Current Research Interests:
Structured polynomial
systems, computational algebraic geometry,
combinatorics,
matrix analysis, applications of mathematics to
neuroscience
Short cv.
Some Selected Publications:
(with D. Rhea). Automorphisms of finite abelian
groups, American Mathematical Monthly,
114 (2007), no. 10, 917-923. pdf | arXiv
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1. Sums of polynomial squares
over totally real fields are rational sums of
squares, Proceedings of the American Mathematical
Society, 137 (2009),
921-930. pdf
2. (with J. Nie) An elementary
and constructive solution to Hilbert's 17th Problem
for matrices, Proceedings of the American
Mathematical Society, 136
(2008), 73-76. arxiv
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3. (with T. Windfeldt). An algebraic
characterization of uniquely vertex colorable
graphs, Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series
B, 98 (2008), 400-414. pdf
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4. (with S. Armstrong). Solvability
of symmetric word equations in positive definite
letters, Journal of the London Mathematical
Society, 76 (2007),
no. 3, 777-796. arXiv
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code 1 | maple
code 2
5. Advances on the The Bessis-Moussa-Villani
Trace Conjecture, Linear Algebra and Applications,
426 (2007), 130-142. arXiv
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6. (with L. Levine) Polynomial
recurrences and cyclic resultants, Proceedings
of the American Mathematical Society, 135 (2007), 1607-1618. arXiv
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| AMS
7. (with M. Aschenbrenner) Finite
generation of symmetric ideals, Transactions
of the American Mathematical Society, 359 (2007), 5171-5192. arXiv
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here)
8. Cyclic Resultants, Journal
of Symbolic Computation, 39
(2005), 653-669; erratum, ibid. 40 (2005), 1126–1127. arXiv
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| errata
to print version
9. Logarithmic Derivatives of
Solutions to Linear Differential Equations, Proceedings
of the American Mathematical Society, 132 (2004), no. 9, 2693-2701. arXiv
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| AMS
(an expanded and more expository version is here).
10. (with C. R. Johnson).
Symmetric word equations in two positive definite
letters, Proceedings of the American Mathematical
Society 132 (2004), no.
4, 945-953. arXiv
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