Robert Ray, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorPhoto by Jennifer Raudebaugh
Gonzaga University

Email:   rayr(remove this text)@gonzaga.edu

Office: Herak 307B
Office hours:       11:00 - 11:50 MTWF,
                              (also by appointment)
                              


Department of Mathematics
Gonzaga University
MSC 2615
502 E. Boone Ave
Spokane, WA 99258-2615



Daily Schedule:
Fall 2017 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
8 am




9 am




10 am
 MA231-01
10:00-10:50
Colleg Hall 135
MA231-01
10:00-10:50
Colleg Hall 135

MA231-01
10:00-10:50
Colleg Hall 135
11 am
 Office Hour
11:00-11:50
Herak 307B
 Office Hour
11:00-11:50
Herak 307B 		Office Hour
11:00-11:50
Herak 307B

Office Hour
11:00-11:50
Herak 307B
12 am









1 pm
 MA147-01
1:10-2:00
Jepson 113

MA147-01
1:10-2:00
Jepson 113

MA147-01
1:10-2:00
Jepson 113
2 pm
 MA231-02
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 244
MA231-02
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 244
MA231-02
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 244













 



Research:
I am currently performing research in the area of quantum groups.   More specifically, I am studying orthogonal/symplectic invariants for the action of GLq(n) on Aq(X).  I am also performing research in the area of linear recurrence relations over finite fields, and in the area of certain L(2,1) graphs.



Publications:
"G-Sets and Linear Recurrences Modulo Primes", McKenzie, Overbay, and Ray,  Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences, Volume 25, Number 1, 2013.

"Zonal Polynomials and Quantum Antisymmetric Matrices", N. Jing and R. Ray, Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica (New Series), Volume 7, No. 1, pp. 1-31, March 2012.

Dissertation:
Quantum Symmetric Spaces and Symplectic Invariants



Presentations:
Graduate Student Algebra Seminar(June 2002) Hopf Algebras, definitions and examples (pdf)
Spokane Regional Mathematics Colloquium (March 2004) An Introduction to Hopf Algebras (pdf)
 
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