Overview
Matthew Jura received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Connecticut in 2009. He studies mathematical logic, particularly computability theory and reverse mathematics, mostly in the area of graph theory. His Ph.D. dissertation was on the reverse mathematics of theorems involving a certain type of graph coloring. He enjoys teaching all kinds of mathematics.
Education
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Connecticut
- M.S. in Mathematics, University of Connecticut
- B.A. in Mathematics, University of Maine
- B.A. in Honors, University of Maine
Courses Taught
- CMPT 443 Computability Theory
- MATH 099 Online Bridge for Science and Engineering
- MATH 100 Precalculus
- MATH 153 Finite Mathematics for Business Decisions
- MATH 154 Calculus for Business Decisions
- MATH 156 Calculus for the Life Sciences II
- MATH 185 Calculus I
- MATH 186 Calculus II
- MATH 285 Calculus III
- MATH 187 Honors Calculus I
- MATH 188 Honors Calculus II
- MATH 287 Honors Calculus III
- MATH 286 Differential Equations
- MATH 230 Elementary Statistics
- MATH 243 Foundations for Higher Mathematics
- MATH 331 Probability
- MATH 372 Linear Algebra I
- MATH 386 Partial Differential Equations
- MATH 387 Analysis I
- MATH 432 Statistical Inference
- MATH 471 Linear Algebra II
- MATH 488 Analysis II
- MATH 489 Problem Seminar
- MATH 490 Complex Analysis
- MATH 491 Topics in Mathematics: Financial Mathematics
- MATH 499 Independent Study: Mathematical Logic
- MATG 588 Principles of Mathematical Analysis
- MATG 688 Graduate Analysis
Research & Scholarly Activities
Research program in Reverse Mathematics and Computability Theory.
Publications
- "Brownian Dynamics Investigations of the Scattering Function of Ideal and Excluded Volume Ring Polymers in Higher Dimensions," with Marvin Bishop and Khoa Dinh, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, September 2025.
- "The Scattering Function of Ideal Two Dimensional Symmetric Pom-Pom Polymers," with Marvin Bishop, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 162, issue 17, p. 174905, (2025).
- "The scattering functions of ideal tri-functional comb and dendrimer polymers," with Marvin Bishop, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 159, Issue 3, (2023).
- "The computational strength of matchings in countable graphs," with Stephen Flood, Oscar Levin, and Tyler Markkanen, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, (2022), 173 (8), August-September 2022, 26 pages.
- "Examining the Effectiveness of an Online Summer Bridge Course to Prepare Students for Calculus," with Ira Gerhardt, PRIMUS, (2021) published online 12 May 2021.
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"Monte Carlo computer investigations of higher generation ideal dendrimers," with Marvin Bishop, Brandon Thrope, and Robin de Regt, Condensed Matter Physics, 24 (2), (2021) 1-13.
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"A-computable graphs," with Oscar Levin and Tyler Markkanen, Annals of Pure and Applied Logic, 167 (2016) 235-246.
- "Finding domatic partitions in infinite graphs," with Oscar Levin and Tyler Markkanen, The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 22(3), (2015), #P3.39
- "Domatic partitions of computable graphs," with Oscar Levin and Tyler Markkanen, Archive for Mathematical Logic, (2014) vol. 53, issue 1: pp 137-155.
- “Reverse mathematics and the coloring number of graphs,” Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, volume 57, number 1, 2016.
- “Reverse mathematics and the coloring number of graphs,” Ph.D. Thesis, University of Connecticut.
Professional Experience & Memberships
- 2024-present: Professor of Mathematics, Manhattan University
- 2017-2024: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Manhattan College
- 2011-2017: Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Manhattan College
- 2009-2011: Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Manhattan College
- SOA/CAS Exam P/1 (Actuarial exam for probability)
- Member of Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Member of Association of Symbolic Logic (ASL)
- Member of Sigma Xi
- Member of Phi Beta Kappa
