Faculty Profiles
Dr. Gregory B. White
Professor of Mathematics
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Office location: | On sabbatical |
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| Phone number: | (650) 508-3436 | |
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| Email: | gwhite@ndnu.edu | |
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Education History
- Ph.D., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
- M.A., Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984
- B.A., Physics and Mathematics, University of Rochester, New York, 1979
cum laude, with distinction in mathematics
Courses Taught
- Math and the Imagination
- Math for Elementary Teachers
- Statistics
- College Algebra
- Precalculus
- Calculus I, II, & III
- Differential Equations
- Modern Geometry
- Abstract Algebra
Research and Interests
Selected Research Presentations
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“How to 3-color a Quadrangulation”, NDNU Faculty Colloquium
Notre Dame de Namur University, April 10, 2008 -
“Writing in Teacher Preparation Courses”, California Mathematics Council North,
Asilomar Conference, December 5, 1998 -
“Formable operators, form sums, and the nonrelativistic limit of the Dirac resolvent”,
Functional Analysis Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA; March, 1992 -
“Splitting of the Dirac operator in the nonrelativistic limit, some new results”,
Functional Analysis Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA; April, 1991 -
“The nonrelativistic limit of the Dirac operator", Mathematical Physics Seminar,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; February, 1989
Research Papers Submitted for Publication
- “Quadrangulations, Eulerian Triangulations, and the Four Color Theorem” (Nov. 2010)
Research Papers in Preparation
- “Algorithms for Coloring-Consistent Diagonal Flips"
Professional Affiliations
- Association of American Colleges & Universities, 2005 to present
- American Mathematical Society, 1984 to present
- Mathematical Association of America, 1986 to present
- American Association for Higher Education, 2000 to 2005
- Association for Institutional Research, 2000 to 2003
- California Association for Institutional Research, 2000 to 2003, 2005
Community Activities
- Assistant Coach, Sequoia High School, Frosh/Soph Girls Volleyball Team, Fall 2010
- Soccer Referee, San Carlos AYSO, 2002 to present
- Coach, Girls Eighth Grade Volleyball Team, Central Middle School, San Carlos, CA, Fall 2008
- Undefeated, league champions
- Coach, US Youth Volleyball League, Mountain View, CA, April to June 2007
- Coach, T-ball and Farm Leagues, San Carlos Little League, March to May, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Horn, Redwood Symphony, Redwood City/San Mateo, CA, November 1999 to present
- Member, Base Reuse Advisory Group (Alameda Naval Air Station), Environment Subcommittee
Alameda, CA, October 1993 to December 1995 - Vice President, Kensington Symphony Board of Directors, June 1992-June 1995
- Member, Kensington Symphony Board of Directors, June 1991-June 1995
- Principal Horn, Kensington Symphony Orchestra, November 1990 to October 1999
- Volleyball Coach, Women's USVBA Teams, 1988-1992
Other NDNU activities
- Interim Provost, January to August 2010
- Associate Provost, August 2005 to December 2009
- Interim Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, School of Science, August 2006 to Sept. 2008
- Assistant Provost, August 2001 to August 2005
- Acting Provost, June-July 2003, Nov.-Dec. 2003, May-June 2005
- Acting Dean of Enrollment, October 2001 to March 2002
- Acting Director of Undergraduate Admission, January 2002 to March 2002
- Director of Institutional Research, September 2000 to February 2007
- Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1993 – 2000
Publications
- “Holomorphy of the Dirac resolvent with relatively form bounded potentials”,
Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Physique Théorique, Vol 59, no. 3, 1993, pp.269-300 - “Splitting of the Dirac operator in the nonrelativistic limit”,
Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Physique Théorique, Vol. 53, no. 1, 1990, pp.109-121 - “Review of True BASIC, Inc, CALCULUS 3.0” (with J. R. Moschovakis and Y. Matsubara),
Notices of the AMS, Vol. 37, no. 2, Feb. 1990, pp.129-131

