Dr. William Paulsen

Full Professor of Mathematics

Education

• Sioux Falls College - Sioux Falls, S.D. 1981-1983
• B. A., Mathematics, Washington University - St. Louis, 1985
• M. A., Mathematics, Washington University - St. Louis, 1987
• Ph.D., Mathematics, Washington University - St. Louis, 1990

In the background:

Other Selected Publications

• Asymptotic Eigenfrequency Distributions for the N-Beam Euler-Bernoulli Coupled Beam Equation with
  Dissipative Joints (with S. Krantz), Journal of Symbolic Computation, 1991, Vol. 11, pp. 369-418.
• Eigenfrequencies of the Non-collinearly coupled Euler-Bernoulli Beam System with Dissipative Joints,
  Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, (Sept. 1997) Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 437-457.
• Eigenfrequencies of Curved Euler-Bernoulli Beam Structures with Dissipative Joints, Quarterly of Applied
  Mathematics, 1995, 3:2 pp. 259-271.
• Lower Bounds for the Harsdorff Dimension of N-Dimension Self-Affine Sets, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals,
  1995, 5:6 pp. 909-931.
• What is the Shape of a Mylar Balloon?, The American Mathematical Monthly, 1994, 101:10 pp. 953-958.
• Group Presentations Using Mathematica, Mathematica in Education and Research, 1995, 4:4 pp. 21-24.

Research Fields

• Applied Mathematics
• Fractal Dimensions
• Abstract Algebra

Current Projects

• Exterior Matrix Method (EMM) for coupled 4th order equations

• Abstract Algebra Courseware

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