Gavin ButtsMathematics · Wake Forest University

Algebraic combinatorics

Gavin Butts

Mathematics graduate student at Wake Forest University.

I study quasisymmetric functions, tableaux, and their connections to representation theory.

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Gavin Butts standing beside his research poster on quasisymmetric functions.
With my research poster on Young quasisymmetric Schur and dual immaculate functions.

About me

I am a second-year master's student in mathematics at Wake Forest University, working with Sarah Mason. My research lies in algebraic combinatorics, where I use objects such as words and tableaux to study algebraic structures.

Before coming to Wake Forest, I studied computer science and statistics and data science at Loyola Marymount University, with a minor in mathematics. There, I worked with Joshua Hallam on the relationship between Young quasisymmetric Schur functions and dual immaculate functions.

Alongside my research, I serve as the lead graduate teaching assistant and mathematics tutor, and I lead undergraduate reading courses.