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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