Rob Ray, Ph.D.

Assistant ProfessorPhoto by Jennifer Raudebaugh
Gonzaga University

Email:   rayr(remove this text)@gonzaga.edu
AIM: robray571

Office: Herak 307B,   (509) 313-3916 (although it is best to contact me via email)
Office hours:       2:10 - 3:00 MTWF,
                              (also by appointment)
                              


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



Daily Schedule:
Spring 2013 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
8 am




9 am
 MA260-02
9:00-9:50
Herak 244
MA260-02
9:00-9:50
Herak 244
MA260-02
9:00-9:50
Herak 244
10 am
 Math Lab
10:00-10:50
Herak 307b




11 am
 MA321-04
11:00-11:50
Herak 244
MA321-04
11:00-11:50
Herak 244

MA321-04
11:00-11:50
Herak 244
12 am









1 pm
 MA350-01
1:10-2:00
Herak 237

MA350-01
1:10-2:00
Herak 237

MA350-01
1:10-2:00
Herak 237
2 pm
 Office Hours
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 307b
 Office Hours
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 307b
 Office Hours
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 307b

Office Hours
2:10 - 3:00
Herak 307b

 
Courses:

    Fall 2012
            MA148 Survey of Calculus
            MA157 Calculus-Analytic Geometry I (Sections 02 and 04)
    Summer 2012
            MA114 Mathematical Analysis-Business
            MA121 Introductory Statistics

    Spring 2012
            MA260 Ordinary Differential Equations (FLO)
            MA321 Statistics for Experimentalists (FLO)

    Fall 2011
            MA258 Calculus-Analytic Geometry II (Sections 02 and 03)
            MA499 Comprehensive (Sections 01 and 02)

    Spring 2011
            MA260 Ordinary Differential Equations
            MA321 Statistics for Experimentalist (Sections 02 and 04)

    Fall 2010
           MA301 Fundamentals of Mathematics
           MA321 Statistics for Experimentalist (Sections 01 and 02)

    Summer 2010
          MA121 Introductory Statistics
          MA258 Calculus-Analytic Geometry II

    Spring 2010
         MA321 Statistics for Experimentalist (Sections 01 and 02)
         MA422 Mathematical Statistics

    Fall 2009
          MA259 Calculus-Analytic Geometry III
          MA321 Statistics for Experimentalists
          MA421 Probability Theory

   

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 Fibonacci sequences over finite rings, and in the area of certain L(2,1) graphs.


Dissertation:
Quantum Symmetric Spaces and Symplectic Invariants

Publications:

"G-Sets and Linear Recurrences Modulo Primes", McKenzie, Overbay, and Ray, accepted and to appear in the Missouri Journal of Mathematical Sciences.

"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.


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)
 
"Go forth and set the world on fire." - St. Ignatius of Loyola

"Remember, we're all in this together." - Red Green