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Virgil U. Pierce
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University
Mathematics Tower
Columbus, Ohio 43210

614-292-5254

Curriculum Vita

I will be leaving Ohio State in August 2008, Thank-you to all the Buckeyes I've met for a wonderful time. If you are looking for me check University of Texas -- Pan American

My current research focuses on mechanical, physical, and mathematical systems with a high degree of symmetry. Many specific problems I study arise in the theory of random matrices. I am also interested in generalizations of the Toda lattice hierarchy, a classic example of an integrable ODE. Much of my work leads to combinatoric problems which describe the specific structures in the system. Other problems I study include higher order flows of integrable hierarchies such as the KDV, NLS, and Toda lattice hierarchies; orthogonal polynomials and their generalizations; and algebro-geometric interpretations of integrable hierarchies.