Faculty & Staff

Peter R Christopher

Professor

Faculty Listing
Office: Stratton Hall, 305B
Phone: +1-508-831-5269
Fax: +1-508-831-5824
peterrc@wpi.edu

Educational Background

B.A., Clark University, 1959
M.A., Clark University, 1963
Ph.D., Clark University, 1982

Research & Teaching Interests

Graph theory; group theory; algebraic graph theory; combinatorics; linear algebra

IQP Advising Interests

International comparisons of science & technology; economics in developing countries; resettlement of immigrants; introducing new teaching materials; distance learning

Recent Publications

Cages of degree k are k-edge connected, with M. Moriarty, in Congressus Numerantium, 173 (2005) pp. 161-167
Degree Monotonicity of Cages, Graph Theory Notes of New York, New York Academy of Sciences, XXXVIII, 2000, pp.29-32.
Mathematics Education via Distance Learning, International Yearbook on Teacher Education, Proceedings of the 44th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET), Vol. 1, 1998, pp 60-68.
Binomial Graphs and Their Spectra (with J.W. Kennedy), The Fibonacci Quarterly, February 1997, vol.35, no.1, pp. 48-53
Mathematics in Albania, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Winter 1997, vol.19, no.1, pp. 28-36.

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Honors & Awards

Harold J. Gay Professorship, 1976 - 1978
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) award for "The State of Mathematics in Albania", 1992-1993

Professional Societies/Memberships

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