Floyd L. Christian, Jr.

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christianf@apsu.edu
Room CX315 - (931) 221-7821


APSU P.O. Box 4626
Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044



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Educational Background:

Degrees

1957	Certificate of Graduation, Clift High School, Opelika, Alabama
1963	A.B., Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.
	   Major: Mathematics;  Minor: History
1967	M.A., Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama.  Major: Mathematics
1975	Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics, The University of
	   Mississippi University, Mississippi.  Dissertation: "Doubly
	   Stochastic Matrices and a K-measure of Irreducibility."

Courses at the University of Mississippi (semester hours):

	Algebra:		Analysis:		Topology:
	3 group theory		6 real variables	12 point-set
	6 ring theory		6 complex variables	  3 rings of 
	12 matrix theory	6 functional analysis	  continuous
				3 integration theory	  functions

Post-graduate courses at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville
    Summer of 1978 (quarter hours):

	Applied Mathematics
	3 statistics
	3 modeling theory
	3 numerical analysis

Post-graduate courses through Tennessee State Univesity taken at
    Roane State, 1982 (semester hours):

	Computer Literacy (programming in BASIC)
	3 Computer Literacy I
	3 Computer Literacy II

Professional Experience:

Professor of Mathematics, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (employed in Fall 1986; tenured upon employment; rank obtained in 1990). Associate Professor of Mathematics, Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN (employed in Fall, 1972; rank obtained in 1978; tenured in 1977). Part-time Mathematics Instructor, Tenneseee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (Winter, 1982). Part-time Mathematics Instructor, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN (Summer, 1978). Graduate Teaching Instructor, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi (1968-1972 school years). Part-time Mathematics Instructor, The University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama (Spring, 1967). Graduate Teaching Instructor, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama (1966 school year). Mathematics Instructor, Ramsay High School, Birmingham, Alabama (1963-1965 and 1967 school years).

Professional Organizations:

Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematical Society, Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association, Tennessee Academy of Science, International Society for Neoplatonic Studies

Recent Publications & Papers Presented:

APSU student research with Lea Rosenberry, student presentation at Tennessee Academy of Science involving cryptology, student poster presentation involving matrix theory and number theory. (Spring 1996) Historical mathematical research on Sir Isaac Newton. Work supported by Tower Fund grant. Library visits and field trips were made in London, Greenwich, Cambridge, and Edinburgh. Subsequent talks given at Tennessee Academy of Science meeting at APSU during the following fall, national summer meeting of AMS, MAA, and Canadian Math Society at Vancouver, B.C., during the following summer, Modern Philosophy class meeting at invitation of Dr. Susan Robbins during fall, a year past, and a Galois Math Club meeting during fall, a year past. (Summer 1992) RSCC student research with Terry Reynolds, student presentation at annual Tennessee Academy of Science student meeting: "A Random Doubly Stochastic Matrix, index n = 4, 5, 6, 7." (Spring 1979). Matrix theory publication, "Linear Algebra and Its Applications:" "A K-Measure of Irreducibility and Doubly Stochastic Matrices." (January, 1979)

Research Interests:

undergraduate student research matrix theory history of mathematics

Courses Taught:

(Roane State Community College) Statistics
Math 1140 and 1150  	Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics
Math 1210 and 1220  	College Algebra
Math 1330           	Trigonometry
Math 1610 and 1620  	Elements of Calculus
Math 2010, 2020, 3030  	Calculus and Analytic Geometry
Math 2110           	Structures of Mathematicsl Systems
(Roane State Community College) Discrete Mathematics
Math 3100, 3110  	Differential Equations
Math 3450        	Linear Algebra
Math 4010        	History of Mathematics
Math 4110        	Number Theory
Math 4450        	Mathematical Models
Math 4500        	Modern Algebra
Math 5520        	Algebra for Teachers

Outside Interests

Tennis, musical recorder ________________________________________________
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