Expertise:
Mr. Bracken‘s expertise is in teaching mathematical physics.
Hobbies/Sports:
Traveling, Reading, Writing, Photography
Education Degrees:
Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics, University of Waterloo, Ontario (1995); Master's Degree in Physics, University of Guelph (1982); Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto (1980)
Affiliations Awards:
American Physical Society; American Mathematical Society; Mathematical Association of America
What has been the most outstanding thing you have done thus far in your career?:
Mr. Bracken's greatest career achievement was publishing 90 papers.
Extended Bio Profile:
Mr. Bracken has held various positions in McGill University, Montreal and Concordia University, Montreal and in Center de Recherches Mathematiques and various research appointments at Montreal. He has presented papers at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of Atlanta at Canada in 2005, San Antonio in 2006 and New Orleans in 2007. He has published many articles which includes 'Hamiltonian Formulation of Yang-Mills Theory and Gauge Ambiguity in Quantization, Canadian Journal of Physics 81, 545-554 in 2003, 'Factorization of Second Order Matrix Differential Operators and a Matrix Darboux Transformation', Canadian Journal of Physics 81 in 2003, 'On Vortex Solutions and Links between the Weierstrass System and the Complex Sine-Gordon Equations', Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 10, 4, 464-486 with P Goldstein and A M Grundland in 2003 and 'A Geometric Structure for Quantum Mechanics', International Journal of Theoretical Physics, 42, 4, 775-781 in 2003. He has published more than 90 papers including 'Transformation of Bethe and Lieb-Wu Equations, Finite Cycles into Secular Polynomials' for Physical Review Letters 1996 and 'Symmetry Properties and Explicit Solutions of the Generalized Weierstrass System, Nonconstant Mean Curvature Surfaces and the Nonlinear Sigma Model' Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 92, 63-76 in 2006.