The Sonoma State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics presents Simone Sisneros-Thiry, CSU East Bay. What does doing math research look like? For me, it involves playing with diagrams and gestures, counting objects by moving them around in different ways. Some of the mathematical objects I study are called partitions: ways of breaking up a positive integer into positive integer parts. For example, the partitions of three are 3, 2 + 1, and 1 + 1 + 1. Partitions can be represented by diagrams, some made of boxes and some made of beads. My work in partitions is the result of a 2+ year collaboration with Dr. Hannah E. Burson and Dr. Armin Straub across several states (and sometimes an ocean). The presentation will include comments on our collaborative process as one example of how mathematicians come together and share ideas. Series supported by Instructionally-Related Activities Funds. For more information about this series, go to www.sonoma.edu/math