Office of the Director,
School of Mathematics and Statistics,
Carleton
University, Ottawa, Ontario,
K1S 5B6, Canada
Full Professor with tenure
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1979
M.Sc. University of Toronto, 1975
B.Sc. (summa cum laude), Loyola College, (now Concordia University), Montreal, 1974
Versed in Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 3.1, Mac OS 7.5, Sun Solaris, Sun OS 4.x, MS-DOS 6.22, IBM DOS 6.1. Software expertise ranges from multimedia design to CD-burns on SCSI interfaces using Corel Draw, Micrografx Picture Publisher, Adobe Photoshop for Windows 95 or Macs, MS-Picture it!, and almost all internet based applications. Webmaster for Carleton University Art Gallery, Knowledge of NCSA Web Server installation and configuration, Specialty in troubleshooting Windows 95 configuration problems. Programming skills include: Maple, Perl 5.0, HTML 3.2, PCTeX, Java, Javascript and Visual Basic 4.0, Presently learning Visual C++
2000- Director of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Ottawa.
1990 - Full Professor with tenure, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
1992 Visiting Professor,,Turin Polytechnic Institute, Turin, Italy
1989-1990 Full Professor with tenure,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
1985-1989 Associate Professor with tenure and NSERC University Research Fellow,University of Ottawa, Ottawa,Canada
1984 Awarded tenure at the University of Ottawa
1981-1985 Assistant Professor and NSERC University Research Fellow,University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
1979-1981 Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
1978-1979 Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
StudyWeb Award for Excellence in Online Education, 1999
Recipient of a Teaching Achievement Award for Excellence in University
Teaching
(valued at $10,000), Carleton University. Notification in December,
1997
(Awarded by the University President in the Spring of 1998)
National Examiner for the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), 1996-2001
Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1996
(Awarded, Fall, 1997)
Faculty of Science Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992
(Awarded, Fall, 1993)
Distinguished Lecturer, Clemson University, SC., 1990
N.S.E.R.C. University Research Fellow, 1981-1989
Long Service Award, National Commission of the Boy Scouts of Canada, 1988
Teacher of the Year nominee for 1987,University of Ottawa
N.R.C. 1967 Science Scholar, 1974-1978
B.Sc. awarded with the mention summa cum laude
Loyola College Scholar, 1972-1974
Dean of Science Honor List, Loyola College, 1971-1974
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION AND CURRENT EMPLOYERS
Hu, Zuosheng ,Ph.D. candidate, degree expected, 2000
(Topic: Almost periodic differential equations)
Programmer with Entrust Corp., Ottawa.
Dubé Samuel, Ph.D. candidate, thesis in progress
(Topic: Human physiology and quasi-periodicity)
Ghanbari, K., Ph.D. candidate, thesis in progress
(Topic: Inverse spectral theory for general matrix operators)
Romeo, Lidia, M.Sc. candidate, thesis in progress
(Topic: Central configurations in the 4 body problem)
Poulin, Valérie, M.Sc. Carleton University, Summer, 2000
(Topic: A Generalisation of the Logistic Equation)
Encryption specialist with Secret clearance, Entrust Inc., Ottawa.
Canada
Winner of a Senate Medal for Outstanding Achievement for Research at
the Master’s Level, Summer, 2000
Chalmers, James H., Ph.D. Carleton University, 1999
(Topic: The Group of an Initial Value Problem in Celestial Mechanics)
Recipient of the University-wide Medal for Outstanding Achievement
for Research at the Ph.D. level, Summer Convocation, 1999.
Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University
Faycal Nelly, Ph.D. Carleton University, 1995; Software Design Team, Mitel Corp., Ottawa, Ontario.
Alaca Ayse, Ph.D. Carleton University, 1995; Sessional Lecturer, Carleton University.
Kamvissis S, Ph.D., Courant Institute, 1989, Post-Doc., 1992-1993; Université de Paris-Nord
Zheng L., Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 1990; (Research scientist,CANMET, Ottawa, Canada)
Wang S., Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 1990; (Member of Scientific Staff, Bell Northern Research, Kanata, Ontario)
Jodayree-Akbarfam A., Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 1989; (Asst. Prof., University of Tabriz, Iran)
Boucekkine M., M.Sc., University of Ottawa, 1988; (Ph.D., Carleton
University, Canada, 1994;
Programmer, Nortel Corp., Ottawa, Ontario)
Mampitiya M., Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 1988; (Asst. Prof., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Mampitiya M. A. U., M.Sc., University of Ottawa, 1985; (Asst. Prof., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
Akiyama K., M.Sc., University of Ottawa, 1983; (Teacher in Chuo University High School, Tokyo, Japan)
Puneesh Varma, Fractals and L-Systems, 2000
Lidia Romeo, On the Gravitaional Problem of n-Bodies, 1999
Vince Tourangeau, Iterated Function Systems and Fractal Image Compression, 1998
Maki IIsaka, NSERC Summer Research Scholar, Carleton University, 1990
Hélène St. Jean, NSERC Summer Research Scholar, University of Ottawa, 1986
Guido Marziali, Undergraduate Summer Research Award, University of Ottawa, 1984
Calculus, (Combined Preliminary Edition)
The Nolan Company, Ottawa (1999-2000-2001), 704 p.
