Ian Anderson Ph.D.
Mathematics and Statistics
Emeritus Professor

Awards
Valedictorian Escort College of Science 2016, 2016
Top Professor Award, 2005
Utah State University Student Honors Program
Wynne D. Thorne Research Award, 1992
Utah State University
Wynne D. Thorne Research Award, 1992
Utah State University
Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Award, 1976
Dept. ofMathematics, Univ. of Arizona
Graduate Fellowship, 1973
Province of Ontario
National Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, 1973
Research Assistantship, 1973
Univ. of Waterloo
Science Scholarship, 1973
National Research Council of Canada
- Anderson, I.M, (1976). The Uniqueness of the Neutrino Energy-Momentum Tensor and the Einstein- Weyl Equations: Topics in Differential Geometry. Academic Press
Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Fels, M.E, Anderson, I.M, (2015). Backlund Transformations for Darboux Integrable Systems: Examples and Applications. Journal of Geometry and Physics, 102, 1-31. doi: doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2015.12.005
- Fels, M.E, Anderson, I.M, (2014). Backlund Transformations for Darboux Integrable Differential Systems: General Theory. Selecta Mathematica, New Series
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (2013). GR 20 Workshop, Warsaw, July 2013.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (2013). Lessons from GR 20 Workshop, Warsaw, July 2013.
- Fels, M.E, Anderson, I.M, (2013). The Cauchy Problem for Darboux Integrable Systems and non-linear D'Alembert Formulas. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications, 9:17, 1-22.
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2012). New symbolic tools for differential geometry, gravitation, and field theory. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 53, 013511 (12 pages).
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2011). New Symbolic Tools for Differential Geometry, Gravitation, and Field Theory. preprint
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, Vassiliou, P., (2009). Superposition Formulas for Darboux Integrable Exterior Differential Systems. Advances in Mathematics, 221:6, 1910-1963.
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, (2005). Exterior Differential Systems with Symmetry. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae, 87, 3-31.
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, (2002). Transverse Group Actions on Bundles. Topology and its Applications, 123:3, 443-459.
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M., Torre, C., (2001). Group invariant solutions in mathematical physics and differential geometry. Contemporary Mathematics, 285
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, Torre, C.G, (2000). Group invariant solutions without transversality. Comm. Math. Phys., 212:3, 653-686.
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, Torre, C.G, (1999). Department of Mathematics Utah State University Logan, Utah 84322.
- Anderson, I.M, Fels, M.E, Torre, C.G, (1999). Symmetry Reduction Without Transversality. arXiv preprint math-ph/9910015
- Anderson, I.M, Juras, M., (1997). Generalized Laplace Invariants and the Method of Darboux. Duke J. Math., 89, 351-375.
- Fels, M.E, Anderson, I.M, (1997). Symmetry reduction of variational bicomplexes and the principle of sym- metric criticality. Amer. Jour. Math., 119:3, 609-670.
- Anderson, I.M, Kamran, N., (1997). The Variational Bicomplex for Second Order Partial Differential Equa- tions in the Plane. Duke J. Math, 87, 265-319.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C., (1996). Asymptotic Conservation Laws in Classical Field Theory. Phys. Rev. Lett., 77, 4109-4133.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (1996). Asymptotic conservation laws in classical field theory. Physical review letters, 77:20, 4109.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (1996). Classification of local generalized symmetries for the vacuum Einstein equations. Communications in mathematical physics, 176:3, 479–539.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, Fredenhagen, K., Jörß, M., Guhr, T., Bogomolny, E., Leyvraz, F., Schmit, C., Jakšic, V., Pillet, C., others, , (1996). Miscellaneous front pages, Comm. Math. Phys., Volume 176, Number 3 (1996).
- Anderson, I.M, Pohjanpelto, J., (1996). Symmetries, Conservation Laws, and Variational Principles for Vector Field Theories. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 120, 369-384.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C., (1996). The Classification of Local Generalized Symmetries for the Einstein Equations. Comm. Math. Physics, 176, 479-539.
