Owen Henderschedt
"One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden" ~ Steven Strogatz
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I am a postdoctoral researcher at Iowa State University, where I am mentored by Shira Zerbib and Bernard Lidický. I earned my Ph.D. from Auburn University under the supervision of Jessica McDonald.
My research interests lie in discrete mathematics, with a focus on graph coloring, Ramsey theory, and combinatorial geometry.
Before starting at Auburn, I earned my B.S. in Actuarial Sciences with a minor in Finance from Bryant University.
Email: olh0011@auburn.edu and owenhen@iastate.edu
Publications and Preprints
Publications and Preprints
On the recolorability of (2K_2, K_4)-free graphs (with Henry Echeverría), submitted (2026) [arXiv]
A finite victory over de Bruijn-Erdős in interval discrepancy (with Jared DeLeo and Chris Wells), submitted (2026) [arXiv]
Extending total colorings in planar graphs (with Jessica McDonald), submitted (2025). [arXiv]
Odd Ramsey numbers of multipartite graphs and hypergraphs (with Nicholas Crawford, Emily Heath, Coy Schwieder, and Shira Zerbib), submitted (2025). [arXiv]
Total coloring graphs with large minimum degree (with Jessica McDonald and Songling Shan), submitted (2025). [arXiv]
Graphs generated from minimal set of finite point-set topologies (with Ketai Chen, and Jared DeLeo), submitted (2025). [arXiv].
On orientations with forbidden out-degrees (with Jessica McDonald), Discrete Applied Mathematics, 387 (2025). [arXiv][Journal].
Short path and short chain problems in the plane (with Andras Bezdek), to appear in Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies (2024). [Journal].
Shrinking the Jung Radius: Maximizing partial coverage of finite point sets (with Andras Bezdek), submitted (2024). [arXiv].
The forb-flex method for odd coloring and proper conflict-free coloring of planar graphs (with James Anderson, Herman Chau, Eun-Kyung Cho, Nicholas Crawford, Stephen G. Hartke, Emily Heath, Hyemin Kwon, and Zhiyuan Zhang), Discrete Mathematic 348 (2025). [arXiv] [Journal].
On Conway's Brussels Sprouts (with Andras Bezdek, Haile Gilroy, and Alason Lakhani), Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica (2023). [Journal].
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