Dr Louis Theran

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3807

Email

louis.theran@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

328 MI

Location

Mathematical Institute

 

Research areas

I like to work on problems that feature an interaction between geometry, combinatorics, and algorithmic considerations.

PhD supervision

• Violeta Lopez Lopez
• Murray Whyte

Selected publications

• Open access

  Combinatorial admissibility in control-affine networks

  Zelazo, D. & Theran, L., 19 Jun 2026, In: IEEE Control Systems Letters. 10, p. 757-762 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Equilibrium stresses in frameworks via symmetric averaging: equilibrium stresses in frameworks via symmetric averaging

  Millar, C., Schulze, B. & Theran, L., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Engineering Mathematics. 156, 1, p. 1-38 38 p., 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Universal rigidity of ladders on the line

  Chen, B.G.-G., Connelly, R., Gortler, S. J., Nixon, A. & Theran, L., 8 Jan 2025, In: Studia Scientiarum Mathematicarum Hungarica. 61, 4, p. 377-399 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Computing maximum likelihood thresholds using graph rigidity

  Bernstein, D. I., Dewar, S., Gortler, S. J., Nixon, A., Sitharam, M. & Theran, L., 16 May 2024, In: Algebraic Statistics. 14, 2, p. 287-305

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Maximum likelihood thresholds via graph rigidity

  Bernstein, D. I., Dewar, S., Gortler, S. J., Nixon, A., Sitharam, M. & Theran, L., 11 Jun 2024, In: The Annals of Applied Probability. 34, 3, p. 3288-3319

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Reconstruction in one dimension from unlabeled Euclidean lengths

  Connelly, R., Gortler, S. J. & Theran, L. S., 11 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Combinatorica. First online, 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Trilateration using unlabeled path or loop lengths

  Gkioulekas, I., Gortler, S. J., Zickler, T. & Theran, L. S., 25 Nov 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Discrete & Computational Geometry. First Online, 43 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Frameworks with coordinated edge motions

  Schulze, B., Serocold, H. & Theran, L. S., 9 Nov 2022, In: SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics. 36, 4, p. 2602-2618 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Realizations of isostatic material frameworks

  Sadjadi, M., Hagh, V. F., Kang, M., Sitharam, M., Connelly, R., Gortler, S. J., Theran, L., Holmes-Cerfon, M. & Thorpe, M. F., 24 Sept 2021, In: Physica Status Solidi. B. 258, 9, 17 p., 2000555.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Algebraic matroids in action

  Rosen, Z., Sidman, J. & Theran, L., 24 Feb 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The American Mathematical Monthly. Latest Articles

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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