Hays Whitlatch, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Co-Interim Director of Honors

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Contact Information

  • Office Hours Fall 2024

    Math Office Hours

    Monday 1:30-2:30pm

    Tuesday 1-3:00pm

    Friday 2-3:00pm (in MLC)

     

    Honors Office Hours

    Tuesday 3-5:00pm

    Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm

     

  • (509) 313-3902

Education & Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Mathematics, University of South Carolina

M.S. Mathematics, Middle Tennessee State University

B.S. in Mathematics, University of Iowa



Courses Taught

MATH 121: Introductory Statistics

MATH 157: Calculus-Analytic Geometry I

MATH 231: Discrete Structures

MATH 258: Calculus-Analytic Geometry II

MATH 260: Ordinary Differential Equations

MATH 321: Statistics for Experimentalists

MATH 339: Linear Algebra

MATH 351: Combinatorics and Graph Theory

MATH 361: Topics - Mathematics of Game Shows

MATH 457: Number Theory and Cryptography

MATH 490: Chemical Graph Theory

MATH 490: Discrete Methods in Genetics

MATH 490: Graph Theory Applications Research

MATH 490: Monitoring Power Networks

MATH 490: Linear Algebra and Sequences

J. Cooper, E. Hanna, H. Whitlatch. “Positive-Definite Matrices over Finite Fields.” Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics.

S. Kniahnitskaya, M. Ortiz, O. Ramirez. K. Shultis, H. Whitlatch.  "Counting Power Domination Sets in Complete m-ary Trees." Theory and Applications of Graphs. (2023), Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 4.

G. Dorpalen-Barry, C. Hettle, D. Livingston, J. Martin, G. Nasr, J. Vega H. Whitlatch. “A positivity phenomenon in Elser’s Gaussian-cluster percolation model” Journal of Combinatorial Theory - Series A. 179 (2019), 105364.

J. Cooper, P. Gartland, H. Whitlatch. “A New Characterization of V-posets.” Order. (2019), 1–17.

J. Cooper, H. Whitlatch. “Uniquely Pressable Graphs: Characterization, Enumeration, and Recognition,” Advances in Applied Mathematics. 103 (2019), 13–42.

Anderson, Bai, Barrera-Cruz, Czabarka, Da Lozzo, Hobson, Lin, Mohr, Smith, Szekely, Whitlatch. “Analogies between the Crossing Number and the Tangle Crossing Number,” The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 25 (2018), 4.24.