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\"John<\/a>Baltimore Raven John Urschel is more than a punishing guard: He\u2019s a mathematician whose work has been published in peer-reviewed journals.<\/p>\n

Urschel came to campus last spring to deliver a lecture to 150 faculty members and students, sponsored by the Hopkins Undergraduate Society for Applied Mathematics<\/a>, on his most recent paper, \u201cA Cascadic Multigrid Algorithm for Computing the Fiedler Vector of Graph Laplacians.\u201d Ed Scheinerman<\/a>, vice dean for education and professor of applied mathematics and statistics, introduced the 305-pound offensive lineman as #64, or \u201cfour cubed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Urschel, who graduated with an MA and a BS in applied mathematics from Pennsylvania State University, is as agile on the football field as he is with numerical analysis and linear algebra. \u201cI\u2019m here because I wanted to be with all of you,\u201d he told the students, none of whom wore Ravens jerseys. \u201cSo if you\u2019re ready, let\u2019s talk some math.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agastya Mondal, a senior studying applied mathematics and biomedical engineering, said afterward: \u201cI was impressed with how he balances football with his academic work. Those are two different worlds, but he makes it work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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