Home Page - Donald S. Passman
Donald
S. Passman is a Professor of Mathematics
at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. His research
interests include ring theory, group
theory, group rings
and enveloping algebras of Lie algebras.
Vita
Publication
List
Abstracts
and PDF files
Mathematical Genealogy
Algebra,
Algebraic Geometry, Number Theory, and Combinatorics
Address:
Mathematics
Department
University
of Wisconsin
480 Lincoln Drive
Madison,
Wisconsin 53706
Office: Room 603 Van Vleck Hall
Phone: 608. 263-2372
Fax: 608. 263-8891
Email:
passman@math.wisc.edu
Schedule - Fall 2009
2009:
News:
- Daughter: Barbara Passman married
Thomas
Brownsword on September 7, 1991 in Madison, Wisconsin.
- Grandson: Samuel Judd
Brownsword. Born August 30, 1994 to Barbara and Tom
Brownsword.
- Semiprimitivity problem for group
algebras of locally finite groups: solved January
1995.
- Named "Richard Brauer Professor of
Mathematics" July 1, 1995.
- Radical of group algebras of locally
finite groups: determined February 1996.
- Son: Jonathan Passman married
Pamela
Siegel on April 27, 1996 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Granddaughter: Rebecca Jane
Brownsword. Born July 9, 1997 to Barbara and Tom
Brownsword.
- Received Underkofler Excellence in
Teaching Award October 1998
- Grandson: Abraham Siegel
Passman. Born January 27, 1999 to Pam and Jon
Passman.
- Received Award for Distinguished
University Teaching of Mathematics from the Wisconsin section
of the Mathematical Association of America, April
1999.
- Received Deborah and Franklin
Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished
University Teaching of Mathematics from the
Mathematical Association of America, January
2000.
- Grandson: Jordan Siegel
Passman. Born October 28, 2000 to Pam and Jon
Passman.
- Wife: Marjorie
Passman named Madison Middle School Teacher of the Year, March
2003.
- Wife: Marjorie
Passman named "A
Distinguished Teacher of Teachers", U.W. School of Education, April
2003.
- Wife: Marjorie
Passman received "NBC15 Crystal Apple Award", May 2003.
- Granddaughter: Eve Siegel
Passman. Born February 22, 2004 to Pam and Jon
Passman.
- "Groups, Rings and Algebras" Conference held in
Madison, June 10-12, 2005.
- Wife: Marjorie
Passman was a
candidate
for Madison school board, Seat 5, Spring 2007.
- Wife: Marjorie
Passman
elected
to Madison school board, Seat 6, April 1, 2008.
Samuel
(2006)
Rebecca
(2006)
Abraham
(2006)
Jordan
(2006)
Eve
(2006)
"Groups, Rings and Algebras" Conference:
Announcement
Official Web Site
Program
Conference Photos
Eric Behr's Photos or from
Eric's Site
Chia-Hsin Liu's Photos or from
Eric's Site
Pamela Passman's Photos
Don's After-Dinner Speech
Recent Papers
(from 1997):
- Group algebras whose units satisfy a
group identity II
- Construction of
free subgroups in the
group of units of modular group algebras (with J. Z.
Goncalves)
- The Jacobson radical of group rings of
locally finite groups
- Semiprimitivity of group algebras: past
results and recent progress
- Enveloping
algebras of Lie color
algebras: primeness versus graded-primeness (with Jeffrey
Bergen)
- Group algebras with units satisfying a
group identity II (with Chia-Hsin Liu)
- The semiprimitivity of group
algebras
- Semi-invariants and weights of group
algebras of finite groups (with P. Wauters)
- Noetherian down-up algebras (with
Ellen Kirkman and Ian M. Musson)
- Simple Lie
algebras of Witt
type
- Simple Lie
Color algebras of Witt
type
- Groups with all irreducible modules of
finite degree (with W. V. Temple)
- Simple Lie
algebras of special type
(with J. Bergen)
- Trace methods
in twisted group rings
- Unitary
units in group algebras
(with J. Z. Goncalves)
- Invariant
ideals of abelian group
algebras and representations of groups of Lie type
(with A. E. Zalesskii)
- Invariant
ideals of abelian group
algebras under the multiplicative action of a field, I
(with A. E. Zalesskii)
- Invariant
ideals of abelian group
algebras under the multiplicative action of a field, II
(with J. M. Osterburg and A. E. Zalesskii)
- Free unit
groups in group algebras
(with J. Z. Goncalves)
- Twisted group
algebras and generalized
polynomial identities
- Polycyclic restricted Lie algebras
(with V. M. Petrogradsky)
- Trace methods
in twisted group rings, II (with J. M. Osterburg)
- Invariant ideals and polynomial forms
- Free unit
groups in algebras
(with J. Z. Goncalves)
- Invariant ideals of
abelian group algebras under the action of simple linear groups
- Finitely generated simple algebras: a
question of B. I. Plotkin (with A. I. Lichtman)
- Free products in linear groups
- Embedding free
products in the unit group of an integral group ring (with J. Z.
Goncalves)
- Filtrations in semisimple rings
- Filtrations in semisimple Lie algebras, I (with
Y. Barnea)
- Filtrations in semisimple Lie algebras, II (with
Y. Barnea)
- Linear groups and group rings
(with J. Z. Goncalves)
- Polynomial and inverse forms
- Prime Lie rings of derivations of commutative rings
in characteristic 2
(with Chia-Hsin Liu)
- "Multiplicative Invariant Theory" by Martin Lorenz, (a book review)
- A description of incidence rings
of group automata (with A. V. Kelarev)
- Free subgroups in linear groups and group rings
- Finitary actions and invariant ideals
- Involutions and free pairs of bicyclic units in integral group rings
(with J. Z. Goncalves)
- Filtrations in semisimple Lie algebras, III
- Multiplicative Jordan decomposition in group rings of 3-groups
(with Chia-Hsin Liu)
- Multiplicative Jordan decomposition in group rings of 2,3-groups
(with Chia-Hsin Liu)
Abstracts
and PDF files. Hard copies available
upon request.
Family in Minnetonka (2006)
Tom
Sam
Barbara
Eve
Pam
Jon
Rebecca
Jordan
Marj
Don
Abe
In the Forbidden City (1992)
At Stonehenge (2005)
At the Taj Mahal (2006)
Status:
Home page revised August 2009.