Columbia Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics

Welcome to the Columbia Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics! Established in 2023 in partnership with the Columbia Department of Mathematics, the Columbia Undergraduate Mathematics Society, and Columbia Libraries, CJUM was founded to fill an important gap we found in undergraduate mathematics. Plenty of high-quality expository work is produced every year by undergraduates through coursework, REUs, and senior thesis, but there are few opportunities for undergraduates to publish such writing. This writing then vanishes, neither preserved nor shared. The Columbia Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics seeks to rectify this problem by offering undergraduates an opportunity to publish, preserving and sharing their work for the larger math community.

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024)

Published August 5, 2024

The primary goal of the Columbia Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics is to provide undergraduate readers with high-quality, accessible articles on challenging topics, or novel approaches to teaching more familiar concepts. Articles published are purely expository; we do not accept research papers. Most range from 5 to 15 pages in length, with the primary exceptions being senior theses written by students at Columbia and other universities alike. The journal also accepts and publishes mathematical artwork with clear pedagogical value.

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Spring 2024 Expository Issue Call for Submissions

The Columbia Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics is an academic journal publishing expository papers written by undergraduates. We have opened submissions for our Spring 2024 issue from now until December 8th at 11:55 p.m EST. Submissions should be expository, with their novelty stemming from how they present results; this could be in terms of the submission’s target audience, approach to the material, or style. We wish to construe mathematics broadly, accepting articles in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, mathematical physics, mathematical finance, logic, theoretical computer science, etc. Articles should generally be 5-15 pages long, although we will accept a few in the 15-30 page range, especially if they are senior theses.

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Fall 2024 Editorial Board Interest Meeting: Thursday, 9/12

Our first interest meeting of the Fall 2024 semester will be on Thursday, 9/12 from 7:30-8:30 in the Cantor Lounge (Math 508). If you are a Columbia undergraduate student, come by to hear about submitting to the journal, joining our editorial team, or getting involved in other ways!

If you can't make the meeting, don't worry! Fill out the following form and we will email you after the meeting with how to get involved: https://forms.gle/nQdLabyiYnDy8WxS6

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