ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE><!-- Created with the CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2008 --><!-- http://www.coffeecup.com/ --><!-- Brewed on 10/9/2009 8:35:13 AM --> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=GENERATOR> <style type="text/css"> .style1 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; } .style2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; } .style3 { font-style: normal; } .style4 { font-size: x-small; } .style5 { font-size: x-small; color: #000080; } .style6 { font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; color: #000080; } .style7 { color: #000080; } .style8 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; color: #000080; } .style9 { font-size: x-small; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; } .style10 { font-family: Arial; } .style11 { color: #000080; font-weight: bold; } .style12 { font-family: Arial; color: #000080; } .style14 { font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold; color: #000080; } </style> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; width: 921px;" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=20 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="width: 316px"> <P align=left style="width: 272px"><FONT face=Arial size=2><B><FONT color=#000080>Welcome to Scott Chapman&#39;s Web Page</FONT></B></FONT></P> <P align=left style="width: 280px; height: 164px"> <FONT face=Arial size=2><B><FONT color=#000080><BR>Scott T. Chapman<BR>Professor and<EM> Scholar in Residence</EM><BR></FONT><A title="Sam Houston Main Page" href="www.shsu.edu"><FONT color=#000080>Sam Houston State University</FONT></A><BR><A title="Math and Statistics Main Page" href="www.shsu.edu/~mth_www"><FONT color=#000080>Department of Mathematics and Statistics</FONT></A><FONT color=#000080>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <BR>Box 2206</FONT></B></FONT><FONT size=2><B><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>Huntsville, Texas 77341-2206</FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=#000080> <BR></FONT><STRONG><SPAN class=style2><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Office: Lee Drain Building 426<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=style2><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Office <span class="style4">Phone:</span> (936) 294-1572<BR>Office Fax: (936) 294-1882<BR>e-mail: </FONT><A href="mailto:scott.chapman@shsu.edu"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>scott.chapman@shsu.edu </FONT></A><A href="scott.chapman@shsu.edu"></A></SPAN></STRONG></P> <P align=left class="style6"><strong>Editor of the <a href="http://www.maa.org/pubs/monthly.html"><span class="style7"> American Mathematical Monthly</span></a> (term runs 2012-2016)</strong></P> <P align=left class="style6"><strong>To submit a paper please access the <a href="http://www.editorialmanager.com/monthly"><span class="style7">Monthly&#39;s Editorial Manager System</span></a></strong></P> <P align=left class="style6"><strong> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AmerMathMonthly?sk=wall">The Monthly is now on Facebook</a></strong></P> </TD> <TD style="width: 144px"> <img alt="" src="FinalChapVert.jpg" width="240" height="336"></TD><FONT color=#000080> <HR align=center color=#969696> </FONT> <TD style="width: 342px"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG style="Z-INDEX: 100; LEFT: 663px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 109px" height=60 alt="" src="shlogo-extended_04_2.gif" width=180 border=0></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT color=#000080>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=700> <TBODY> <TR height=113> <TD style="width: 744px"><FONT color=#000080><B><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Teaching Information for Spring 2012:<BR></FONT></FONT></B><BR></FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG><A title="Calculus III Page" href="calculusIII.html"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></a> <span class="style5">Math 3300 Mathematical Thought</span><FONT color=#000080 size="2"> (TTR 12:30-1:50) in</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT color=#000080><span class="style4"> LDB 400</span></FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080 size=3>&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR><FONT color=#000080> <HR align=center color=#969696> </FONT> <TR> <TD style="width: 744px"><FONT color=#000080> <HR align=center color=#969696 style="width: 972px"> </FONT> <P class=style3><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Other Editorial Boards (Click on links for submission information):&nbsp; </STRONG></FONT> <UL class=style4> <LI class=style2><A href="http://www.involvemath.org/"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Involve</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT> <LI class=style2><A href="http://rmmc.eas.asu.edu/jca/jca.html"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Journal of Commutative Algebra</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> </FONT></LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#000080> <HR align=center color=#969696> <BR><TR><TD height="23" colspan="2" width="580"><SPAN class=style1><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD height="344" width="97"><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></TD><TD height="344" width="488"></FONT><SPAN class=style1><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Research Interests<BR><BR>My research interests are in commutative algebra, finite abelian groups, combinatorics and number theory. In particular, I am very interested in problems concerning factorization of elements in integral domains and monoids and problems concerning integer-valued polynomials. You can find a complete list of my publications on my </STRONG></FONT><a href="SamVita.