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Soli Deo Gloria

Johann Sebastian Bach appended the words "Soli Deo Gloria" at the end of every piece of music he wrote. Soli Deo Gloria is latin for "Glory to God alone".

There are several ways that mathematicians indicate the end of their proofs. The traditional way is to close with a "QED" or "quod erat demonstrandum". I did that for an unpublished manuscript that I wrote in high school (along with the star for a partially completed proof). The Halmos Symbol, "□" is, I think the American Mathematical Society-approved way to do that now. That's how I end proofs in my recent paper for instance.

Once upon a time I ended my homework proofs with "Soli Deo Gloria". I need to start doing that again.

Integers, Volume 8.A33

Published!

http://www.integers-ejcnt.org/vol8.html

The PDF file can be found here.

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.