| Gene Abrams | |||
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UCCS Math Department Home Page abrams@math.uccs.edu Professor Department of Mathematics (719) 262-3182 (office) |
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| Background and Professional Information | |||
| - Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Oregon, 1981. - Faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at UCCS since 1983. - Department Chair, September 1995 - August 1998. - Recipient of the UCCS campuswide Outstanding Teaching Award, 1988. - Designated as CU - systemwide President's Teaching Scholar, 1996. - Winner of the 2002 Burton W. Jones Award for Distinguished University Teaching, Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America. - Co-developer of, current director of, and teacher in the CU-Colorado Springs MathOnline program. Research interests include:
Recent Articles and Activities: "The Classification question for Leavitt path algebras" (with P.N. Anh, A. Louly, and E. Pardo), to appear, Journal of Algebra. ArXiV version Will participate in the Mathematicians in Mathematics Education Workshop, supported by the Institute for Mathematics and Education, University of Arizona, March 20-22, 2008. Faculty Associate in support of the Partnership for Innovative Preparation of Educators and Students (PIPES), Summer 2007 (and beyond). Seminars / colloquia on Leavitt path algebras delivered since Spring 2005 at various universities, including: University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Houston, Lafayette College, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado College, Universidad de Autonoma de Barcelona, Universidad de Murcia, Universidad de Malaga, University of Nebraska, Rutgers University, Universidad de Granada, University of Washington, Temple University. "Chain conditions for Leavitt path algebras" (with G. Aranda Pino, M. Siles Molina, and F. Perera), to appear, Forum Mathematicum. "Isomorphisms between Leavitt algebras and their matrix rings" (with P.N. Anh and E. Pardo), to appear, J. Reine Angew. Math. (Crelle's Journal). ArXiV version "Cafe Scientifique. Mathematics in the Microbrewery: Fermat meets Fermentation?", FOCUS Magazine (The Journal of the Mathematical Association of America), 27(6) (2007), 26-27. Participant in the Park City Mathematics Institue "Designing Professional Development" workshop, Park City, UT, July 1 - 6, 2007. "Locally finite Leavitt path algebras" (with G. Aranda Pino and M. Siles Molina), to appear, Israel J. Math. "Leavitt path algebras", Notes from the Workshop on Graph Algebras (Malaga, Spain, July 2006). Chapter 3 (pp. 85-140) of "Graph Algebras: Bridging the gap between algebra and analysis", (Aranda Pino, Siles Molina, Perera eds.) 2007, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Malaga, ISBN 978-84-9747-177-0. "The Leavitt path algebra of arbitrary graphs" (with G. Aranda Pino), to appear, Houston J. Math. "Finite dimensional Leavitt path algebras" (with G. Aranda Pino and M. Siles Molina), J. Pure Appl. Algebra, 209(3) (2007), 753-762. "Purely infinite simple Leavitt path algebras" (with G. Aranda Pino), Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 207(3) (2006), 553-563. Cafe Scientifique presentations: The Wynkoop Brewery, Denver (March 2006), The Phantom Canyon Brewery, Colorado Springs (August 2006), and the RedFish Brewery, Boulder (September 2006). Title: "Mathematics Research: What is it, what's the Next Big Thing, and why should you care?" Invited Keynote Speaker for the Celebration of the 90th Birthdayof Bill Leavitt, University of Nebraska, March 2006.
(Full vita available upon request) Hobbies and recreational pursuits include:
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