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>VITA. </a>You can find a list of my publications with undergraduates </STRONG></FONT><A href="undergradvita.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>here</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>.&nbsp; Here are some recent titles which are either preprints or &quot;to appear&quot; and can be downloaded as pdf files&nbsp; (* denotes an undergraduate co-author).</STRONG></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT>&nbsp;<STRONG><FONT face=Arial>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT> <UL class=style1> <LI><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG><a href="finalshiftsofgenerators.pdf"><span class="style5"> Shifts of generators and Delta sets of numerical monoids,</span> </a>(with N. Kaplan, T. Lemburg*, A. Niles* and C. Zlogar*) to appear in the <I> J. Commutative Algebra</I>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </STRONG></FONT> <LI><A href="finalmarshall-referee.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Elements in a numerical semigroup with factorizations of the same length,</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>(with P. A. Garca-Sanchez and D. Llena and J. Marshall*) to appear in <I>Canad. Math. Bull.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;</STRONG></FONT> </FONT><STRONG><FONT color=#000080 face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Arial"><STRONG><FONT color=#000080>&nbsp;</FONT></STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000080> </FONT></FONT> <LI><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><A title=GAMC href="FinalGACM.pdf"> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Elasticity in generalized arithmetical congruence monoids,</STRONG></FONT></A> <FONT color=#000080>(with D. Steinberg*) to appear in </FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#000080> <span class="style9">Results Math.</span></FONT><FONT face=CMTI10 color=#000080 size=2> </FONT></FONT> <LI><FONT color=#000080><STRONG> <a title="Omega Numerical Monoid" href="FinalDesmondSFrevisedrefereecomments.pdf"> <FONT face=CMR10><span class="style8">An algorithm to compute omega</span></FONT><span class="style7"><FONT face=CMR10 size=2>-</FONT></span><span class="style1"><span class="style7">primality in a numerical monoid,</span> </span></a></STRONG><FONT size=2 face="Arial"><STRONG><span class="style1"> (with D. F. Anderson, N. Kaplan</span></STRONG><span class="style1"> <STRONG> and D. Torkornoo*) to appear in <i>Semigroup Forum</i></STRONG></span></FONT><STRONG><span class="style1">.&nbsp;</span></STRONG></FONT><LI> <a href="SubmittedEZADSrevised.pdf"><span class="style11">Erd</span><span class="style7"><span class="style12"><strong>ös-Zaks all-divisor sets</strong></span></span></a><span class="style7"><strong><span class="style10">, (with W. W. Smith) to appear in <i>Period. Math. Hungar.</i> </span> </strong></span> <LI class="style11"><a href="SubmittedlVersionAtomicDecay.pdf"> <span class="style7">A closer look at non-unique factorization via atomic decay and strong atoms,</span></a> (with U. Krause) submitted.<LI class="style11"> <span class="style7"><a href="friendly.pdf">A tale of two sequences: a friendly introduction to the theory of non-unique factorizations,</a></span> submitted.</UL> <SPAN class=style1></SPAN> <P class=style1><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Slides from Some Invited Talks</STRONG></FONT> </FONT> <UL class=style1> <LI><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT><A href="Keynote.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>&quot;Why Factorization Theory: The Basics,&quot; </STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Keynote Address at the MAA-PREP Workshop <I>The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures</I>, May 2007. </STRONG></FONT> <LI> <P align=left><A href="Knoxvillemaintalk2007.pdf"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>&quot;Numerical Monoids are Totally Cool!&quot; </STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Keynote Address at the Univeristy of Tennessee Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, April 2007 and Mathematics on the Northern Plains, North Dakota State University, April 2008. </STRONG></FONT></P> <LI><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A title="A&amp;M Talk 2008" href="A&Mtalk08.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>&quot;An Introduction to the Theory of Non-Unique Factorizations,&quot; </FONT></STRONG></A>Algebra Colloquium, Texas A&amp;M University, November 2008.&nbsp; </FONT></STRONG> <LI><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A title="SAM talk 2008" href="SAMtalk120308.