Yuan-Jen Chiang

Professor of Mathematics

University of Mary Washington

General Information

• Address: Department of Mathematics , University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
• Office: Trinkle Hall, Room 124
• Phone: (540) 654-1326 (office)
• E-mail: ychiang@umw.edu

Teaching

• Spring 2009
• Math 121-Calculus I
• Math 471-Real Analysis I
• Math 491-Applications of Mathematics in Electrical Engineering

· Before this semester (since Fall 1989)

Directed Studies

• Topics in Analysis
• Differential Geometry
• Tensors and Relativity
• Partial Differential Equations
• Introduction to Harmonic Maps
• Tensor Analysis in Physics and Engineering
• Fourier Analysis
• Fractional Calculus
• Topics in Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries

Research and Publications

My research involves Differential Geometry, Analysis (Real, Complex, Functional), Differential Equations (Ordinary, Partial), and Topology (Point-Set, Algebraic). I am particularly interested in harmonic maps and wave maps between various manifolds and spaces.

• List of Publications
• List of Presentations

Professional Assignment

A reviewer of Mathematical Reviews (published monthly by American Mathematical Society) since 1991, I have written reviews about 90 papers.

· List of Reviewed Papers

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1989
• M.A. in Mathematics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1985
• B.S. in Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University, 1979

Last updated: January, 2007