Tyler J Jarvis

Professor of Mathematics, Brigham Young University

Director of the BYU Applied and Computational Mathematics Emphasis (ACME), a degree focused on developing the mathematical and computational tools needed for modern applications of mathematics.

Curriculum Vitae LinkedIn

ACME Program & Textbooks

The textbooks for the ACME program are published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Volume 1: Mathematical Analysis

"Well written", "Rich material", "Thoughtfully constructed", "Very valuable" - MathSciNet

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Volume 2: Algorithms, Approximation, Optimization

"For anyone curious about the math underlying modern computational science, this book offers just about everything you'll need. It's clear, comprehensive, and charming." - Steven Strogatz, Cornell University

"I have been teaching from Humpherys and Jarvis's notes for this book since 2013, and I love it. This book should be a required reference for mathematicians, statisticians, economists, and data scientists." - Richard W. Evans, University of Chicago

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Lab Materials

The labs for the ACME program are free and open source.

Research

Many of my publications are available at the arXiv preprint server.

Selected Papers Not on arXiv

T. Jarvis, Compactification of the Universal Picard over the Moduli of Stable Curves. Mathematische Zeitschrift 235, 123-149 (2000).
T. Jarvis and J. Tanton, The Hairy Ball Theorem via Sperner's Lemma. American Mathematical Monthly, 111, no. 7, 599-603 (2004).
T. Jarvis, Class Size and Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Dropout Rates in University-Level Calculus. Preprint.

Nontechnical Presentations and Writings

Struggle and Success - Struggle is not weakness; it is how we grow.
That's How the Light Gets In (BYU Devotional, July 9, 2013)
Video | Audio (MP3) | Text (PDF)
Advice for New Faculty (MAA MathFest presentation)

Resources for Students

Here are some resources I've created to help students succeed in mathematics.

Contact

Department of Mathematics
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602 USA +1 801-422-2061