Department of Mathematics Faculty

Lance Bryant

Ph.D., Mathematics, Purdue University
B.S, Mathematics, Berea College

Office: MCT 272
Phone: (717) 477-1631
E-mail: lebryant@ship.edu

Personal web page: http://webspace.ship.edu/lebryant/  

Recent courses

• Math for Liberal Studies
• Basic Math Models
  
• Calculus I

Recent projects and activities

My research interests are in commutative algebra. Recently I have been looking into characterizing properties of rings associated to a one-dimensional analytically irreducible local domains using the value semigroup. I was a fellow for the NSF GK-12 program from 2005-2006. As a visiting scientist at a local middle school, I designed and taught inquiry-based lessons along with math and science teachers.

Recent papers and talks

• Presented the talk, "Numerical Semigroups and One-Dimensional Rings," for the Commutative Algebra & Algebraic Geometry Seminar at CUNY's New York City College of Technology.
• Presented the talk, "Sums of Squares and Unique Factorization: An Automathographical Tale," for the Mathematics Department Colloquium at Gettysburg College.
• Published "Goto Numbers of a Numerical Semigroup Ring and the Gorensteiness of Associated Graded Rings," in the journal, Communications in Algebra, Volume 38, Issue 6 June 2010.