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Paul Hurst

Associate Professor
Faculty of Math & Computing

Science Building Room 332

Education

Ph.D. Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, August 1995

B.A. Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, July 1988

Thesis

Linear Fractional Composition Operators on Weighted Hardy Spaces, directed by Professor Carl Cowen, August 1995

Teaching Experience

Assistant/Associate Professor, Mathematics Dept., BYU–Hawaii, 1995-present
Courses taught include: Complex Variables, Analysis I, II, Linear Algebra, Calculus I, II, and III, Differential Equations, College Algebra, Quantitative Reasoning, Trigonometry, Elementary Statistics, Intermediate Algebra, Mathematical Statistics, and Several Special Topics courses

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mathematics Department, Purdue University, 1988-1995
Teaching Videos on YouTube, includes Calculus I, College Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Complex Analysis https://www.youtube.com/user/777NCM/playlists?view_as=subscriber

Service

Mathematics Faculty Lead, Winter 2022 to present

  • Designed and 3D printed various objects for other faculty and students.
  • Calculus I, II, III and College Algebra course development.
  • Created assignments and exams on Webassign.
  • Shared these materials with and helped other faculty members transition to Webassign, 2019 – 2020
  • Quantitative Reasoning and Elementary Statistics course development.
  • Created assignment sets on MyMathLab.
  • Shared these materials (which are still being used) with other faculty members, 2015 and 2013, respectively

BYU–Hawaii Pi Day Presentation, March 2007, 2019, 2022

Chair, University Promotional Review Committee, Fall 2014 to Fall 2016

University Promotional Review Committee, BYU–Hawaii, Fall 2011 to Fall 2016

Scholarships and Awards Board, BYU–Hawaii, Fall 1996 to 2018

Faculty Advisor for the Chess club, BYU–Hawaii, Currently serving

Faculty Advisor for the STEM club, BYU–Hawaii, 2014 to 2015

Faculty Advisor for the Math club, BYU–Hawaii, Fall 1996 to 2011

Mathematics Department Chair, BYU–Hawaii, Winter 2000 to Winter 2002

Annual Hawaii State High School Math Bowl Competitions Committee, Spring 1996 to 2006, and 2013 to present

Kahuku High School Mathematics Coach for the State High School Math Bowl, 2006 to 2012

Laie Science Academy, tutored talented high school students in mathematics, Fall 2009 to Fall 2010

Refereed Publications

The Centroid Solid Angle and Probability Models of Square Prism Dice Rolls, International Journal of Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, Vo. 14, 2020, pp 95-101, with Vanessa Tandiman.

Probabilities Involving Standard Trirectangular Tetrahedral Dice Rolls, Rose- Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal, with Rulon Olmstead and DonEliezer Baize, Fall 2018 https://scholar.rose-hulman.edu/rhumj/vol19/iss1/4/

Relating Composition Operators on Different Weighted Hardy Spaces, Archives of Mathematics, June 1997.

A Model for Invertible Composition Operators on H2, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, June 1996.

Mentored Student Research Presentations

Pentagonal Prismatic Dice Probabilities, BYUH Undergraduate Research Conference, J. Naleo Hyde, 2023

Probabilities Involving Square Prism Dice Rolls, BYUH Undergraduate Research Conference, Michael Mendoza, Lok Him Rhine Woo, and Bo Liu, 2019

Meet Don, the Autonomous Dice Rolling Machine, BYUH Undergraduate Research Conference, Sione Fuluvaka and Kenneth Lee, 2018

Probabilities Involving Standard Trirectangular Dice Rolls, BYUH Undergraduate Research Conference and MAA Mathfest, DonEliezer Baize and Rulon Olmstead, 2017

Academic Presentations and Conferences

Joint Mathematics Meeting, January 2024 The Centroid Solid Angle and Probability Models of Square Prism Dice Rolls

BYU–Hawaii Convocation Talk (like a devotional talk, but academic), Fall 2019 How Small and Simple Things Can Lead to Great Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INNkG5iNMo

MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, Spring 2015

Hadamard Matrix Representations of Complex and Quaternionic Monomials
MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, Spring 2012 Long Distance Teaching

BYU Provo Mathematics Colloquium, Summer 1999: Linear Fractional Composition Operators on Spaces of Analytic Functions.

Park City Mathematics Institute on Linear Algebra, Undergraduate Faculty Participant, Summer 1998: Member of the Technology and Pedagogy working groups and presentation: Linear Algebra Operations on the TI-86, TI-92.

Hawaii Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Presenter, Winter 1998: Market Games in Mathematics Education and Fall 1998: Math Bowl Forum.

University of Hawaii Operator Theory Seminar, Fall 1996, 3 one-hour lectures: Composition Operators on Weighted Hardy Spaces.

Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Composition Operators Conference, Summer 1996: Relating Composition Operators on Different Weighted hardy Spaces.

Annual AMS Meeting, San Francisco, January 1995: A Model for Invertible Composition Operators on the Hardy Space.

Wabash Mini-Conference, Indianapolis, Fall 1994: A Model for Invertible Composition Operators on the Hardy Space.

Purdue University Composition Operators Seminar, Fall 1994, 2 one-hour lectures: Introduction to Composition Operators and A Model for Invertible Composition Operators on the Hardy Space.

Special Skills

Webassign, Latex, MyMathLab, 3D printing

CV Revised June 7, 2024

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