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Charles N. Delzell

Name:
Charles Neal Delzell
Position:
Professor
Degrees:
B.A., magna cum laude, with Honors in Math., Vanderbilt Univ. (1974); Minor in phil.; Phi Beta Kappa.
M.S., Math., Stanford Univ. (1980).
Ph.D., Math., Stanford Univ. (1980);
Dissertation title: ``A constructive, continuous solution to Hilbert's 17th problem, and other results in semi-algebraic geometry.''
Thesis Adviser: G. Brumfiel.
Courses taught in Fall 2002:
Math 7200 (Geometric and Abstract Algebra); Math 7280-2 (Axiomatic Set Theory).
Courses taught in Spring 2003:
Math 4005 (Geometry); Math 4171 (Graph Theory).
Courses taught in Fall 2003:
Math 2020 (Discrete Mathematics with Combinatorics); Math 4181 (Elementary Number Theory).
Courses taught in Spring 2004:
Math 3355-2 (Probability); Math 4056 (Mathematical Statistics).
Courses taught in Fall 2004:
Math 1550 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus I); Math 4031 (Advanced Calculus I).
Courses taught in Spring 2005:
Math 1431, Sections 1-18 (Calculus with Business Applications); Math 7210 (Algebra I (Galois Theory)).
Fall 2005:   Sabbatical
Research interests:
Real algebraic geometry, sums of squares, ordered fields, logic.
Publications.
LSU Service:
LSU Faculty Senate, 1997-2000.  (For yet another example of the Senate's moral treason, see my May 29, 1999 letter to the Baton Rouge Advocate:  first click here  to open a new browser window for Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe; then click on "news"; then select "U.S. News" as news category, select "Louisiana news sources" as news source, enter "faculty senate" under search word, and enter "5-29-1999" and "5-29-1999" under "from" and "to"; and then click on "search.")
LSU College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate, 2000-2003.
LSU Faculty Senate, 2003-2006.   Senate Secretary, 2004-2005.
Math Dept. grants coordinator.
Office Location and Phone:
Lockett 346.
Tel. (225)578-1602.
Home: (225)769-2342.
E-mail:
MailToIcon delzell@math.lsu.edu
Dead-tree mail (the forests are for Man's use):
Department of Mathematics
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803


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