Research Interests

My research is generally in the area of  operator theory.  My recent work involved the determination of the spectra of variable-coefficient Toeplitz matrices.  These matrices can be viewed as a discrete analogue of one-dimensional pseudo-differential operators or a class of generalized Toeplitz matrices.  I have, with my collaborator, used the ideas from operator theory to obtain new results on asymptotics of  determinants of these matrices,  thus extended the classical theory of Toeplitz eterminants.  One such is the variable-coefficient version of the strong Szego-Widom limit theorem.

More recent work involves with the asymptotics for the singular values of certain generalized Toeplitz matrices, and Toeplitz minors. These new results obtained are the extension of  Tracy-Widom's formula on Toeplitz minors, and Widom's  second order asymptotic formula for the singular values of the usual Toeplitz matrices.

My other interests include a general method of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in C++ programming, and problems in  numerical analysis. Specifically, I am interested in problems on low and high dimensional spline fittings and stability questions in systems of stiff differential equations.


 Papers

  1. A Trace Formula for Variable-Coefficient Toeplitz Matrices with Symbols of Bounded Variation. Journal of  Mathematical Analysis and Applications 222, (1998) 505-504.
  2. [with Torsten Ehrhardt]  Asymptotic Behavior of Variable-Coefficient Toeplitz Determinants.  Journal of  Fourier Analysis and Applications.. Vol 7, Issue 1, (2001) 71 - 92.
  3. A Trace Formula for a class of  Block Variable-Coefficient Toeplitz Matrices. Journal of Integral Equations and Operator Theory. 45 (2003) 359 - 374
  4. On the Singular Values of Generalized Toeplitz Matrices. Journal of Integral Equations and Operator Theory. 49 (2004) 239 - 254
  5. On the Limit of Some Generalized Toeplitz-Like Determinants. Preprint
  6. Asymptotic Behavior of the Singular Values of Generalized Toeplitz Matrices with Piecewise Continuous Symbols.(in preparation)
  7. On the Determinants of Generalized Toeplitz + Hankel matrices. (in preparation)
  8. A Trace Formula for the Product of Toeplitz Operators. (in preparation)