Experimental Mathematics Lab

Welcome to the Queens College Experimental Mathematics Laboratory,* where undergraduate students use computation to discover and prove new mathematics.
*Who says physical scientists get to have all the fun? And all the labs? I declare my office to be a laboratory!

What is Experimental Mathematics?

Experimental mathematics means using computer software to generate all objects satisfying desired conditions. We then analyze this set of objects, leading to conjectures based on the collected data, and to insight that informs proof. While in other sciences experiments give approximations, our experiments always give exact results. It's up to us to learn and prove what we can!

Join the Lab

Prof. Hanusa supervises a few students every semester on projects in the exp(ML). The best preparation to participate is to take his Combinatorics class and to have some programming experience.

Lab Alumni