The University of Chicago Mathematics REU 2020

Interested in the REU but not at the University of Chicago? (pdf)

An essay about Chicago's REU and DRP programs (from 2014) (pdf)

2020 REU: Announcement and description of the program (pdf)

2020 REU: Application for University of Chicago students (pdf)

Completed U of C applications should be returned to E314.

2020 REU: Application for non-University of Chicago students (pdf)

This is a suggested template for your Research Statement, to be uploaded to your application.

To apply, go to MathPrograms.

  • 2020 REU: Acceptance Form for the Apprentice program (pdf)
  • 2020 REU: Acceptance Form for the Full program (U of C students) (pdf)
  • 2020 REU: Acceptance Form for the Full program (non-U of C students) (pdf)
  • Link to the 2019 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2018 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2017 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2016 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2015 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2014 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2013 REU (Go)
  • Link to the 2012 REU (Go)
  • Link to the University of Chicago VIGRE program, 2000-11, and early REUs (Go)
  • FIRST WEEK SCHEDULE, June 22-26 (pdf)
  • FIRST WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • SECOND WEEK SCHEDULE, June 29-July 3 (pdf)
  • SECOND WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • THIRD WEEK SCHEDULE, July 6-July 10 (pdf)
  • THIRD WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • FOURTH WEEK SCHEDULE, July 13-July 17 (pdf)
  • FOURTH WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • FIFTH WEEK SCHEDULE, July 20-July 24 (pdf)
  • FIFTH WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • SIXTH WEEK SCHEDULE, July 27-31 (pdf)
  • SIXTH WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • SEVENTH WEEK SCHEDULE, August 3-7 (pdf)
  • SEVENTH WEEK ABSTRACTS (pdf)
  • EIGHTH WEEK SCHEDULE, August 10-14 (pdf)
  • REU: Table of mentorship pairings (pdf)
  • Links for algebraic topology topics are in the Abstracts
  • Slides of Agnes Beaudry's talk ``Ants on pants" (pdf)
  • Notes written during Angelica Osorno's talk (pdf)
  • Notes from Doug Ravenel's talk ``The coffee cup and best tricks, and their homotopy theoretic explanations" (pdf)
  • Notes from Inna Zakharevich's first talk ``Scissors congruence" (pdf)
  • Notes from Matthew Morrow's talk ``Perfectoid spaces" (pdf)
  • Danny Calegari's notes on fiber bundles (pdf)
  • Pedro Gaspar Marques Da Silva and Henrik Matthiesen ``Minimal surfaces in 3-space and Bernstein's theorem 1 (pdf)
  • Pedro Gaspar Marques Da Silva and Henrik Matthiesen ``Minimal surfaces in 3-space and Bernstein's theorem 2 (pdf)
  • Examples of minimal surfaces (slides) (pdf)
  • Peter May slide talk ``Finite topological spaces" (pdf)
  • Peter May slide talk ``Glimpses of equivariant algebraic topology" (pdf)
  • Link to Laci Babai's REU web page: (Go)
  • FINITE SPACES: a book in progress: selected readings to be recommended (pdf)
  • CHARACTERISTIC CLASSES: a book in progress: selected readings may be recommended (pdf)
  • LOCALIZATION AND COMPLETION: Simplified excerpts from More concise algebraic topology (slides) (pdf)
  • Template for texing REU papers: YOU MUST USE THIS TEX FILE (tex) (pdf)
  • An excellent latex web page (with an REU template with more examples) (web page)
  • LaTeX -- A document preparation system (web page)
  • Writing a math paper (two formats): READ THIS CAREFULLY (pdf) (pdf)
  • Another useful guide: READ THIS TOO (pdf)

The links below will become operative towards the end of the REU

  • 2020 REU: Participant talks Wednesday Aug 12 (pdf)
  • 2020 REU: Participant talks Thursday Aug 13 (pdf)
  • 2020 REU: Participant talks Friday Aug 14 (pdf)

The links below will become operative after the end of the REU

2020 REU: PARTICIPANT PAPERS -- FULL PROGRAM

2020 REU: PARTICIPANT PAPERS -- APPRENTICE PROGRAM