Address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN 47306-0490
Office: RB 472
Phone: (765) 285-9021
Fax: (765) 285-1721
:
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Address: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Ball State University,
Muncie, IN 47306-0490
Office: RB 472
Phone: (765) 285-9021
Fax: (765) 285-1721
:
Click for the email address
Office hours: MT 6:00-6:30 (in RB 472) or by appointment (Spring Semester 2011)
Fall Semester 2011:
Spring Semester 2012:
Here's a list of all the classes I have taught so far.
I was born in 1962 and I am originally from Switzerland
.
I got the Master's Degree at the ETH-Zürich
in 1986 and the Ph.D. at the University of
Zürich in 1988.
After two post-doc years (one at Texas A&M in
College Station, one
at the University of Paris VI),
I have been Assistant Professor at the University of
Texas at Austin from 1991 until 1999,
except for another appointment at the
University of Paris VI
(Pierre et Marie Curie). After three years at Western Washington University I finally
joined Ball State University in the Summer of
2002.
My research deals with Banach Space Theory and Operator Theory, both of them branches of Linear Functional Analysis, but recently I have been drifting towards polynomials and combinatorics. Here is a link to my publication list, and an example of what you may find in there:
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem — Woody Allen
Wenn du weißt, daß hier eine Hand ist, so geben wir dir alles übrige zu.
(I adore Wittgenstein, also for saying: the general form of a philosophical question is, `I am in a muddle; I don't know my way')
Problem ye ferst, construct ann aquilittoral dryankle Probe loom!
(To understand the situation we need more mental fight and fewer arrows of desire — Richard Lewontin)
Facts seem unrelated only to those who know few facts — Richard Mitchell
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science — Charles Darwin
Das fehlende Glied zwischen Affen und Mensch sind wir selbst. — Konrad Lorenz
Last updated: April 2012. Go to the BSU Math home page (only if you want to).