ISBN 0-9698889-3-7
Solutions Manual to Accompany ‘Calculus’
The Nolan Company, Ottawa (1999), 124 p.
ISBN 0-9698889-4-5
The ABC's of Calculus: Module on Inverse Functions
The Nolan Company, Ottawa, 1994, 78 p.
Non-oscillation domains of differential equations with two parameters
jointly with S.G. Halvorsen
LECTURE NOTES IN MATHEMATICS 1338, Springer-Verlag,Heidelberg,
1988, xi, 109 p.
Oscillation, Bifurcation and Chaos
co-edited with F.V. Atkinson and W.F. Langford.
CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL
SOCIETY, VOL. 8, Providence,
1987, xv, 740 p.
Volterra-Stieltjes Integral Equations and Generalized Ordinary Differential
Expressions.
LECTURE NOTES IN MATHEMATICS 989, Springer-Verlag,
New York, 1983, xiv, 318 p.
"A Review of Calculus" in Handbook of Industrial Automation, R.L. Shell and E.L. Hall (eds), Marcel Dekker, New York, (2000), 65-86.
Trent University, Peterborough,
1999
Queen’s University, Kingston,
1999
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1997
Northern Illinois University, De Kalb,
Illinois, 1995
University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, 1994
Technical University of Russe, Bulgaria,
1993
Clemson University, Clemson, SC.,
U.S.A., 1990
York University, Canada, 1990
Old Dominion University,
Norfolk,
VA., 1989
Mount Allison University, Canada, 1988
People's
Republic of China, 1985
Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing,
People's Republic of China , 1985
Zhejiang University
People's Republic of China, 1985
University of Trondheim,
Norway, 1984
University of Ottawa, Canada, 1980
and 1983
Technical University of Russe, Bulgaria,
1993
Dublin City University,
Dublin, Ireland, 1992
Turin Polytechnic Institute, Turin,
Italy, 1992, (2 talks)
University of Udine, Italy, 1992
University of Florence,
Italy, 1992
University of Alberta, 1990
Clemson University, SC., 1990,
(2 talks)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University, 1989
Old Dominion University, 1989, (2
talks)
McGill University, 1989, (2 talks)
Carleton University, 1988, (3
talks)
University of Toronto, 1984
University of Tennessee, 1984
University of Alberta, 1984,
(7 talks)
Argonne
National Laboratory, Il., 1984, (5 talks)
University of Calgary, 1984
York University, 1984, 1988
University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
1980, 1986
McMaster University, 1980
Dalhousie University,
1980
University of Ottawa, 1979
Pennsylvania State University, 1978
INVITED SPECIAL SESSION SPEAKER AT CONFERENCES
Third World Congress on Nonlinear Analysis, University
of Catania, Sicily, July, 2000
Complex Systems 98, University of
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1998
International Conference on Applied Analysis, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece,
1996
International Workshop on the Theory and Applications of Operator Theory
(IWOTA), University of Regensburg,
Regensburg,
Germany, 1995
Special Functions and Related Topics in Analysis (in honor of Lee Lorch),
York
University, Toronto, 1995
International Conference on Dynamic systems and Applications, Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1995
International Conference on Applications of Operator Theory, Institute
of Industrial Mathematical
Sciences, The University of Manitoba,
1994
International Conference in honour of W.N. Everitt, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1994
Operator Theory and Boundary Eigenvalue Problems, Technical
University of Vienna, 1993
International Conference on Dynamic Systems, Morehouse
College, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., 1993
International Conference on Nonlinear Waves, Carleton
University, 1991
Annual Meeting of the University
of Kentucky, Louisville, KY., 1990
Winter Meeting of the Canadian
Mathematical Society, Concordia University,
1989
Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Mathematical Society, University of
Windsor, 1989
82nd. Ontario Mathematics Meeting, University
of Waterloo, 1988
International Conference on Theory and Applications of Differential
Equations, Ohio University, Athens,1988
International Conference on Spectral Theory of Differential Operators,
University
of Alabama, 1986
823rd Regional Meeting of the University
of Missouri, 1985
International Conference on Theory and Applications of Differential
Equations, Pan American University,Texas,
1985
Workshop in honor of Yves Meyer, McMaster
University, 1985
International Conference on Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations,
University
of Alberta, 1984
International Conference on Differential Operators, University
of Alabama, 1983
Symposium on Differential Operators, University
of Dundee, Scotland, 1982
7th. International Conference on Differential Equations, University
of Dundee, Scotland, 1982
International Conference in Spectral Theory of Differential Operators,
University
of Alabama, 1981
Summer Seminar in Differential Equations, University
of Toronto, 1979
A Generalized Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for Symmetric Matrices (with
K. Ghanbari)
International J. Applied Math. 4, (2), (2000), 199-209
Convergence and aperiodicity in Fuzzy Cellular Automata: Revisiting
Rule 90
(with P. Flocchini, N. Santoro and . Geurts).
