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Skyler Simmons

Faculty Member

Skyler Simmons

Biography

PhD: Brigham Young University 2015

Dissertation: Analysis of Multiple Collision-Based Periodic Orbits in Dimension Higher than One

Research interests: Dynamical Systems, Newtonian n-Body Problems, Recreational Mathematics

Other interests: Piano, computer programming, chess, go, 3D printing, photography

Education

Ph D, Brigham Young University, 2015

Major: Mathematics

MS, Brigham Young University, 2012

Major: Mathematics

BS, Brigham Young University, 2009

Major: Mathematics

Teaching

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Fall 2023

MATH 2270

Linear Algebra, Fall 2023

MATH 2270

Linear Algebra, Fall 2023

MATH 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Fall 2023

MATH 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Summer 2023

MATH 1210

Calculus I QL, Spring 2023

MATH 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Spring 2023

Presentations

Simmons, Skyler , AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, "A Pair of Collision-Based Periodic Orbits in Three Dimensions", AIMS (American Institute of Mathematical Sciences), Wilmington NC. (June, 2023)
Simmons, Skyler , MAA Intermountain Section Speaker Program, "3D Printing and Mathematics Teaching", Mathematics Association of America, Online. (February 23, 2023)
Simmons, Skyler , MAA Intermountain Section Meeting , "Periodic Orbits in the Co-Sitnikov Problem", Mathematics Association of America, Orem UT. (March, 2022)
Simmons, Skyler , UVU Mathematics Department Colloquium, "What Conway Wished He Knew", UVU Mathematics Department. (January, 2022)
Simmons, Skyler , Spring Topology and Dynamical Systems Conference, "A Newtonian n-body Collision-Based Periodic Orbit in Three Dimensions", Murray State University, Virtual. (May, 2021)
Simmons, Skyler , MAA Intermountain Section Meeting, "A Collision-Based Periodic Orbit in Three Dimensions", Mathematical Association of America, Online. (March, 2021)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Simmons, Skyler , (2023) "A new collision-based periodic orbit in the three-dimensional eight-body problem" (Issue: 6, vol. 134). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
Simmons, Skyler , "The octahedral collision-based periodic orbit in the three-dimensional six-body problem" . Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
Simmons, Skyler , "Stability of Broucke’s Isosceles Orbit" (Issue: 8, vol. 41). Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems A.