PhD. Applications.

Finalized my list of schools to apply to for my math PhD.
I'm applying to 13 schools, in three countries, in two continents.

This is going to be a fun semester :|

Just about filled in the first of my thirteen applications, to the National U of Singapore.
It would be nice actually if I ended up in Sing, four hours from KL. I could go home on the holidays, maybe even on the weekends. The food would still be bad, but it won't be as awful as what they claim to be Asian cuisine here in the States (barring places like LA, SF, Houston of course)
Grandma could come to my graduation.

I could see myself choosing NUS or NTU over stronger math departments in the West. So many factors to consider.

My first published journal article!

After three years of trying (and two REU programs) I've finally managed to get my research published in a mathematics journal!

At last, fame, fortune, and an Erdős number are coming my way!

Well, maybe not the "fame and fortune" part.

For the uninitiated, publications in academic journals are how mathematicians are 'evaluated'. I don't need one now as an undergraduate, of course, but it has been a good experience, and I'd like to think this helps my application for graduate school.

You can read the article here.

It's not too technical- I think the most obscure concept is that of a semigroup, which isn't that hard to understand at all. Plus, it's really short.