Aakash Gurung

Aakash Gurung

Mathematics
University of Alabama

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I am a mathematics student at the University of Alabama in the Accelerated Master's Program, completing a B.S. and an M.A. in Mathematics (expected December 2026). I also completed a minor in Digital, Public, and Professional Writing. My research interests lie broadly in geometric measure theory, algebraic combinatorics, and mathematical modeling. I am particularly drawn to problems that connect seemingly different areas of mathematics.

I currently work with Professor Kyungyong Lee on the combinatorics of \(q,t\)-Catalan polynomials and with Professor Simon Bortz on rectifiability. Recently I worked with Professor Chuntian Wang and Professor Jia Zhao on LLM distillation for epidemic models.

I also enjoy astronomy and soccer.

Publications

  1. (first author) Gurung A., Wagle S., Carr A., McCann C., Kodatt K., Song Y., Shao Y. and Wang C. “An exploration of finite-size effects in the dynamics of epidemic compartmental modelling.” European Journal of Applied Mathematics, to appear, 2026. [DOI] [Code]

Expository/Other Works

  1. A. Gurung and C.-H. Pan. “Continued Fractions, a-Fibonacci numbers, and the middle b-noise,” Mathematics Exchange, 18(1), 77–87, 2024. [DOI]
  2. (with the Polymath Jr. Group). “The integrals in Gradshteyn and Ryzhik. Part 34: Bessel functions,” Scientia Series A: Mathematical Sciences, 34, 109–129, 2024. [DOI]

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Notes

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