Robert C. McOwen

Professor of Mathematics

Northeastern University

Office Number:	445 LA
Phone Number:	617-373-5678
Fax Number:	617-373-5658
E-Mail Address:	mcowen@neu.edu
Mailing Address:	Northeastern University Department of Mathematics 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Research

PhD received from University of California, Berkeley, in 1978

Areas of Interest

Partial differential equations, especially linear and nonlinear elliptic equations on noncompact domains and manifolds. Functional analysis, especially weighted Sobolev spaces. Applications to differential geometry, especially to the conformal scalar curvature equation, which is a semi-linear elliptic equation relating the scalar curvatures of two conformally-related Riemannian metrics.

Papers and Publications

List of Publications

Graduate-level textbook:

2nd Edition
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Partial Differential Equations: Methods and Applications, Second Edition
Published by Prentice Hall, 2003.
464 pp., Cloth (0-13-009335-1)

1st Edition
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Partial Differential Equations: Methods and Applications,
Published by Prentice Hall, 1996.
420 pp., Cloth (0-13-121880-8)

Teaching

I am teaching two courses in Fall 2011:

MATH 2341 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra MWTh 1:35-2:40 pm
MATH 7202 Analysis 2 TTh 5:50-7:20 pm

Computer Labs for Differential Equations: I have written computer labs for our undergraduate courses on ordinary and partial differential equations:

Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 2341 or 2351).
Partial Differential Equations (MATH 4545). More info

Personal Interest

In addition to being a mathematician, I enjoy Scottish dance. Here is a photo of me dancing the Highland Fling at a Scottish Ceilidh at a Northeastern University event in March 2008.

Last modified August 30, 2011