Thomas A. Richmond

Professor of Mathematics


Department of Mathematics
Western Kentucky University
1906 College Heights Blvd #11078
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1078
email: tom.richmond@wku.edu
270-745-6219
FAX: 270-745-3699

Education:

Ph.D. 1986 Washington State University
M.A. 1983 Duke University
B.S. 1981 Delta State University

Employment:

1996-present Professor, Western Kentucky University
1999-2000 Visiting Scholar, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (Darmstadt,Germany)
1991-1996 Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University
1986-1991 Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University

Selected  Service:

2009-2010 Award for Advising, WKU Ogden College of Science and Engineering
2007-2009 Chair, Kentucky Section, Mathematical Association of America preceeded by a 2-year term as Chair-Elect.

WKU Committees:
University Graduate Council
University Professional Education Committee
University Library Advisory Committee
University Academic Probation Committee
College Faculty Excellence Awards Committee
College Curriculum Committee
Departmental Head Search Committee
Departmental Strategic Planning Committee
Departmental Head Advisory Committee
Mathematics Graduate Curriculum Committee
Mathematics Majors Curriculum Committee
Mathematics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Mathematics Director of Graduate Studies 2002-07

Courses Taught:

Math 100 Intermediate Algebra
Math 109 General Mathematics
Math 116 Fundamentals of College Algebra
Math 117 Trigonometry
Math 118 College Algebra and Trigonometry
Math 118 College Algebra and Trigonometry (lab section)
Math 119 Fundamentals of Calculus
Math 120 Elements of Calculus I
Math 122 Calculus of a Single Variable I
Math 126 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
Math 126 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (lab section)
Math 126 Honors Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
Math 211 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I
Math 212 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II
Math 227 Caclulus and Analytic Geometry II
Math 227 Caclulus and Analytic Geometry II (lab section)
Math 275 Introductory Topics (Number Theory)
Math 275 Introductory Topics (Mathematics of Puzzles and Games)
Math 275 Introductory Topics (Cryptography)
Math 307 Introduction to Linear Algebra
Math 310 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
Math 317 Introduction to Algebraic Systems
Math 327 Multivariable Calculus
Math 327 Multivariable Calculus (lab section)
Math 331 Differential Equations
Math 350 Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Math 398 Independent Study
IND 403 Honors Thesis
Math 409/409(G) History of Mathematics
Math 411/411(G) Problem Solving for Elementary and Middle School Teachers
Math 417 Algebraic Systems
Math 431/431(G) Intermediate Analysis I
Math 432/432(G) Intermediate Analysis II
Math 439 /439(G) Topology
Math 450 /450(G) Complex Variables
Math 475 Selected Topics in Mathematics
Math 498 Senior Seminar
Math 500 Readings in Mathematics
Math 509 History of Modern Mathematics
Math 517 Topics from Algebra
Math 532 Real Analysis
Math 539 Topology II
Math 590 Special Topics in Mathematics
Math 599 Thesis Research and Writing

Selected Presentations:

Summer Topology Conference, City College of New York, July 2011.
University of Siegen (Germany), June 2011.
AMS Southeast Section Meeting, Georgia Southern University, March 2011.
Summer Topology Conference, Brno Technical University (Czech Republic), July 2009.
Brno Technical University (Czech Republic), April 2008.
National University of Ireland, Galway, September 2007.
Summer Topology Conference, Georgia Southern University, July 2006.
1004th AMS Meeting, Special Session, Western Kentucky University, March 2005.
International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science at Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, August 2004.
Summer Topology Conference, University of Cape Town, July 2004.
International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science at Schloss Dagstuhl, Saarland, Germany, May 2002.
University of South Africa Topology Workshop, Pretoria, June-July, 2001.
University of Cape Town, July 9-10, 2001.
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt (Germany), June 2000, December 1999.
Institute for Algebra, Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany), January 2000.
Universitaet Hannover (Germany), November 1999.
Tennessee Topology Conference, Nashville, June 1996
22nd Annual Miami University Math. and Stat. Conference, Oct. 1, 1994.
24th Romanian National Conference on Topology and Geometry, Timisoara, Romania, July 1994
(1 hour plenary address).

Ninth Annual Summer Conference on Topology and Applications, Slippery Rock, PA, June 1993.
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt  (Germany), May, 1993
Universitaet Hannover (Germany), June 1993
Symposium on Lattice Theory and its Applications in Honor of the 80th Birthday of
Garrett Birkhoff, Darmstadt, Germany, June 1991

5th International Conference on Topology and its Applications, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 1990
Abo Akademi, Abo, Finland, June 1988

Some Selected Publications. . . 

        Textbooks:
A Discrete Transition to Advanced Mathematics (joint with B. Richmond), 424 pages, American Mathematical Society Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts, Volume 3, 2004.
   

        On Topology and Order:
Topologies Arising from Metrics Valued in Abelian l-Groups, (joint with R. Kopperman and H. Pajoohesh), Algebra Universalis, 65 (2011) 315-330.

Collections of Mutually Disjoint Convex Subsets of a Totally Ordered Set (joint with T. Clark), Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 48, no. 1 (2010) 77-79. 

Every Finite Topology is Generated by a Partial Pseudometric, (joint with A. Güldürdek), Order, Vol. 22 no. 4 (2005) 415 - 421.

T_i-Ordered Reflections, (joint with H.-P. Künzi), Applied General Topology, Vol. 6 no. 2 (2005) 207-216.

Completely Regular Ordered Spaces verses T2-ordered Spaces which are Completely Regular, (joint with H.-P. Künzi), Topology and its Applications, Vol. 135 no. 1 (2004) 185-196.


        On General Topology:
Neighborhood Spaces and Convergence, (joint with J. Slapal), Topology Proceedings, 35 (2010) 165-175.


       On Analysis:
Continued Radicals, (joint with J. Johnson), The Ramanujan Journal, Vol. 15, no. 2 (2008) 259-273.


        On Ordered Compactifications:
Ordered Separation Axioms and the Wallman Ordered Compactification (joint with A. McCluskey and H.-P. Künzi), Publicationes Mathematicae Debrecen, Vol. 73 no. 3-4 (2008), 361-377.

A Curious Example Involving Ordered Compactifications, Applied General Topology, Vol. 3 no. 2 (2002) pp. 225-233.

Ordered Compactifications of Products of Two Totally Ordered Spaces (joint with D. D. Mooney), Order, Vol. 16 no. 2 (1999) 113-131. 


        On Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level:
How to Recognize a Parabola (joint with B. Richmond), Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 116, no. 10 (Dec. 2009) 910-922.

Characterizing Power Functions by Volumes of Revolution (joint with B. Richmond), College Math. Journal, Vol. 29 no. 1 (Jan. 1998) 40-41.

Metric Spaces in which all Triangles are Degenerate (joint with B. Richmond), Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 104, no. 8 (Oct. 1997) 713-719.

The Equal Area Zones Property (joint with B. Richmond), Am. Math. Monthly, Vol. 100 no. 5 (May 1993) 475-477.
 

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