Louis Friedler

Arcadia University

The picture above is with my daughter, Sorelle, who is a graduate student in computer science at the University of Maryland.

One of my major interests is international study and travel. I was in China on a faculty exchange with East China Normal University in Shanghai in May 2000, returned with students in May 2002, and visited again in June 2004. Pictures of the mathematics undergraduates in China are posted separately.

My mathematical interests are:

I earned my Ph.D. at the University of Alberta in 1972 and became an Associate of the Society of Actuaries in 1980. I am currently Professor of Mathematics at Arcadia University. My previous experience was at the University of Texas (1972-74), University of Missouri (1974-76), CNA Insurance (1977-78), College of St Scholastica (1978-1985), and University of Bridgeport (1985-90).

Here are syllabi for my recent classes:MA203: Calculus III, MA288: Actuarial Seminar, MA330 Graph Theory and Combinarorics , HN390.2 Chinese Film, MA341 Probability.

My most recent papers are:

  1. Independent sets in products of graphs, Ars Combinatoria, to appear.
  2. Internationalizing the University Mathematics Curriculum (with P Appelbaum, C. Ortiz, E. Wolff), Journal of Studies in International Education, 13 (2009), 365-381.
  3. Calculus in the US: 1940-2004, Studies in College Mathematics, 8 #3 (May, 2005), 6-11. (In Chinese) (English Translation)
  4. Domination graphs of tournaments and other digraphs (with Deborah Bergstrand), Ars Combinatoria, 74 (2005), 89-96.
  5. A characterization of a topology on the countable random graph (with Charles Grinstead), Topology and its Applications, 124 (2002), 465-473.
  6. Notes on teaching mathematics in Ghana, PRIMUS, 10(1999), 333-338.
  7. Almost homeomorphic mappings of compact spaces (with Arkady K. Kitover), Topology and its Appl., 81(1997), 233-246.
  8. Compactly functionally compact spaces (with Jack R. Porter), Houston J. Math, 22(1996),775-785.

Here's a link to my complete cv.

I spent January- June 1997 in Ghana- and had a wonderful time. I was a Visiting Professor of Mathematics at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana and my daughter Sorelle was a student at Achimota Secondary School. The picture below is of my topology class at the University. One student from that class, Alexander Nkumsah completed a masters degree in computer science at Oregon State and another, Charles Addo-Quaye, completed has doctorate in computer science at Pennsylvania State University, August 2009. Congratulations, Charles!.

One of my major interests is playing klezmer music with friends. The name of our group was Knish (We haven't played together in a long time.)

You can reach me by e-mail at friedler@arcadia.edu. For snail-mail, write to me c/o

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA 19038.

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