William Watson

Associate Professor
Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences
St.John Hall Room 334M
Queens, NY 11439
(718) 990-2115
watsonw@stjohns.edu

Office Hours
Fall Semester 2005
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.  

Recent Courses Taught

  • Calculus for Business
  • Calculus for Pharmacy
  • Calculus with Biological Applications
  • Biostatistics
  • Linear Programming with Business Applications
  • University Calculus II & III
  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Abstract Algebra (graduate)
  • Discover New York – Evocative African Art

Research Interests

  •  Riemannian Geometry
  •  Symplectic Geometry
  •  Mathematical Physics

Education

  • Ph. D. in Mathematics, 1971, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    M. S. in Mathematics, 1969, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    A. B. in Mathematics, 1967, Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, NJ

Recent Publications

  • The Goldberg Conjecture is True for the Four-dimensional Total Space of an Almost Kähler Submersion , Journal of Geometry, 69 (2000), 215-226.
  • Superminimal Fibres in an Almost Hermitian Submersion, Boll. Unione Mat. Ital., 8 (2000), 159-172.

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