Donald L. White
Professor
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Contact Information and Schedules
Contact Information
| Mail: |
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Kent State University
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
U.S.A. |
| Office: |
212 MSB |
| Office Phone: |
(330)672-9034 |
| FAX: |
(330)672-2209 |
| Department Phone: |
(330)672-2430 |
| e-mail: |
white@math.kent.edu |
Class Schedule - Summer 2009
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Office Hours
| MTWRF | 9:00 - 10:00 AM
(6/15-6/26) |
| MTWRF | 10:00 - 11:00 AM
(6/29-8/7) |
| and by appointment |
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Professional Background
I earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics from
Ohio State University in 1980 and 1982, respectively, and a Ph.D.
in mathematics from
Yale University
under the direction of
Walter Feit
in 1987. I held a post-doctoral position at the
University
of Illinois at Chicago from 1987 to 1989 before joining the faculty
of the Department of
Mathematical Sciences at Kent State
University in August of 1989. Currently I am a Professor
of Mathematics.
My research interests are in the representation theory of finite groups,
modular representation theory of finite groups of Lie type in non-defining
characteristics, and computational modular character theory.
Representative Publications:
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D. L. White, Degree Graphs of Simple Groups,
to appear in Rocky Mountain J. of Math. (Preprint)
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D. L. White,
When Every Answer is Correct: Why Sequences and Number Patterns Fail the Test,
(Preprint)
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D. L. White,
Degree Graphs of Simple Orthogonal and Symplectic Groups,
J. Algebra 319 (2008), 833-845
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M. L. Lewis and D. L. White,
Nonsolvable Groups Satisfying the One-Prime Hypothesis,
Algebr. Represent. Theory 10 (2007), 379-412
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M. L. Lewis and D. L. White,
Diameters of Degree Graphs of Nonsolvable Groups, II,
J. Algebra 312 (2007), 634-649
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D. L. White,
Degree Graphs of Simple Linear and Unitary Groups,
Comm. Algebra 34 (8) (2006), 2907-2921
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M. L. Lewis and D. L. White,
Diameters of Degree Graphs of Nonsolvable Groups,
J. Algebra 283 (2005), 80-92
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D. L. White,
Degree Graphs of Simple Groups of Exceptional Lie Type,
Comm. Alg. 32 (9) (2004), 3641-3649
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M. L. Lewis and D. L. White,
Connectedness of Degree Graphs of Nonsolvable Groups,
J. Algebra 266 (2003), 51-76
(See also Corrigendum, J. Algebra
290 (2005), 594-598)
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D. L. White,
Decomposition Numbers of Unipotent Blocks of Sp6 (2a)
in Odd Characteristics,
J. Algebra 227 (2000), 172-194
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D. L. White,
Decomposition Numbers of Sp4 (2a) in Odd Characteristics,
J. Algebra 177 (1995), 264-276
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G. Hiss and D. L. White,
The 5-modular Characters of the Covering Group of the Sporadic Simple Fischer
Group Fi22 and its Automorphism Group, Comm. Alg.
22 (9) (1994), 3591-3611
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D. L. White,
Brauer Trees of 2.Aut(F4 (2)), in ``Group Theory:
Proceedings of the Biennial Ohio State-Denison Conference,'' (S. Sehgal
and R. Solomon, eds.), World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1993, pp.
326-336
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D. L. White,
Brauer Trees of 2.F4 (2), Comm. Alg. 20
(11) (1992), 3353-3368
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D. L. White,
Brauer Trees of Sp4 (q), Comm. Alg. 20
(3) (1992), 645-653
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D. L. White,
Decomposition Numbers of Sp4 (q) for Primes Dividing
q+1,
q-1,
J. Algebra 132 (1990), 488-500
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D. L. White,
The 2-Decomposition Numbers of Sp4 (q), q odd,
J. Algebra 131 (1990), 703-725
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D. L. White,
On the 2-Decomposition Numbers of Sp4 (q),
Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 18 (1988), 41-44
Mathematics Links
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Kent State Algebra Seminar
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Kent State Algebra Qualifying Exams
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Professional Organizations
Personal Interests
I am married to Barbara White and we have 3 children - David , Katie,
and Daniel.
Barb is a children's librarian and is the Branch Manager at the
newly opened
Highland Square Branch
of the Akron-Summit County Public Library.
Here are some other links of interest:
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Llamas
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Alpacas
Donald White
white@math.kent.edu
