Wayne Aitken
Professor of Mathematics
and Graduate Coordinator for Mathematics
California State University, San Marcos
waitken@csusm.edu
Courses: Spring 2008
Math 378: Number Systems (Spring 07, 08)
Math 410: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry (Spring 06, 07, 08)
Math 422: Introduction to Number Theory
(Fall 05, Spring 08)
Selection of Recent Courses
Math 162: Calculus II (Fall 06, 07)
Math 303: Themes for Society (Spring 2006)
Math 330: History of Mathematics (Fall 04, 05, 06, 07)
Math 505: Readings from Original Sources (Spring 2006).
Topic: Readings from Gauss and Dirichlet in Number Theory
Math 520: Graduate level Algebra (Spring 2007)
Textbook: Artin
Math 528: Intermediate Linear Algebra (Spring 2005)
Mathematical Interests
Fields of interest:
Algebraic Number Theory (and other aspects of algebra and number theory),
Foundations of Mathematics (and related philosophical and historical issues) especially
new approaches to the paradoxes ("algorithmic logic"),
Finite Fields (especially sets of values of algebraic mappings),
Arithmetical Algebraic Geometry (and related areas of geometry and algebraic topology).