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Welcome to Wasin So's Homepage
Position : Professor of Mathematics
Office: MacQuarrie Hall Room 418
Address:
Department of Mathematics
San Jose State University
San Jose, California 95192-0103
Telephone: 408-924-5155
Fax : 408-924-5080
Email: wasin dot so at sjsu dot edu
Education
Academic Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications,
University of Minnesota, 1991--1992.
- Postdoctoral Researcher,
Center of Linear Structures and Combinatorics , University of Lisbon, 1993.
- Project NExT Fellow, 1994--1995.
- Assistant Professor,
Sam Houston State University , 1992--1999.
- Visiting Lecturer, Xiangtan Polytechnic University, Hunan, China, May--June 1999.
- Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University, 1999--2000.
- Associate Professor, San Jose State University, 2000 -- 2006.
- Visiting Lecturer, University of Malta, Malta, July 2012.
- Professor, San Jose State University, 2006 -- present.
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****** High Standard, Plenty Help, Some Fun ******
****** Not Just Think But Think Carefully, Confidently and Creatively ******
Office hours (August 21 -- December 9, 2013):
- MW 9:15 -- 11:15, and by appointment (via email).
Courses taught this semester (Fall 2013):
- Math32 Calculus III, section 3, MW 12:00--13:15, MH223
- Syllabus ,
Calendar
- Homework ,
Answer1 ,
Answer2 ,
Answer3 ,
Answer4 ,
Answer to Sections 13.3&13.4 ,
Answer5 ,
Answer6 ,
Answer to Sections 14.5,14.6&14.7 ,
Answer7 ,
Answer8 ,
Answer9 ,
Answer to Sections 15.7,15.8&15.9
- Old Final & Answer ,
Test 1 Solution ,
Test 2 Solution ,
Test 3 Solution
- Math129A Linear Algebra I, section 3, MW 13:30--14:45, MH424
- Syllabus ,
Calendar
- Homework ,
Answer1 ,
Answer2 ,
Answer3 ,
Answer to Sections 2.8&2.9 ,
Answer4 ,
Answer5 ,
Answer6 ,
Answer7 ,
Answer to Sections 5.3&5.5 ,
Answer8 ,
Answer9 ,
Answer to Sections 6.5, 7.1&7.4
- Old Final ,
Old Final Solution ,
Test 1 Solution ,
Test 2 Solution ,
Test 3 Solution
- Math129A Linear Algebra I, section 4, MW 16:30--17:45, MH424
- Syllabus ,
Calendar
- Homework ,
Answer1 ,
Answer2 ,
Answer3 ,
Answer to Section 2.8&2.9 ,
Answer4 ,
Answer5 ,
Answer6 ,
Answer7 ,
Answer to Sections 5.3&5.5 ,
Answer8 ,
Answer9 ,
Answer to Sections 6.5, 7.1&7.4
- Old Final ,
Old Final Solution ,
Test 1 Solution ,
Test 2 Solution ,
Test 3 Solution
Courses taught before:
- Calculus sequence:
- Discrete Mathematics sequence:
- Linear Algebra sequence:
- Probability and Statistics sequence:
- Applied Math sequence:
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****** Expect the Unexpected ******
****** Often Imitated But Never Duplicated ******
Interests :
- Matrix Theory : the study of arrays
- Graph Theory : the study of dots and lines
- Probability Theory : the study of chances
- Number Theory : the study of primes
- Interest Theory : the study of money
Ongoing Projects, Preprints, and Recent Publications :
- Skew spectra of graphs without even cycles (with A. Anuradha and R. Balakrishnan), Linear Algebra and its Applications, accepted.
- Skew spectra of oriented bipartite graphs (with A. Anuradha, R. Balakrishnan, Xiaolin Chen, Xueliang Li, and Huishu Lian),
Electronic J. Combinatorics, accepted.
- Cutting right triangles right! (with Hidefumi Katsuura), Geombinatorics, accepted.
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Past publication (before 2013)
Upcoming meetings and Recent Presentations:
- Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Jiaotung University, Shanghai, China, July 26, 2013
- "Integral circulant graphs"
- 2013 Workshop on
MATRICES AND OPERATORS, Beijing, China,
July 15-18, 2013.
- "Inverse graph eigenvalue problem"
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Past presentations (before 2013)
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****** Don't Need To, But Want To ******
****** Don't Want To, But Need To ******
Department (2013-2014)
- Advisor of BS Applied Mathematics: concentration in Economics, and Actuarial Science
- Member of recruitment committee (Statistics position)
- Chair of course committee on Discrete Math and Graph Theory
Professional
- Master thesis/project students
- Jane Huang, Image Registration and Wavelet
Decomposition, 1997
- Linda Zientek, Fundamental Similarity, 1997
- David Benzel, Pythagorean Triples and Jasmenwozc
Conjecture, 1998
- Christopher F. Cusanza, Integral Circulant Graphs with the Spectral Adam Property , 2006.
Abstract
- Viet Nguyen, Construction of Symmetric Matrices with Prescribed Spectra, 2006.
Abstract
- Tue Rust, Understand the Cayley-Hamilton Theorem, 2006.
Abstract
- Wilson Florero, The Search of Graphs Equienergetic with Edge Deleted Subgraph , 2008.
Abstract
- Vinh Nguyen, Family of Circulant Graphs and its Expander Properties , 2010.
Abstract
- David Zimmermann, The Friendship Theorem , 2010.
Abstract
- Usha Watson, Integral Cayley Graphs over Z_2 + Z_{2p} , 2011.
Abstract
- Nick Khorlin, A Characterization of Graphically Spectral Numbers , 2013.
Abstract
- Ryan Flarity, Generation and Completion of Unimodular Matrices , 2013.
Abstract
- Referee for the following journals
- Linear Algebra and its Applications
- Linear and Multilinear Algebra
- SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
- Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra
- American Mathematical Monthly
- Discrete Mathematics
- Reviewer of Mathematical Reviews
- Examiner of
- University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
- Bharathidasan University, India
- Co-organizer of the following meetings:
- 1999 Conference on Multiwavelets: theory and applications, Huntsville, Texas
- 2001 Southern California Matrix Conference, San Jose, California
- 2004 Southern California Matrix Conference, San Jose, California
- 2005 R. C. Thompson Matrix Conference, San Francisco, California
- 2007 R. C. Thompson Matrix Conference, Auburn, Alabama
- Judge of the following math/science fair
- 2001 Intel Science Fair
- 2002, 2003, 2004 MAA Math Undergrad Poster
- AP Statistics reader
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Linear Algebra Journals
Mathematical Societies
Mathematics Centers
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