Virgil Pierce, Ph.D.


No Image Available Virgil Pierce, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education: 
 • Ph.D. in Mathematics, The University of Arizona, 2004
 • B.A. in Mathematics, Boston University, 1998
Research Interest:
Random matrices, nonlinear wave equations, combinatorics, and mathematical physics.
Recent Selected Publications:
 •  V.U. Pierce 'A Riemann-Hilbert Problem for Skew-Orthogonal Polynomials.' Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics 215 (2008)
 •  N.M. Ercolani, K.D. T-R McLaughlin, and V.U. Pierce 'Random Matrices, Graphical Enumeration and the Continuum Limit of Toda Lattices.' Communications in Mathematical Physics 278 (2008)
 •  Y. Kodama and V.U. Pierce 'Geometry of the Pfaff Lattices.' International Mathematics Research Notices (2007)
E-mail: piercevu@utpa.edu
Phone:  (956) 381-3535
Office: MAGC 3.426
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