Erika L. C. King at HWS

Erika L.C. King

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Office: Lansing 304

Office Hours: M: 3:45-5:15pm, W: 3:00-4:00pm,

Phone: (315)781-3355

Th: 11:30am-2:00pm, F: 1:15-2:15pm, and by appointment.

Email: eking@hws.edu

Please email if you would like to meet via Zoom.

Spring 2025 Schedule and Classes

Semester Schedule
MATH 131: Calculus II
MATH 135: First Steps into Advanced Mathematics

Requesting Letters of Recommendation

Please speak to me directly if you are interested in having me write a letter of recommendation for you. If I have agreed to write such a letter, please visit the departmental recommendations website as soon as possible so that we can work together to make your recommendation letter a good one.

Spring 2025 Mathematics and Computer Science Department Colloquium Series

Please visit the colloquium website for scheduled colloquia for this semester.

Research Publications

"Well-Forced Graphs." In collaboration with Cheryl Grood, Ruth Haas, Bonnie Jacob and Shahla Nasserasr. Graphs Comb., 40 (2024) no. 6, Paper No. 129.
"Induced Matching Game on Graphs." In collaboration with Naima Nader and Michael Rivera (HWS-REU Summer 2021 Students). (in progress).
"Introducing 3-Path Domination in Graphs." In collaboration with Rayan Ibrahim and Rebecca Jackson (HWS-REU Summer 2018 Students). J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput., 117 (2022) P6, 1-15.
"An unexpected discovery." Involve, a Journal of Mathematics 7-3 (2014), 373--376.
"A revision and extension of results on 4-regular, 4-connected, claw-free graphs." In collaboration with Trevor J. Gionet Jr. '12 and Yixiao Sha '12. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 159 (2011) 1225-1230.
"Vertex-Magic Edge Labeling Games on Graphs with Cycles." In collaboration with Adam Giambrone '08. Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, 78 (2011) 75-96.
"Dominating sets in plane triangulations." In collaboration with M.J. Pelsmajer. Discrete Mathematics, 310 (2010) 2221-2230.
"Stable Well-Covered Graphs." Ars Combinatoria, 93 (2009) 313-319.
"Comparing Subclasses of Well-Covered Graphs." Congressus Numerantium, 180 (2006) 145-159.
"Characterizing a Subclass of Well-Covered Graphs." Congressus Numerantium, 160 (2003) 7-31.
- For full details of the material discussed in the above article, please see the following excerpts from my dissertation: Introduction, Characterization Theorem.

Courses Taught

MATH 110: Discovering in Mathematics

MATH 130: Calculus I

MATH 131: Calculus II

MATH 135: First Steps into Advanced Mathematics

MATH 204: Linear Algebra

MATH 232: Multivariable Calculus

MATH 278: Number Theory

MATH 313: Graph Theory

MATH 371: Topics in Mathematics - Combinatorics

MATH 375: Abstract Algebra

MATH 495: Honors in Graph Theory

Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Erika L.C. King