Paul S. Bourdon

Contact Information:

• Office Location: Robinson 32A
• Office Phone: (540)-458-8808
• e-mail address: pbourdon@wlu.edu
• FAX: (540)-458-8945

Teaching Schedule --Fall 2007:

• Math 332-01, C-hour, M T W F
• Math 332-02, F-hour, M T Th F
• Math 101Z-07, G-hour M T Th F
• Office Hours: 11:15-12:15, Monday-Friday; 3:30-4:30 Thursday; and by appointment

Mathematical Interests

I study properties of functions belonging to the following natural classes: harmonic functions (which include potential functions for, say, electric fields), linear functions (the derivative is an example), and analytic functions (which, for instance, can be used to determined the lift generated by an airfoil). I am especially interested in the behavior of functions under iteration whether it be chaotic or predictable.

Complex Plot

IWOTA Talk (in Beamer format)

Adjoint Composition Operators on the Hardy Space(with J. H. Shapiro)