Kathleen M. Shannon
    Department of Mathematical Sciences
Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD 21801

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     Phone: (410)543-6476 Fax: (410)548-5559

Office: Devilbiss Hall Room 104
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Personal Data

Education:

Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University awarded May, 1985
M.Sc. in applied mathematics from Brown University awarded June, 1981
B.A. in mathematics and physics from the College of the Holy Cross May, 1980

Major area for doctoral qualifying exams: numerical analysis, numerical methods of solving differential equations, approximation and interpolation.
Minor Areas: real analysis and Hilbert spaces, classical and modern control systems.

Thesis area: convex sets and the geometry of computation. Some relationships between planar convex sets and their support functions are explored. In particular, a limit of Lemoine processes leading to the Steiner Point is presented and generalized to non-convex sets and collections of lines.

Thesis advisor: P.J. Davis, Ph.D., Brown University

Current Position at Salisbury University:

Professor of Mathematics: 1999 - present

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