Physica D,
142
(2000), 20-28
On a question in the theory of almost periodic differential equations
(with Zuosheng Hu)
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 127
(1999),
pp. 2665-2670.
The global flow of the Manev problem (with J. Delgado, F. Diacu, E.
Lacomba, V. Mioc, E. Perez, C. Stoica)
Journal of Mathematical Physics, 37, (6), (1996), 2748-2761
A counter-example in the theory of almost-periodic differential equations
(with F.Q. Pu and L. Zheng)
Rocky Mtn. J. Math., 25,1, (1995), 437-440
A class of maps in an algebra with indefinite metric
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 121,
(1994), 1177-1183
On the zeros of certain cosine polynomials (with S.Y. Wang)
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 118
(1993), 1103-1106
A maximum principle and related problems for a Laplacian in Hilbert
Space (with S. Wang)
Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems, 1 (1993), 23-34
Sturm-Liouville problems and Hammerstein operators
J. Integral Equations Appl., 4 (1992), 83-88
Sturm-Liouville equations with Besicovitch almost-periodicity (with
A. Dzurnak)
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 106
(1989), 647-653
Boundary value problems of the second order with an indefinite weight-function
(with W. Allegretto)
J. für die Reine Ang. Math., 398 (1989), 1-24
Asymptotics of the number of zeros and of the eigenvalues of general
weighted Sturm-Liouville problems (with F.V. Atkinson)
J. für die Reine und Ang. Math., 375/376 (1987), 380-393
Riccati techniques and variational principles in oscillation theory
for linear systems (with G. Butler and L. Erbe)
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 303
(1987), 263-282
On the oscillation of almost-periodic Sturm-Liouville operators with
an arbitrary coupling constant (with S. G. Halvorsen)
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 97
(1986), 279-283
On the discrete spectra of Dirac systems (with D. Hinton, T. Read and
J. Shaw)
Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc., 29 (1986), 367-378
On the non-existence of positive solutions for a Schrodinger equation
with an indefinite weight-function (with W. Allegretto)
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 8 (1986), 69-73
A note on some differential inequalities
Bull. Inst. Math. Acad. Sinica, 14 (1986), 287-288
On the existence of conjugate points for a second order ordinary differential
equation
S.I.A.M. Journal Math. Analysis, 17 (1986), 1-6
Propriétés oscillatoires de l'équation
de Sturm-Liouville à coéfficients presque-périodiques
(with S.G. Halvorsen)
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 299 (1984), 907-909
Oscillation of linear second order differential systems (with M.K. Kwong,
H.G. Kaper, K. Akiyama)
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 91
(1984), 85-91
Some remarks on the order of an entire function associated with a second
order differential equation, II
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 6 (1984), 79-83
The non-real point spectrum of generalized eigenvalue problems
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 6 (1984), 117-121
On the existence of non-simple real eigenvalues for general Sturm-Liouville
problems
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 89
(1983), 457-460
Legendre type polynomials under an indefinite inner product (with A.M.
Krall)
S.I.A.M. Journal Math. Analysis, 14 (1983), 399-402
Laguerre type polynomials under an indefinite inner product (with A.M.
Krall)
Acta Math. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae, 40 (1982), 237-239
On a Stieltjes version of Gronwall's inequality
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 82
(1981), 249-252
On a conjecture for oscillation of second order ordinary differential
systems
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 82
(1981), 593-598
Jacobi type polynomials under an indefinite inner product (with A.M.