- Anderson, I.M, Pohjanpelto, J., (1995). Variational Principles for Differential Equations with Symmetries and Conservation Laws II: Polynomial Equations. Mathematische Annalen, 301, 627-653.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (1994). Classification of generalized symmetries for the vacuum Einstein equations. arXiv preprint gr-qc/9404030
- Anderson, I.M, Pohjanpelto, J., (1994). Variational Principles for Differential Equations with Symmetries and Conservation Laws I: Second Order Scalar Equations. Mathematische Annalen, 299, 191-222.
- Anderson, I.M, Kamran, N., Olver, P., (1993). Internal, External and Generalized Symmetries. Advances in Mathematics, 100, 53-100.
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C., (1993). Symmetries of the Einstein Equations. Physical Rev. Let- ters, 70, 3525-3529.
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (1993). Symmetries of the Einstein equations. arXiv preprint gr-qc/9302033
- Anderson, I.M, Thompson, G., (1992). The Inverse Problem in the Calculus of Variations for Ordinary Differen- tial Equations. Memoirs of the AMS, 473
- Anderson, I.M, (1988). Aspects of the Inverse Problem to the Calculus of Variations. Archivum Mathematicum (Brno), 24, 329-370.
- Anderson, I.M, Arms, J., (1986). Perturbations of Conservation Laws in Field Theories. Annals of Physics, 167, 354-689.
- Anderson, I.M, Bezdek, J., (1985). An Application of the c-Varieties Clustering Algorithm to Polygonal Curve Fitting. IEEE Trans SMC, 15, doi: 637-641
- Anderson, I.M, (1985). Determinantal Ideals and the Capelli Identities. Linear Algebra and its Applications, 69, 269-277.
- Anderson, I.M, Bezdek, J., (1984). Curvature and Tangential Deflections of Discrete Arcs. IEEE Trans. PAMI, 6, 27-40.
- Anderson, I.M, (1984). Natural Variational Principles on Riemannian Structures. Annals ofMath- ematics, 120, 329-370.
- Anderson, I.M, Duchamp, T., (1984). Variational Principles for Second-Order Quasi-Linear Scalar Equations. J. Diff. Equations, 51, 1-47.
- Anderson, I.M, (1981). The Principle of Minimal Gravitational Coupling. Arch. RationalMech. Anal., 75, 349-372.
- Anderson, I.M, Duchamp, T., (1980). On the Existence of Global Variational Principles. Amer. J. Math., 102, 781-868.
- Anderson, I.M, (1979). On the Characterization of Energy-Momentum Tensors. General Relativ- ity and Gravitation, 10, 461-465.
- Anderson, I.M, (1978). On the Structure of Divergence-Free Tensors. J. Math. Phys, 19, 2570-2575.
- Anderson, I.M, (1978). Tensorial Euler-Lagrange Expressions and Conservation Laws. Aequa- tiones Mathematicae, 17, 255-291.
- Anderson, I.M, Lovelock, D., (1976). A Characterization of the Einstein Tensor in Terms of Spinors. J. Math. Phys., 17, 1001-1003.
- Anderson, I.M, (1974). The Neutrino Energy-Momentum Tensor and the Weyl Equations in Curved Space-Time. General Relativity and Gravitation, 6, 621-642.
- Anderson, I.M, Leistner, T., Nurowski, P., Explicit Ambient Metrics and Holonomy. Journal of Differential Geometry
In-House Journal
Professional Journal
- Anderson, I.M, Pohjanpelto, J., (2012). Variational principles for natural divergence-free tensors in metric field theories. Journal of Geometry and Physics , 62, 2376--2388.
- Anderson, I.M, Kruglikov, B., (2011). Rank 2 distributions of Monge equations: Symmetries, equivalences, extensions. Advances in Mathematics, 228, 1435-1465.
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Publications | MultiMedia
Software
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2016). DifferentialGeometry - third USU release (beta). *
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2015). DifferentialGeometry - second USU release. *
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2015). DGApplications, Version 2. *
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2015). DifferentialGeometry - first USU release. *
- Anderson, I.M, Torre, C.G, (2013). DIfferentialGeometry software in Maple 17. Maplesoft *
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2012). DifferentialGeometry software in Maple 16. Maplesoft
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
- Torre, C.G, Anderson, I.M, (2011). New Symbolic Tools for Differential Geometry, Gravitation, and Field Theory. arXiv.org *
Other Reports
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Publications | Other
Other
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