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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

PhD, Brigham Young University, 2015

Major: Mathematics

MS, Brigham Young University, 2012

Major: Mathematics

BS, Brigham Young University, 2009

Major: Mathematics

Teaching

MATH 1210

Calculus I QL, Spring 2025

MATH 2280

Ordinary Differential Equations, Spring 2025

MATH 3400

Partial Differential Equations, Spring 2025

Presentations

Simmons, Skyler , UVU Topology Seminar, "What is Topology?", UVU, UVU. (September 12, 2024)
Simmons, Skyler , Utah Dynamics Mini-Workshop, "Periodic Collision-based Orbits in the Newtonian n-Body Problem", University of Utah & Brigham Young University, BYU. (March 23, 2024)
Simmons, Skyler , UVU Mathematics Department Colloquium, "Shut the Box ‐ An Undergraduate Research Opportunity in Recreational Mathematics", UVU Mathematics Department. (September 29, 2023)
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)

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.