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
"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
I am a PhD candidate at Auburn University studying under Jessica McDonald. I will be on the job market in the fall of 2026. My research interests lie in discrete mathematics, focusing on (but not restricted to) structural graph theory, graph coloring, and discrete 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
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), submitted (2025) [arXiv].
Short path and short chain problems in the plane (with Andras Bezdek), to appear in Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies (2024) [Journal].
On a generalized hexagonal dart board problem (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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