Caleb Emmons
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Pacific University
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, Oregon 97116
Office: Price 208
Office Hours: noon 'til one o'clock weekdays, and by appointment
Telephone: (503)352-1497
Email: emmons@pacificu.edu
.: TEACHING :.

Course Websites: (Winter III)
Modern Topics in Mathematics (Math 165)

Activities:
 Math Club Ad Interim Pro Tempore Gratis Advisor
Phi Eta Sigma Pacific University Chapter Advisor
W. L. Putnam Mathematical Competition Gaffer

Past Courses
Fall 2008: Calculus I (Math 226) :: Discrete Mathematics (Math 240)
Spring 2008: Computational Linear Algebra (Math 206) :: Discrete Mathematics (Math 240) :: Number Theory (Math 360)
Fall 2007: Calculus I (Math 226) :: Mathematical Probability (Math 316)
Spring 2007: Modern Topics in Mathematics (Math 165) :: Linear Algebra (Math 306)
Fall 2006: Calculus I (Math 226) :: Abstract Algebra (Math 402)


.: RESEARCH :.

 Ph.D., Mathematics, June 2006, University of California, San Diego.
M.A., Mathematics, June 2002, University of California, San Diego.
B.S., Mathematics, June 2000, University of California, Davis. Minor in English.

My research work is primarily in algebraic number theory.

Preprints/Publications
  • Special Values of Abelian L-functions (with C. Popescu); to appear in Journal of Number Theory, 2008.
  • How to differentiate an integer modulo n (with M. Krebs and A. Shaheen); to appear in College Mathematics Journal.
  • K-quasiderivations of partial field self-maps (with M. Krebs and A. Shaheen); submitted.
  • K-quasiderivations of polynomial rings (with M. Krebs and A. Shaheen); submitted.
  • Higher Order Integral Stark-type Conjectures (my dissertation).

    Slides

  • EureQa! an introduction to the p-adics: UCSD Food for Thought Seminar, April 20, 2006.
  • Higher order Stark-type conjectures: AMS/MAA Joint Meeting, Special Session on Field Extensions and Algorithms, San Antonio TX, January 14, 2006.
  • Values of Artin L-functions at s=0 and Stark's conjectures: UCSD Graduate Student Research Seminar, November 30, 2005.

    I am a 2006-07 Project NExT Fellow (• Sepia Dot). Here is a photo of us in Knoxville, TN.


    .: MATHEMOETICS :.

    —“I want to build a calculus of words,” I whispered conspiratorially.

    —“You mean that stuff that gets stuck to your teeth?”



    Published math poems:
  • S|{e,s,t,i,n,a}| appeared in the Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol 29, Number 1, Winter 2007.
  • Dearest Blaise appeared in Mathematics Magazine, October 2007.
  • Three Poems to appear in College Mathematics Journal.

    Tired of writing poems one-at-a-time, I recently decided to write all poems.
    Last Modified: December 3, 2008.