WELCOME!

Hieu D. Nguyen, Chair
Department of Mathematics
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Phone: (856) 256-4844

Fax: (856) 256-4816

Office: Robinson 228H
Nguyen@Rowan.edu

 

 

History of Math

(May 15 – July 5)

Course cancelled due to low enrollment.  Sorry!

Look for us to offer it again next summer.   Please read cancellation message

Ai Hue

Khai

Ai Lan

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TEACHING

CURRENT SCHEDULE

Note: Students enrolled in my courses should log into WebCT for complete access to course materials.

Summer 2007

  • Math 01.522.1 History of Math (May 15-July 5): Click here for syllabus
    1. Hybrid asynchronous online graduate course
    2. Three on-campus meetings:

First Meeting: Tuesday, May 15, 6-8pm (2-hour introductory meeting), Robinson 324

Second Meeting: Tuesday, June 5, 6-8pm (includes 1-hour midterm exam) Robinson 324

Third Meeting: Monday, July 2, 6-9pm (3-hour presentation of talks) Robinson 324

 

Spring 2007

  • Math 01.230.1 Calculus III, M 1:45-2:35pm, TR 1:45-3pm, Robinson 324
  • Math 01.533.1 Graduate Math Seminar, T 6:30-9pm, Robinson 225

 

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11:15am-12pm

 

Office Hours

 

 

 

12:30-1:15pm

 

 

 

Office Hours

 

1:45-3pm

Math 01.230.1

Calculus III

Robinson 324

(1:45-2:35pm)

Math 01.230.1

Calculus III

Robinson 324

 

Math 01.230.1

Calculus III

Robinson 324

 

2:45-3:15pm

Office Hours

 

 

 

 

5:30-6pm

Office Hours

 

 

 

 

5:45-6:15pm

 

Office Hours

 

 

 

6:30-9pm

 

Math 01.533.1

Graduate Math Seminar

Robinson 225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: I am also available by appointment

 

PREVIOUS COURSES TAUGHT

 

EDUCATIONAL TRAINING

Ph.D. Math (1996), University of California - Berkeley (thesis advisor: Joseph A. Wolf)
B.S. Mathematics and B.S. Electrical Engineering (1990), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 

MATHEMATICAL RESEARCH

My Interests:

  • MSC: 22EXX Lie Groups, 53CXX Global Differential Geometry, 35Q51 Solitons, 11MXX (Zeta Functions)
  • I am currently collaborating with my colleague, Abdul Hassen, to study hypergeometric zeta functions, a generalization of the classical Riemann zeta function based on its integral definition, and their connections to Bernoulli polynomials.  See our preprints below.
  • My other interests include solitons, in particular understanding soliton interaction in terms of particle decay and the corresponding interaction between ghost particles, and Lie groups and differential geometry, where I have studied weakly symmetric spaces (a generalization of Elie Cartan's symmetric spaces) and tried to understand their connections to a well known circle of ideas: Gelfand pairs, spherical pairs, spherical varieties, commutativity of invariant differential operators, multiplicity-free actions (both in the sense of representation theory and symplectic geometry). 

Research Papers

 

 

Educational Papers

 

  • Linkages as Applied to Protein Folding (with James Factor), Preprint (2006). [PDF]

 

Recent Talks

 

  • How Bernoulli Did It: Sums of Powers, Generating Functions, and Bernoulli Numbers, Rowan Math Seminar, 10-11-06: [PDF]
  • A Half-Marriage in Error: When Zeta Integrates a Gaussian, MAA-NJ Section Meeting Spring 2006, 4-8-06: [PDF]
  • Newton’s “Greatest Blunder”: His theorem on revolving orbits and failed calculation of lunar precession, Rowan Math Seminar, 3-1-06: [PDF]
  • The Search for Nothing: A zero-free region of hypergeometric zeta, Rowan Math Seminar, 10-5-05: [PDF]
  • Newton’s Greatest Blunder, MathFest 2005, 8-5-05
  • Hypergeometric Zeta Functions, Joint Math Meetings, 1-5-05: [PDF]
  • Hypergeometric Zeta Functions, Rowan Math Seminar, 9-29-04
  • Solitons: From Canal Water Waves to Molecular Lasers, Philadelphia IEEE Night, 5-20-03

 

Solitons

Soliton Radiation Web Site

Animated GIFs of solitons:

 

Java applets of solitons:

Classification Tables

MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION

Projects

 

Proof Study  (Math Seminar Course, Fall 2001)

 

Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (course proposal, Word document)

 

CUPM Curriculum Guide: Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the Mathematical
Sciences

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