Richard E. Mercer

Birthdate    December 28, 1951
Education    Case Western Reserve University, 1969-72
             Ohio State University, 1972-73, B.S. in Mathematics
             University of Washington, 1973-80, Ph.D. in Mathematics
Employment   1973-80:  Teaching Assistant, University of Washington
             1980-86:  Assistant Professor, Wright State University
             1986-  :  Associate Professor, Wright State University

Research Papers

• "Transition Maps and Locality", in Quantum Mechanics in Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics, Plenum Press (1981).
• "General Quantum Measurements: Local Transition Maps", Communications in Mathematical Physics, 84 (1982), 239-250.
• "Convergence of Fourier Series in Discrete Cross Products of Von Neumann Algebras", Proceedings of American Mathematical Society, 94 (1985), 2, 254-258.
• "Spectral Projections of L1 Operators in type III-l Von Neumann Algebras", with V. Kaftal, Integral Equations and Operator Theory, 9 (1986), 679-693.
• "Dense G-delta's Contain Orthonormal Bases", Proceedings of American Mathematical Society, 97, 3 (1986), 449-452.
• "Bimodules over Cartan Subalgebras", Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, 20, 2 (1990), 487-502.
• "Isometric Isomorphisms of Cartan Bimodule Algebras", Journal of Functional Analysis, 101, 1 (1991), 10-24.
• "Cartan Nest Subalgebras of Hyperfinite Factors", with S. Power, Journal of Operator Theory, 27 (1992), 121-134.
• "The Full Group of a Countable Measurable Equivalence Relation", Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 117, 2 (1993), 323-333.

Non-Research Papers

• "Computer Laboratories and the Early Calculus Syllabus", p. 347-351, Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison-Wesley, 1993.
• "Paradigms for Teaching and Evaluation in a Laboratory Setting", p. 261-264, Proceedings of Sixth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison-Wesley, 1995.

Textbooks

• Precalculus Mathematics, Hungerford, Mercer, Barrier (1980), second edition, Hungerford, Mercer (1985), third edition (1992). Saunders College Publishing.
• Algebra and Trigonometry, Hungerford, Mercer (1981), second edition (1991). Saunders College Publishing.
• College Algebra, Hungerford, Mercer (1982), second edition (1991). Saunders College Publishing.
• Trigonometry, Hungerford, Mercer (1992), Saunders College Publishing.

Grants Funded

• National Science Foundation, "Complete Implementation of a Mathematica Laboratory for Calculus at a Public Metropolitan University", February 1991. $91,629 awarded August 1991.
• National Science Foundation, "Complete Implementation of a NeXT/Mathematica Laboratory for Calculus", November 1991, $60,000 awarded July, 1992.
• WSU Alumni Special Grant, "Calculus Laboratory Program"; $9,000 awarded January 1993; $2750, January 1994; $5000, August 1994; $3000, June 1995.