Eric Moss
I am a 5th year mathematics PhD student at Boston College working with Solomon Friedberg. I am interested in computational number theory and teaching.
My email is eric.moss [at] bc.edu
CV
Education
Boston College
PhD Mathematics
Advisor: Solomon Friedberg
Expected May 2024
Brigham Young University
MS Mathematics
Advisor: Paul Jenkins
August 2018
Brigham Young University
BS Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude
Minors: Computer Science, Physics
April 2017
Publications
Odd, spoof perfect factorizations (2020) BYU Computational Number Theory Group
Quanta article: Mathematicians Open a New Front on an Ancient Number Problem
Congruences for Fourier Coefficients of Modular Functions of Levels 2 and 4 (2018) Master's Thesis
Congruences for coefficients of level 2 modular functions with poles at 0 (2017) Joint with Paul Jenkins and Ryan Keck
Talks
Congruences for Fourier coefficients of modular functions of levels 2 and 4, Building Bridges: 4th EU/US Summer School + Workshop on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics, Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics, 18 July, 2018
Congruences for coefficients of level 2 modular functions with poles at 0, 32nd Automorphic Forms Workshop, Tufts University, 19 March, 2018
Congruences for coefficients of level 2 modular functions with poles at 0 (speed talk), Modular Forms Are Everywhere, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, 26 May, 2017
Congruences of modular forms in level 2 with poles at 0 (speed talk), 31st Automorphic Forms Workshop, Eastern Tennessee State University, 7 March, 2017
Local Talks
The Queen of Mathematics: A History of Number Theory, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 3 March, 2023
Linear Algebra is the Only Thing I Know, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 2 September, 2022
Computing Automorphic Forms, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 18 February, 2022
The Inverse Galois Problem and PGL_2(Z/nZ) (also some number theory), Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 1 October, 2021
Why modular forms?, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 12 March, 2021
Spoof Odd Perfect Numbers, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 6 November, 2020
What is class field theory?, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 1 May, 2020
Congruences for Coefficients of Weakly Holomorphic Modular Forms in Level 2, Graduate Student Seminar, Boston College, 4 October, 2019
What is algebraic number theory? and What is class field theory?, Algebra Seminar, Brigham Young University, 3 and 17 April, 2018
Congruences for coefficients of level 2 modular functions with poles at 0, Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University, 3 March, 2018
Abundance and deficiency computations with spoof odd perfect numbers, Computational Number Theory Seminar, Brigham Young University, 26 November, 2017
Computing ranks of elliptic curves by hand, Computational Number Theory Seminar, Brigham Young University, 23 March, 2017
Congruences of modular forms in level 2 with poles at 0, Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University, 4 March, 2017
Independence of Points on Elliptic Curves, Computational Number Theory Seminar, Brigham Young University, 10 November, 2016
Finding Elliptic Curves of High Rank by Computing Solutions Over Finite Fields, Computational Number Theory Seminar, Brigham Young University, 22 September, 2016
Generalizing the Miura-Ori and Mars Origami Patterns, Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University, 19 March, 2016
Teaching
Instructor
BC, Math 1100, Calculus 1, Fall 2021
BC, Math 1180, Principles of Statistics for the Health Sciences, Spring 2021 & Spring 2022
BC, Math 4453, Euclid's Elements, Fall 2020, Fall 2022, and Spring 2024
BC, Math 1101, Calculus 2, Spring 2020
BC, Math 1101, Calculus 2, Summer Session II 2019
BYU, Math 112, Calculus 1, Spring 2018
TA
BC, Math 1180, Principles of Statistics for the Health Sciences, Spring 2023
BC, Math 2202, Multivariable Calculus, Fall 2019
BC, Math 1100, Calculus 1, Spring 2019
BC, Math 1100, Calculus 1, Fall 2018
BYU, Math 290, Fundamentals of Mathematics, Winter 2018
BYU, Math 341, Theory of Analysis 1, Winter 2018
BYU, Math 112, Calculus 1, Fall 2017
BYU, Math 341, Theory of Analysis 1, Summer 2017
BYU, Math 487, Number Theory, Winter 2017
Conferences Attended
LMFDB, Computation, and Number Theory (LuCaNT), ICERM, 10-14 July, 2023
Building Bridges: 4th EU/US Summer School + Workshop on Automorphic Forms and Related Topics, Alfréd Réyni Institute of Mathematics, 9-14 and 16-20 July, 2018
Automorphic forms on reductive groups and their covers: A conference in honour of Solomon Friedberg, FIM - Institute for Mathematical Research, 25-28 June, 2018
32nd Automorphic Forms Workshop and Graduate Workshop, Tufts University, 18-22 March, 2018
Modular Forms are Everywhere Summer School and Conference, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, 15-19 and 22-26 May, 2017
31st Automorphic Forms Workshop, Eastern Tennessee State University, 6-9 March, 2017
Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory and CTNT 2016 Research Conference on Elliptic Curves, Modular Forms, and Related Topics, University of Connecticut, 8-14 August, 2016
Awards and Recognitions
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College, 2022
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College, 2020
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher, Brigham Young University, 2016-2017
Outstanding Performance in Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 2016-2017
Best Undergraduate Presenter in Session (with Ryan Keck), Student Research Conference, Brigham Young University, March 2017
Outstanding Performance in Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 2015-2016
Outstanding Performance in Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 2011-2012
Service
Developing Exemplary Math Teacher Leaders, Graduate Student Mentor, Spring 2022 - Present
Math Graduate Student Association Vice President, Boston College, 2021-2022
Math Graduate Student Association Secretary, Boston College, 2020-2021
Math Circles presenter, Brigham Young University, 2017-2018
Math GRE Boot Camp, Brigham Young University, 2017-2018
Graduate Student Council, Math Department, Brigham Young University, 2017-2018
The picture in the header is of Pine Valley Mountain in Zion National Park.