| General Information |
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| Name: |
Andrew Lang |
| Department: |
Mathematics |
| Position: |
Professor |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Hometown: |
United Kingdom |
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| Personal Information |
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| About Me: |
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I am a mathematical physicist. I like reading science fiction books and tormenting calculus students.
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| Education: |
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PhD, Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, July 1998 - Dissertation: “The Casimir Effect”
- Took graduate classes in mathematics, physics, and finance
MS, Applied Mathematics, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, December 1993 - Thesis: “Black Holes and Singularities”
BSc, Mathematical Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, June 1991 - Dissertation: “Stellar Evolution and Black Holes”
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| Research/Interests: |
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Mathematics, physics, web design, science fiction.
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| Expertise: |
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Quantum field theories in curved spacetime. Second Life Consultant.
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Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Calculus I and II with Maple, Math and Society, Number Theory, Abstract Algebra, Advanced Calculus, Math Analysis II, and Math Concepts II, History of Quantitative Thought, and Science and the Imagination.
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- “The frequency spectrum of the Casimir effect,” A S I D Lang, 2005, Journal of Mathematical Physics 46, 102105
- “Modeling Basketball Free Throws,”J M Gablonsky and A S I D Lang, 2005, SIAM Review 47, 4
- “A Multi-Perspective Class Project at Oral Roberts University,” Andrew Lang, Aimee Raile, and Joy Thrall, 2003, Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Vol. 4, No. 2.
- “Constrained Optimization for Passive Coning Attenuator for a Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust”, A S I D Lang and D Halsmer, 2001, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences V108
- “Optimal Design of a Two-Dimensional Passive Coning Attenuator for a Spinning Spacecraft Under Thrust”, D Halsmer and A S I D Lang, 2000, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences V105
- “The Electromagnetic Field Near a Dielectric Half-Space”, A D Helfer and A S I D Lang, 1999, Journal of Physics A: Math Gen. V32 Number 10
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| Web Address: |
snsf.blogspot.com
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slusage.com
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| Contact Information |
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| Email: |
alang<@>oru.edu |
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918-495-6692 |
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