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Gary L. Raduns, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematical Sciences; Chair, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics; Chair


585.594.6470
Raduns_Gary@roberts.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematical Sciences,
State University of New York at Binghamton

Master of Arts in Mathematical Sciences,
State University of New York at Binghamton

Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Houghton College

Biography

“ The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands. ”
About Dr. Raduns

Professor Raduns enjoys most things mathematical.  His particular interests are analysis, probability, and matrices over commutative rings.  However, plan to spend a few extra minutes in his office if you ask about graph theory, fair division, or voting.  When he isn’t occupied with activities related to teaching or learning mathematics he enjoys playing musical instruments, golfing, bowling, gardening, or just relaxing with his family.

Gary and his wife, Cheryl, have two children.  They worship together at Grace Church of the Nazarene where Gary plays bass guitar and has various lay leadership roles.

Professional Affiliations

Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences  
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)
Mathematical Association of America .  Secretary of the Seaway Section.

Research Interests

Operator Ergodic Theory 
Matrices Over Commutative Rings

Notes, Contributed Papers, and Presentations

Raduns, Gary and Wofgang Kappe.  “Determinants and Zero Divisors in Rings of Matrices.”  A contributed paper presented to the Seaway Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Ithaca, NY, April 2006.

Raduns, Gary and Wolfgang Kappe.  “Determinants and Zero Divisors in Rings of Matrices,” Fifteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (2005) 199-203.  A contributed paper presented at Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences Biennial Conference, Huntington University, Huntington, IN, June 2005.

Solutions of journal problems (submitted and acknowledged)

  1. “Counting Good Bit String Arc Diagrams, Problem 11362” American Mathematical Monthly (February 2010), 187.
  2. “Staying Closer to the Center , Problem 1796.” Mathematics Magazine 82 (June 2009) 228-229.
  3. “Odd Sums, Problem 1786.” Mathematics Magazine 82 (February 2009), 64-65.
  4. “The Null Ideal of a Matrix, Problem 11083.” American Mathematical Monthly (April 2006), 371.
  5. “The Limit of a Set-Valued Process, Problem 11052.” American Mathematical Monthly (February 2006), 183.
  6. “Sums of Primes and Squares, Problem 1648.” Mathematics Magazine 76 (June 2003) 233-234.
  7. “Groups of Divisors, Problem 10893.” American Mathematical Monthly, 110 (May 2003), 441-443.   

Comparison of generalizations of the Hopf decomposition, contributed paper, Special Session on Ergodic Theory, Eastern Section Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, Boston, MA, October 1995.

Sweeping properties for positive operators, contributed paper, Symposium on Abstract Analysis, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, March 1995.

Courses Taught

  • MTH 200 Elementary Statistics
  • MTH 282 Calculus II
  • MTH 283Calculus III
  • MTH 302 Linear Algebra
  • MTH 402 Mathematical Modeling
  • MTH 301Differential Equations
  • MTH 401Higher Algebra
  • MTH 305Numerical Analysis
  • MTH 303Probability and Statistics
  • MTH 315 Mathematical Methods for Science
  • MTH403Real Analysis
  • GED 401Today’s World and Its Great Issues/Senior Seminar (GED)

Independent studies supervised: Probability and Statistics II, Complex Variables, Matrices over Commutative Rings, Monte Carlo Methods