Professor, Applied Math
Year Started at JMU: 2006
lucassk@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Website: https://educ.jmu.edu/~lucassk/
Research Description
- Computational mathematics in applied and pure mathematics and statistics
- Numerical integration
- Numerical solution of differential equations
- Number and graph theory
- History of computation
- Number representation
Education
- PhD in Applied and Computational Mathematics, 1993, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW Australia
- B Math (Hrns) in Applied and Computation Mathematics, 1988, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW Australia
Select Publications
- S.K. Lucas, Evaluating infinite integrals involving products of Bessel functions of arbitrary order, J. Comp. Appl. Math. 64 269-282 (1995).
- S.K. Lucas, Approximations to π derived from integrals with nonnegative integrands, Am. Math. Monthly 116(2) 166-172 (2009)
- D.B. Glass, S.K. Lucas & J.S. Needleman, Chutes And Ladders Without Chutes Or Ladders, The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects (volume 3), J. Beineke & J. Rosenhouse (eds) 2019, 119-138.
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Student and class concerns:
wilkinbs@jmu.edu
540-568-6408
Finance and office matters:
ellis6ja@jmu.edu
540-568-6184
wilkinbs@jmu.edu
540-568-6408
Finance and office matters:
ellis6ja@jmu.edu
540-568-6184
