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Welcome
Department of Mathematics
Welcome to Dr. Chetan Prakash's Homepage
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Instructor, Department of Kinesiology
Director, Center for Scholarship on Spirituality
Office: JB327
Office Hours: MW 3:00-4:00 pm, TTh 1:15-1:45 pm and by appointment
Phone: (909) 537-5390
Email: cprakash@csusb.edu
Courses:
Current courses:
Math 241 --- Problem-Solving in Calculus , Section 01, #80272/3
Math 305 --- Statistics Section 01, #80292
Math 529 --- Advanced Geometry Section 01, #80304
Education:
5th Degree black belt in Aikido, 2007
Instructor in Training, Russian Martial Art
Ph. D. Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 1982
M.S. Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, 1979
M.Sc. Physics, University of Delhi (St. Stephen's College), 1973
B.Sc.. Physics, University of Delhi (St. Stephen's College), 1971
Courses taught at CSUSB:
Mathematics: 618, 611, 610 (multiple sections),595, 576, 557, 554, 553, 546, 545, 529, 510 (multiple sections), 474, 470, 465, 411, 372, 353, 345, 331, 329, 302, 272, 270, 262, 252, 251, 241, 213, 212, 211, 180, 120, 115, 110, 90
National Security Studies: Math 611: Operations Analysis
Kinesiology: 120A Aikido
Physics: 324 Statistical & Thermal Physics
Additional Courses taught elsewhere:
University of California at Irvine:
Observer Mechanics graduate seminar, Mathematical Statistical Mechanics graduate seminar, Complex Analysis
Indian Statistical Institute:
Non-Differentiability of the Pressure by Dobrushin Uniqueness Techniques, graduate seminar
Published Book:
"Observer Mechanics, a Formal Theory of Perception,"
by Bruce Bennett, Donald Hoffman and Chetan Prakash