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Victoria S Akin

Victoria S Akin

Associate Professor of the Practice of Mathematics
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Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Modeling Active Learning in Professional Development for Teaching

Journal article The journal of faculty development · September 1, 2023 Cite

An algebraic characterization of the point-pushing subgroup

Journal article · June 10, 2017 The point-pushing subgroup P(S_g) of the mapping class group MCG_{g,*} of a surface with marked point is an embedding of \pi_1(S_g) given by pushing the marked point around loops. We prove that for g>= 3, the subgroup P(S_g) is the unique normal, genus g s ... Link to item Cite

How sticky should a virus be? The impact of virus binding and release on transmission fitness using influenza as an example.

Journal article Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · March 2014 Budding viruses face a trade-off: virions need to efficiently attach to and enter uninfected cells while newly generated virions need to efficiently detach from infected cells. The right balance between attachment and detachment-the right amount of stickin ... Full text Cite

TP_k completions of partial matrices with one unspecified entry

Journal article The Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra · January 1, 2014 Full text Cite