Richard L. Baker

Born:

place:

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (1987)
thesis: Triangular UHF Algebras; Advisor: William Arveson

University of Iowa-Iowa City.

personal or universal URL: http://www.math.uiowa.edu/~baker/
email: baker@math.uiowa.edu

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nevada; Las Vegas, NV 89154

Research

Richard Baker interests are in operator algebras, specializing in non-selfadjoint operator algebras. He is also interested in quantum field theory and distributive artificial intelligence:

1. Baker, Richard L. Lebesgue measure on $\Bbb R\sp \infty$. II. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), no. 9, 2577--2591
2. Baker, R. L. The qualitative analysis of a dynamical system of differential equations arising from the study of multilayer scales on pure metals. II. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), no. 3, 753--761.
3. Baker, Richard L. On certain Banach limits of triangular matrix algebras. Houston J. Math. 23 (1997), no. 1, 127--141.
4. Baker, R. L. The qualitative analysis of a dynamical system modeling the formation of two-layer scales on pure metals. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), no. 5, 1373--1378.
5. Baker, R. L. Triangular UHF algebras over arbitrary fields. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), no. 1, 67--79.
6. Akuezue, H. C.; Baker, R. L.; Hirsch, M. W. The qualitative analysis of a dynamical system modeling the formation of multilayer scales on pure metals. SIAM J. Math. Anal. 25 (1994), no. 4, 1167--1175.
7. Baker, Richard $K\sb 0$ of certain subdiagonal subalgebras of von Neumann algebras. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 116 (1992), no. 1, 13--19. 46L80 (19A49)
8. Baker, Richard Lebesgue measure on $R\sp \infty$. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 113 (1991), no. 4, 1023--1029.
9. Baker, Richard A certain class of triangular algebras in type ${\rm II}\sb 1$ hyperfinite factors. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 112 (1991), no. 1, 163--169.
10. Baker, Richard L. Triangular UHF algebras. J. Funct. Anal. 91 (1990), no. 1, 182--212.

In preparing this web page, we had help from Janis Oldam, a former classmate of Dr. Baker, and David Manderscheid.
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