Douglas Farenick

Professor of Mathematics

PhD 1990 (University of Toronto)

Research

• Research Interests. C*-algebras, operator theory, operator systems/spaces, quantum information, linear algebra

• Recent Published/Accepted Papers
  • D. Farenick, A. Kavruk, V. Paulsen, C*-algebras with the weak expectation property and a multivariable analogue of Ando's theorem on the numerical radius, Journal of Operator Theory, to appear.
  • M. Argerami, D. Farenick, P. Massey, Second-order local multiplier algebras of continuous trace C*-algebras, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 397 (2013), 822-836.
  • M. Argerami, D. Farenick, P. Massey, Injective envelopes and local multiplier algebras of some spatial continuous trace C*-algebras, Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Oxford) 63 (2012), 1-20.
  • D. Farenick, V. Paulsen, Operator system quotients of matrix algebras and their tensor products, Mathematica Scandinavica 111 (2012), 210-243.
  • D. Farenick, M.J. Kozdron, Conditional expectation and Bayes' rule for quantum random variables and positive operator valued measures, Journal of Mathematical Physics 53 (2012), 042201(17).

• Research Groups
  • University of Regina Operator Algebra Group
  • PIMS Collaborative Research Group in Operator Algebras and Noncommutative Geometry

• Book: Algebras of Linear Transformations, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001.

• Information for Students
  • Should you major in mathematics?
  • Undergraduate Resources
    • The Globe and Mail's Globe Campus
    • View lectures at MIT (MITCourseware) for additional/alternate explanations of the material you are studying in your classes
  • My contributions to HQP (aka "Highly Qualified Personnel")
  • Applying for scholarships: a Professor's advice
  • Summer School for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics

Mailing address: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
Office and telephone: College West Building 307.17; (+1) 306 585 4425
Email: doug.farenick"at"uregina.ca

Last updated on 23 February 2013

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