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>&quot;A tale of Two Sequences, A Friendly Introduction to the Theory of Non-Unique Factorizations,&quot;&nbsp; </FONT></STRONG></A>Sam Houston State University Mathematics Colloquium, December 2008.&nbsp; </FONT></STRONG> <LI><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A title="DC Special Session January 2009" href="WashingtonSpecialSession09.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A href="../../../talks/Washington/WashingtonSpecialSession09.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>&quot;On the Delta Set of a Krull Domain with Infinite Cyclic Divisor Class Group,&quot;</FONT></STRONG></A><A href="../../../talks/Washington/WashingtonSpecialSession09.pdf"></FONT></STRONG></A></FONT></STRONG></A> Special Session on Commutative Rings at the Annual AMS-MAA Meeting in Washington, DC, January 2009.&nbsp; </FONT></STRONG> <LI><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><A title="Basic Factorization Theory" href="BASIC Factorization.pdf"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>&quot;Basic Factorization Theory</FONT></STRONG></A>&quot; and <A title="Factorization in Int(Z)" href="Factorization in Int(Z).pdf"><span class="style5">&quot;Factorization in Int(Z),&quot;</span></A>Immerse Program Algebra Lectures, June 2009.</FONT></STRONG> </LI> <LI class="style11"><a href="BocaRatonSpecialSession09.pdf"> <span class="style7">&quot;Elastic Properties of Some Semirings Defined by Positive Systems,&quot; </span></a>Special Session on Commutative Rings, a Tribute to Jim Brewer, at the Sectional AMS Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, October 2009.</LI> <LI class="style11"><a href="Granada2010.pdf"><span class="style7">&quot;Delta Sets of Numerical Monoids: A Progress Report,&quot;</span></a> Iberian Meeting on Numerical Semigroups - Granada 2010, Granada, Spain, February 2010.</LI> <LI><a href="MinneapolisSpecialSession2010.pdf"><span class="style11">&quot;Erd</span><span class="style14">ö</span><span class="style11">s-Zaks All-Divisor Sets,&quot; </span></a><span class="style11">(algebra version) Special Session on Commutative Rings at the Sectional AMS Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2010.</span></LI> <LI><a href="CANT2010.pdf"><span class="style11">&quot;Erd</span><span class="style14">ö</span><span class="style11">s-Zaks All-Divisor Sets,&quot; </span> </a><span class="style11">(number theory version) 8th Annual Combinatorics and Additive Number Theory Conference (CANT), CUNY, New York, May 2010. </span> </LI> <LI class="style11"> <a href="file://WinFSHD2/Users$/stc008/_website/Amhersttalkfall2010.pdf"> <span class="style7">&quot;A Tale of Two Sequences: A Friendly Introduction to the Theory of Non-Unique Factorizations,&quot;</span></a>&nbsp; Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, October 2010.</LI> <LI class="style11"> <a href="file://WinFSHD2/Users$/stc008/_website/Marseille2010.pdf"> <span class="style7">&quot;Factoring Integer-Valued Polynomials: A Survey with Open Problems,&quot;</span></a> Third Integer-Valued Polynomial Encounter, Marseille, France, November/<br> December 2010.</LI> </UL> <P><FONT face=Arial size="2" color="#000080"><STRONG>Some Mathematical Links of Interest:</STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4> </FONT></P> <ul> <li> <P class=style1><strong><a href="http://curm.byu.edu/"><span class="style7"> Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM)</span></a></strong></li></li> <li> <P class=style2><a href="http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/math-reu/index.html"> <span class="style7">San Diego State Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics Program&nbsp; </span></a></li> <li> <P class=style1><strong><a href="http://www.commalg.org/"> <span class="style7">Commalg.org</span></a></strong></li> <li> <P class=style1><strong><a href="http://www.maa.org/"><span class="style7"> The Mathematical Association of America</span></a></strong></li> <li> <P class=style1><strong><a href="http://www.ams.org/home/page"> <span class="style7">The American Mathematical Society</span></a></strong></li> <li> <P class=style1><strong> <a href="http://www.math.harvard.edu/~nkaplan/Math%20Homepage/Home.html"> <span class="style7">Nathan Kaplan&#39;s Web Page</span></a></strong></li> <li> <P class=style1><strong><a href="http://math.univ-lyon1.fr/~baginski/"> <span class="style7">Paul Baginski&#39;s Web Page</span></a></strong></li> <li> <P class=style1><FONT size=4><A href="Focusarticle.pdf"><STRONG> <FONT color=#000080 size=2>Focus Article on &quot;The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures&quot; (December 2007)</FONT></STRONG></A></FONT></li> <li> <FONT face=Arial size="2" color="#000080"><A href="wherearethey.htm"><STRONG><FONT color=#000080 size=2> Where are they now?&nbsp; A list of my former Undergraduate Research Students and their present locations</FONT></STRONG></A></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000080></li> </ul> <HR align=center color=#969696> &nbsp; </FONT> <P></P> <CENTER> <P class=style1><FONT size=2><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000080><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></CENTER></TD></TR><TR><TD height="1" colspan="2" width="580"> <P class=style1 align=center><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>COPYRIGHT 2012, all rights reserved, Scott T. 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