Welcome to Scott Chapman

Welcome to Scott Chapman's Web Page
	I am now Professor and Scholar in Residence at Sam Houston State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics Box 2206 Huntsville , TX 77341-2206 Phone: (936) 294-1572 Fax: (936) 294-1882 Email: scott.chapman@shsu.edu My webpage at SHSU is currently under construction
	Information on the Trinity Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics Program (REU) Where are they now? A list of my former Undergraduate Research Students and their present locations. Website for the MAA PREP Workshop "The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures" at Trinity University May 21-25, 2007 Focus Article on "The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures" (to appear in December 2007) Editorial Boards (Click on links for submission information): American Mathematical Monthly Involve Journal of Commutative Algebra
Research Interests
	My research interests are in commutative algebra, finite abelian groups, combinatorics and number theory. In particular, I am very interested in problems concerning factorization of elements in integral domains and monoids. You can find a complete list of my publications on my VITA. You can find a list of my publications with undergraduates here. Here are some recent titles which are either preprints or "to appear" and can be downloaded as pdf files. * denotes an undergraduate co-author. "Quasi-half-factorial subsets of abelian torsion groups,'" (with W. A. Schmid and W. W. Smith) to appear in Houston J. Math. "The catenary and tame degree of numerical semigroups," (with P. A. García-Sánchez and D. Llena) to appear in Forum Math. "Shifts of generators and Delta sets of numerical monoids," (with N. Kaplan, T. Lemburg, A. Niles and C. Zlogar) to appear in the Journal of Commutative Algebra. “Elements in a numerical semigroup with factorizations of the same length,” (with P. A. García-Sánchez and D. Llena and J. Marshall) to appear in Canad. Math. Bull. "Delta sets of numerical monoids are eventually periodic," (with R. Hoyer* and N. Kaplan) to appear in Aequationes Math. "How far is an element from being prime?" (with D.F. Anderson) submitted. "A theorem on accepted elasticity in certain local arithmetical congruence monoids," (with M. Banister, J. Chaika and W. Meyerson) submitted. Slides from Recent Invited Talks* "Why Factorization Theory: The Basics," Keynote Address at the MAA-PREP Workshop The Art of Factorization in Multiplicative Structures, May 2007. "Numerical Monoids are Totally Cool!" Keynote Address at the Univeristy of Tennessee Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, April 2007.
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