Brenton LeMesurier

Associate Professor

Address: RSS 325
Phone: 843.953.5917
E-mail: lemesurierb@cofc.edu
Blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/lemesurierb/

Education

Ph. D. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1986

M. S. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1982

B. Sc. (honours in Pure Mathematics) Australian National University, 1980

Research Interests

Numerical and analytical studies of nonlinear differential equations modeling wave propagation and energy transfer in large molecular systems;

conservative time discretization methods for Hamiltonian systmes of equations.

Courses Taught

Spring 2012

Calculus 2 (MATH220) MTR 5:30-6:45, MYBK 224

Differential Equations (MATH220) MWF 12-12:50, MYBK 223

Publications

Most Recent:

Conservative Unconditionally Stable Discretization Methods for Hamiltonian Equations, Applied to Wave Motion in Lattice Equations Modeling Protein Molecules, To appear in Physica D.

Studying Davydov's ODE model of wave motion in alpha-helix protein using exactly energy-momentum conserving discretizations for Hamiltonian systems, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation.