Paul S. Bourdon
Department of Mathematics
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450
Contact Information:
- Office Location: Robinson 32A
- Office Phone: (540)-458-8808
- e-mail address: pbourdon@wlu.edu
- FAX: (540)-458-8945
Teaching Schedule --Fall 2009:
- Math 311-01, E-hour, M T Th F
- Math 311-02, F-hour, M T Th F
- Math 101A, H-hour, M T Th F
- Office Hours: 4:30-5:30 MTRF; 11:00-12:00 TWR; 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.