Kelly McArthur received her A.B. degree from Harvard
University, Cambridge, in 1981 and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from Montana State University in 1984 and 1987, respectively.
She had a three-year instructorship at the University of Utah
before joining the faculty at Colorado State University in the
fall of 1990.
Dr. McArthur is trained in numerical analysis and
is primarily interested in the solution of partial differential
equations. She has looked at techniques such as spectral methods,
sinc methods and finite element methods as well as the methodsí
associated matrix analysis. Her most recent work is on ADI schemes.
Dr. McArthur has taught a variety of classes at the
undergraduate level including complex analysis, numerical analysis,
partial differential equations and engineering mathematics. At
the graduate level she has taught courses in matrix analysis,
numerical linear algebra, survey of numerical analysis, finite
element methods, spectral methods, finite difference methods and
computational fluid dynamics.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: PUTNAM PROGRAM
The Putnam Mathematical Exam is designed to foster
rivalry in undergraduate mathematical studies at colleges and
universities in the United States and Canada. Last year approximately
2500 students took the exam and both those individuals with a
score in the top 500 as well as the top 10 teams were announced.
The Colorado State University Mathematics Department believes
the competitive spirit the exam sparks amongst undergraduates
is healthy, so the department sponsors weekly problem-solving
sessions with faculty guidance. Although the skills developed
in the problem-solving sessions are most immediately applicable
to the Putnam exam questions, these questions are designed so
that the student must combine technical knowledge learned in a
variety of mathematics courses with the strength of their own
original thinking. Of course, these are skills that the student
continues to benefit from. As both an incentive to Colorado State
University participants and as a reward, the Colorado State Mathematics
Department will purchase our top finisherís required textbooks
at Colorado State for the semester following the publication of
placement results.