Hassan Sedaghat

Professor of Mathematics

Spring 2010:

Courses that I am teaching are listed below—students please check the Blackboard for syllabus, office hours and other important information.

 

MATH 301-002: Ordinary Differential Equations (TR 2-3:15 pm, Harris Hall 2128)

MATH 307-002: Multivariable Calculus (TR 4-5:15 pm, Harris Hall 2102)

 

Visit the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics for information about the department people and programs.

 

What is mathematics? Unless you are a professional mathematician, it may not be what you think!

 

Sources and articles on Discrete Dynamical Systems, Difference Equations and Applications:

Discrete Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Difference Equations: A Gateway (a source for detailed information on, striking images of and lots of links to interesting sources and resources on dynamical systems where time and/or space may be discrete)

Reduction of order in difference equations by semiconjugate factorization (A general new approach to solving and/or qualitatively analyzing difference equations through reductions of order, semiconjugate factorizations and substitutions for form symmetries)

Nonlinear Difference Equations: Theory with Applications to Social Science Models (a monograph for students and researchers interested in the latest theoretical results in discrete dynamics and the applications of these results to many mathematical models from various fields of social sciences; see the table of contents, preface, selected text and graphics and more)

Cellular Automata, Dynamics and Complexity: What is missing from "A New Kind of Science" (thoughts on Stephen Wolfram's book and a counterexample to his principle of “computational equivalence”)

Spontaneous initiations and terminations of reentry (SITR) patterns in human hearts – Results of an interdisciplinary project to study patterns of ventricular tachyarrhythmia occurrences with articles published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology and the SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics

Selected publications

Quotations:

Imagination is more important than knowledge. – Albert Einstein, physicist

Minds are like parachutes; they function only when they are open. – James Dewar, chemist

Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus? – W.R. Hamilton, mathematician

Never listen to those who speak with certainty; they either intend to deceive or they are fools. – G.H. Segu, storyteller

 

Mailing Address:

Department of Mathematics
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1015 Floyd Ave. Rm.4182
P.O. Box 842014
Richmond, VA 23284-2014

Tel. and voice mail: (804) 828-5806

Email: hsedagha@vcu.edu

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