Raymond Barnett,
Merritt College Michael Ziegler,
Deceased Karl Byleen,
Marquette University David Sobecki,
Miami University Hamilton
ISBN: 0073051950 Copyright year: 2009
About the Authors
Raymond A. Barnett, a native of California, and educated in California, received his B.A. in mathematical statistics from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.A. in mathematics from the University of Southern California. He has been a member of the Merritt College Mathematics Department, and was chairman of the department for four years. Associated with four different publishers, Raymond Barnett has authored or co-authored eighteen textbooks in mathematics, most of which are still in use. In addition to international English editions, a number of books have been translated into Spanish. Co-authors include Michael Ziegler, Marquette University; Thomas Kearns, Northern Kentucky University; Charles Burke, City College of San Francisco; John Fujii, Merritt College, and Karl Byleen, Marquette University.
Michael R. Ziegler received his B.S. from Shippensburg State College and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. After completing postdoctoral work at the University of Kentucky, he was appointed to the faculty of Marquette University where he currently holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. Dr. Ziegler has published over a dozen research articles in complex analysis and has co-authored over a dozen undergraduate mathematics textbooks with Raymond Barnett and Karl Byleen.
Karl E. Byleen received his B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science of Marquette University. He has published a dozen research articles on the algebraic theory of semigroups, and has coauthored several undergraduate mathematics textbooks with Raymond Barnett and Michael Ziegler.
Dave Sobecki earned a B.A. in math education from Bowling Green State University, then went on to earn an M.A. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Bowling Green. He is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Miami University in Hamilton, Ohio. He has written or co-authored five journal articles, eleven books and five interactive CD-ROMs. Dave lives in Fairfield, Ohio with his wife (Cat) and dogs (Large Coney and Macleod). His passions include Ohio State football, Cleveland Indians baseball, heavy metal music, travel, and home improvement projects.
2009