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 1220

Calculus II, Spring 2024

MATH 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Spring 2024

MATH 1060

Trigonometry QL, Spring 2024

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.