Silas Vriend

I'm a mathematician by day and a musician/actor/origami artist by night. CV available upon request.

Education

I am currently a PhD Mathematics candidate in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Megumi Harada.

I completed my MSc Mathematics (Thesis) at McMaster University under the supervision of Dr. Stanley Alama and Dr. Lia Bronsard. The title of my thesis was 'On a Free-Endpoint Isoperimetric Problem'.

I completed my BMath Honours Mathematical Physics (Pure Mathematics Minor) at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. My undergraduate senior research project was completed under the supervision of Dr. Eduardo Martin-Martinez, in collaboration with Daniel Grimmer. My project report was titled 'Speedups and Slowdowns: Searching for the Unruh Effect using Gaussian Quantum Mechanics'.

Publications

• The standard lens cluster in R² uniquely minimizes relative perimeter. Stanley Alama, Lia Bronsard, and Silas Vriend. arXiv preprint, 2023, arXiv:2307.1220. Accepted by the Transactions of the AMS.
• On a Free-Endpoint Isoperimetric Problem in R². Stanley Alama, Lia Bronsard, and Silas Vriend. arXiv preprint, 2023, arXiv:2304.10531. Accepted by the proceedings of Anisotropic Isoperimetric Problems and Related Topics 2022 (AIPRT 2022).
• The Unruh Effect in Slow Motion. Silas Vriend, Daniel Grimmer, and Eduardo Martin-Martinez. Symmetry 2021.

Teaching

MATH 1B03, Linear Algebra I, Winter 2024, two tutorial sections.

MATH 3X03, Complex Analysis, Fall 2023, two tutorial sections.

MATH 3IA3, Introduction to Real Analysis, Fall 2022, two tutorial sections.

MATH 1XX3, Calculus II for Math & Stats, Winter 2022, three tutorial sections.

MATH 1X03, Calculus I for Math & Stats, Fall 2021, two tutorial sections.

MATH 2X03, Advanced Calculus I, Fall 2020, two tutorial sections.