Krall)
Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, 90A (1981), 147-153
A limit-point criterion for a three-term recurrence relation
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 3 (1981), 171-175
An oscillation criterion for second order self-adjoint differential
systems
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 2 (1980), 287-290
Some extensions of the Sturm-Picone theorem
C.R. Math. Rep. Acad. Sci. Canada, 1 (1979), 223-226
MATHEMATICAL PAPERS IN REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
An inverse matrix eigenvalue problem (with A. Alaca)
in Spectral Theory and Computational Methods of Sturm-Liouville
Problems,
D.B. Hinton and P.W. Schaefer eds., Marcel Dekker, New York. 1997,
135-148.
The Manev two-body problem: Quantitative and qualitative theory (with
F. Diacu, V. Mioc, C. Stoica)
Dynamical Systems and Applications, World Scientific Series
in Applicable Analysis, Vol. 4, World Scientific, Singapore, 1995
A Laplace operator in infinite dimensional space (with S. Wang)
in Recent trends in Differential Equations World Scientific Series
in Applicable Analysis, Vol. 1, World Scientific, Singapore and Philadelphia,
1992, 431- 440.
Non-real eigenvalue estimates for boundary problems asssociated with
weighted Sturm-Liouville equations
in Differential Equations and Applications, Vol II, Ohio University
Press, Athens, Ohio, 1989: 222-228
A survey of the regular weighted Sturm-Liouville problem: the non-definite
case
in Applied Differential Equations, World Scientific, Singapore and
Philadelphia, 1986: 109-137
Some remarks on a generalized eigenvalue problem
in Qualitative Theory of Differential Equations Department of Mathematics,
University of Alberta, 1985: 301-306
A non-oscillation theorem for second order linear equations (with
M. Kwong and S. G. Halvorsen)
in Argonne National Laboratory Reprint No. ANL-84-73, Argonne, Illinois,
1984: 119-122
Some remarks on the order of an entire function associated with a
second order differential equation
in Ordinary Differential Equations and Operators, Lecture Notes in
Mathematics 1032, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1983: 384-389
Asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues of indefinite Sturm-Liouville
problems
in Ordinary Differential Equations and Operators, Lecture Notes in
Mathematics 1032, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1983: 375-383
On the eigenvalues of non-definite elliptic operators (with J.
Fleckinger)
in Spectral Theory of Differential Operators, North-Holland, Amsterdam,
1983: 219-227
Indefinite Sturm-Liouville problems
in Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Lecture Notes in Mathematics
964, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1982: 519-528
Sturm theory in n-space
in Spectral Theory of Differential Operators, North-Holland, New York,
1981: 337-341
Petrolium Engineering: A study of well-cooling by downward circulation
of water, Summer, 1986.
Manuscript available but not for circulation. Research made possible
by a grant from J.R. Eickmeier
Engineering Ltd.,(Petrolium Reservoir/Production Engineering),
Ottawa.
National Examiner for the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), (1996-2001).
In The Ottawa Citizen, Daily newspaper
December 31, 1996; page C3: On Research Funding in Universities
Telé Quatre-Saisons, Quebec
Live coverage of Calligraphy Exhibit at the
Medievales de Quebec
with a short interview
Thursday, 10 August, 1995, 5:10 p.m.
In Visions d'Amerique
TV 5, Cable; 5 minute interview
Friday, 11 August, 1995
Two broadcasts: 6:45 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Les Medievales de Quebec, Scriptorium, Summer 1995
A Source of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Fall 1994
St. Francois Studios Gallery, Winter 1993
Holland Cross Mall, Ottawa, Fall 1992
Art Hamlet, Manotick, Ontario, Fall 1992
Solo show, St. François Studios Gallery, Winter 1992
St. Francois Studios Gallery, Fall 1991
MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, Winter 1991
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Winter 1991
Gloucester Public Library, Main Branch, Winter 1990
University of Ottawa Faculty Club, Winter 1990
Ottawa Public Library, Carlingwood Branch, Winter 1989
Ottawa School of Art, Fall 1988
Nepean Public Library, Main Branch, Fall 1987
Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch, Fall 1986
Geometry and the first typeface of 1450
The Shad Valley Program, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993
Genealogy:The making of a family tree
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa, Spring 1993
The geometry of light rays and ninth century Celtic art
The Shad Valley Program, Carleton University, 1993
Medieval book production
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa, Fall 1992
Chaos in the solar system
The Shad Valley Program, Carleton University, 1991
Medieval Manuscript Illumination
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Club, Ottawa Chapter,
Winter 1991
A Lombard gradual at Cornell University
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa, Fall 1990
Foliations in the Visconti Hours
The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa, Summer 1990