ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <!-- saved from url=(0029)http://www.math.sc.edu/~wick/ --> <title>Homepage of Samuel S. Gross</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-16"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18099" name="GENERATOR"> </head> <body style="background-color: white;"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table bordercolor="#ffffff"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="20"> <tbody> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF" align="left" bgcolor="#669933" width="234"> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h2>Samuel S. Gross</h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ph.D. Student <br> <a href="http://www.math.sc.edu/">Department of Mathematics</a><br> <a href="http://www.sc.edu/">University of South Carolina</a><br> LeConte College<br> 1523 Greene Street<br> Columbia, SC 29208</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Office:</td> <td>LeConte College 400A</td> </tr> <tr> <td>E-Mail:</td> <td><a href="mailto:ssgross@math.sc.edu">ssgross@math.sc.edu</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Phone:<br> </td> <td>803-777-7519<br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td><br> </td> <td><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td><br> </td> <td><img title="Photo taken by Morley Davidson on our trip to the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho. We were driving logging trails from Montana towards Kelly Creek. The road was snowed over just above were the picture was taken. Morley is standing next to the car where, just a couple of feet from the tires, there is an 800 ft. drop down into a ravine." style="width: 322px; height: 294px;" alt="A picture of me." src="index_files/ssg.jpg"><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-cell"><img alt="A cool math picture goes here." src="index_files/8-cell.gif" style="border: 0px solid ; width: 255px; height: 255px;"></a><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr> <table style="text-align: left; width: 1007px; height: 165px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Office Hours Fall 2011</span>:<br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 461px; height: 104px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Mon., Tues., Thurs<br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;">3:30-4:30pm<br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Other Days </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="mailto:ssgross@math.sc.edu?subject=Office-Hours-Appointment">by appointment</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;">Math Tutoring Center LC105 </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.math.sc.edu/mathlab.html">It's FREE, click here for times</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><b>Teaching:<br> Spring 2012, Math E142 Section 300<br> </b> <table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="3"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/syllabus.pdf">Syllabus</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/webassign.pdf">WebAssign Instructions</a></td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/homework.pdf">Homework Assignments</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Solutions</span>:<br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 413px; height: 41px;" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/quiz1sol.pdf">Quiz 1</a><a href="math142SP2012/hw71sol.pdf"><br> </a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/hw71sol.pdf">HW 7.1<br> </a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/quiz2sol.pdf">Quiz 2</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/72sol.pdf">HW 7.2</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/73sol.pdf">HW 7.3</a><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/74sol.pdf">HW 7.4</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/75sol.pdf">HW 7.5</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/quiz3sol.pdf">Quiz 3</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/quiz4sol.pdf">Quiz 4</a><br> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top;"><a href="math142SP2012/test1sol.pdf">Test 1</a><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr><b>Recent Talks:<br> <br> </b>2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings, Boston<br> <a href="http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2012/2138_program_friday.html#2138:AMSCP45">Friday, January 6</a>, "<a href="http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/amsmtgs/2138_abstracts/1077-11-2117.pdf">The Prime Factorization of <span style="font-style: italic;">f(n)</span> for <span style="font-style: italic;">f(x)</span> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Z[x]</span></a>"<br> <hr><b> </b><b>Publications:</b> <br> <ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <li><a href="draft1-30-12.pdf">Samuel S. Gross and Andrew F. Vincent. "The Prime Factorization of <span style="font-style: italic;">f(n)</span> for <span style="font-style: italic;">f(x)</span> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Z[x]"</span>. Submitted January, 2011.</a></li> <li>Michael Filaseta and Samuel S. Gross. "Irreducibility Criteria for Polynomials With Non-negative Integer Coeffcients". Submission expected Spring 2012.<br> </li> </ol> <hr><b><a href="CV.pdf">Curriculum Vitae</a></b> <hr><b>A Little Bit About Me:</b> Ph.D. Student, <a href="http://www.math.sc.edu/">University of South Carolina</a>, 2007-Present. BS Mathematics, <a href="http://www.math.kent.edu">Kent State University</a>, 2007. <a href="http://www.usmc.mil/unit/24thmeu">United States Marine Corps</a> 1999-2003. Hobbies: <a href="http://plexindoorsports.com/irmoice">Ice Hockey</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prehistory-Britain-Ireland-Cambridge-Archaeology/dp/0521848113/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1320424156&amp;sr=8-1-spell">reading</a>, and <a href="http://www.celestialnavigation.net/">navigation</a>.<br> <hr><b>Some Helpful Links:</b> <a href="http://www.math.sc.edu/%7Edunnsm/ntseminar.html">Number Theory Seminar at USC</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> <p><br> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.ubuntu.com/files/countdown/display.js"></script> </p> <p><br> </p> <p> </p> </body> </html>