Jovan Žigić

Email: Jovan.Zigic (at) duny.edu 

Languages: Fluent in English and Serbian, Conversational in French and Spanish

I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Dominican University in Orangeburg, New York, and a PhD candidate in Computational Science and Engineering at McMaster University. I have a Master's degree in Mathematics and Bachelor's degrees in Finance and Mathematics. My mathematical research has been focused in numerical analysis, optimization, computational fluid dynamics, and model reduction of dynamical systems.

This website is designed as a database for my scientific and professional activities.

"The most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well." 

“L'important dans la vie, ce n'est point le triomphe, mais le combat. L'essentiel n'est pas d'avoir vaincu, mais de s'être bien battu.”

- Baron Pierre de Coubertin

Learning Resources for Mathematics:

How to Successfully Learn Mathematics:

The main ingredients determining one's success in anything they do: Curiosity, Confidence, Patience and Effort.

a. Mathematical proficiency has five strands (source):

A simple way to carry out these five tasks in a university course: 

(I) Reading the textbook, (II) Working through examples, (III) Struggling through practice problems, (IV) Discussing difficulties with professors and other students, (V) Understanding and building on what was accomplished, and (VI) Repeating this process consistently. 

b. For each of the steps listed above, consider the method of René Descartes: 

Benefits of Mathematical Reasoning:

The Golden Ratio and Golden Spiral

Basis Selection from Sparse Data

Finite Element Simulation of Chaotic Dynamics in 1D Kuramoto-Sivashinsky Equation (160 grid points)