviews. MR 3468738. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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