Joe Fox Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Salem State College 352 Lafayette Street Salem, MA 01970 office: Sullivan Building 308E phone: (978)542-6996 fax: (978)542-7175 e-mail: joseph.fox@salemstate.edu
By the ocean in Monterey, California

Educational background:

• Ph.D., Western Michigan University
• M.A., Western Michigan University
• B.A., Franklin College
   

Research interests:

My mathematical interests include algebraic groups, Lie algebras, and representation theory.  I'm also interested in new and innovative ways to teach math to undergraduates.  Click here to see my vita.

Papers:
"Light Bulb Presentations in a Mathematics for the Liberal Arts Course."  PRIMUS, 18:6, 559-662.  (November, 2008) (click here for pdf)
"The Independence Number for the Generalized Petersen Graphs." With Ralucca Gera and Pantelimon Stanica, to appear in Ars Combinatoria. (click here for pdf)
"A Classification of Nilpotent Orbits in Infinitesimal Symmetric Spaces."  preprint submitted to Journal of Algebra. (click here for pdf)
 

Course links for Fall 2009:

• MAT 110 (MWF) - Precalculus
• MAT 110 (TR) - Precalculus
• MAT 220 - Calculus I
• MAT 320 - Calculus III
   

A few other links of interest (to me at least):

• Mudd Math Fun Facts!
• math-jobs.com (a great web site for those considering a career in math)
• When Will I Use Math?
• Brainbashers
• Index of Mathematical Biographies
• The Mathematical Genealogy Project
• Technology: Mathematically Proven
• Beauty of Mathematics
• Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
• The 100 Greatest Theorems
• Home page of the future World Series champs
• Catholic Education Resource Center

Last edited 08/29/2009