Steven J. Leon Chancellor Professor Mathematics Department University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 Email: sleon@umassd.edu Group I, Room 394D Tel: (508) 999-8320 Fax: (508) 910-6917

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Ongoing Projects

• CSUMS: Computational Sciences training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences
  NSF sponsored program for undergraduate research at UMass Dartmouth
  CSUMS Press Release
• ATLAST Project
  MATLAB News and Notes is printed twice a year and distributed to the entire international community of users of the MATLAB software package (over a million subscribers). The October 2006 issue featured a short article about the ATLAST Project. (See preprint.)
• Consulting Editor for IMAGE, the Bulletin of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)
• Chair of the ILAS Education Committee
• Organizer of UMass Dartmouth Mathematics Colloquium Series
  
• Scientific Computing Seminars at Brown University

 

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Spring 2009 Events

Mathematics Colloquium Talks

February 11, 2009	Benjamin Siebold (MIT)	Benefits and Challenges of Particle Methods
February 13, 2009	Wolfgang Stefan (SUNY Buffalo)	Total Variation Regularization for Linear Ill-Posed Inverse Problems: Extensions and Applications
February 18, 2009	Robert Devaney (Boston University)	TBA
February 25, 2009	Gil Strang (MIT)	Polygons and Circles in Computational Science
March 11, 2009	Aslan Kasimov (MIT)	TBA

All talks are from 4:00-4:50 PM in Room 218, Liberal Arts Building

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Past Events

Gene H. Golub (1932-2007), Pioneer in Computational Mathematics    

Gene Golub Memorial Conference held at UMass Dartmouth, February 29 and March 1

Conference Information

Relevant Links:

• UMass Dartmouth tribute - Gene Golub Remembered
• Golub Around the World
• Golub Memorial Blog Site
• Gene H. Golub Biography by Chen Greif
• The Golub Tree
• Gene Golub homepage at Stanford
• ISI Highly Cited Researchers listing for Gene Golub
• New York Times Obituary
• Golub least squares lecture video

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Books

Linear Algebra with Applications 7th Edition (Pearson)

 

• • Prentice Hall Companion Web site for the 7th edition
  This page contains supplemental features for students and instructors.
  
  
  • Supplemental Chapters: (Click on chapter title to download)
    
  8.ITERATIVE METHODS
  9.CANONICAL FORMS
  
  
  • Errata List (7th edition)
  
  
• Companion manuals
  • ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, 2nd edition by Steven J. Leon, Eugene Herman, and Richard Faulkenberry. ISBN 0-13-169817-6
  • Student Study Guide, 7E by Steven J. Leon. ISBN 0-13-224555-8
  • Visualizing Linear Algebra using Maple by Sandra Keith. ISBN  0-13-169818-4.
  • Understanding Linear Algebra using MATLAB by Irwin and Margaret Kleinfeld. ISBN 0-13-169820-6.
  • Linear Algebra Labs with MATLAB, 3rd ed. by David R. Hill and David E. Zitarelli. ISBN 0-13-143274-5
  • A Maple Supplement for Linear Algebra by John Maloney. ISBN 0-13-145337-8
    
    

All companion manuals listed below are available at little or no extra charge when ordered as a bundle with the 7th edition. To order the 2-book bundles use the ISBN's listed.  To order individual copies of the bundles click on: List of 2 book bundles.


• Errata Pages for all books and manuals written by Steven J. Leon

• ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, Second Edition
  
  
  

The ATLAST collection of MATLAB computer exercises for linear algebra is an inexpensive paperback manual that can be used in conjunction with any linear algebra textbook. The  book is currently  being offered as a bundle with any of the Prentice-Hall linear algebra textbooks.  To order the book go to the Prentice-Hall ATLAST Web page.


• Covers of some previous editions of the linear algebra book



6th edition	5th edition	4th edition	Spanish edition
Chinese 6th edition	Indonesian edition	Portuguese edition	Malaysian edition
First edition	Second edition	Third edition	UC Irvine Custom edition
	3rd edition (International)	4th edition (International)

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Course Information

Spring Classes 2009

• MTH 111 Calculus 1
• MTH 353 Applied Linear Algebra

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Professional Background

Areas of specialization

• Scientific Computing
• Linear Algebra
• Applied Mathematics

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, Michigan State University, 1971

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• SIAM Special Interest Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG LA)
• The International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Job History

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Preprint of MATLAB Chapter for Linear Algebra Handbook (Chapter 71 of CRC Press Handbook for Linear Algebra, 2007)
NA Digest Workshop Report (July 2, 2006):  Algorithms for Modern Massive Data Sets

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Other Links of Interest

• National Science Foundation
• MathWorks
• NIST
• NetLib
• NA-Net

 Last Updated On: 1/31/09