School of Theoretical and Applied Science (TAS)

Professor of Mathematics

Year Joined RCNJ: 1992

Contact Information:

• Phone: (201) 684-7714
• E-mail: ldant@ramapo.edu
• Office: G-228
• TAS Faculty Office Hours (PDF)

Education:

• B.A., Utica College
• M.S., Syracuse University
• Ph.D., Syracuse University

Courses Offered:

• Elementary Probablility and Statistics
• Calculus I and II
• Multivariable Calculus
• Discrete Structures
• Lineral Alegbra
• Probability
• Numerical Analysis
• Introduction to Analysis
• Geometry
• Statistics
• Graph Theory
• History of Mathematics
• Analysis of Algorithms
• Bioinformatics
• Object Oriented Programming

Teaching Interest:

• Analysis
• Geometry
• History of Mathematics
• Algorithms
• Object oriented programming

Research Interest:

• Mathematics of Leonhard Euler
• History of Islamic mathematics
• Elliptic curves
• G-quadruplexes and alternate splicing

Recent Publications:

• L. D'Antonio, "Incorporating Bioinformatics in an Algorithms Course", in Proceedings of ITiCSE 2003, Vol 35(2003), no. 3, pp. 211-214, ACM Press.
• L. D'Antonio and P. Bagga, "Computational Methods for Predicting Intramolecular G-Quadruplexes in Nucleotide Sequences", extended poster abstract in Proceedings of CSB 2004, pp. 590-592, IEEE Computer Society.
• L. D'Antonio, "The Beha-Eddin Problem", in Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Vol. 16(2004), pp. 139-152, CSHPM.
• L. D'Antonio, "The Mathematics of 17th Century Safavid Persia", Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, 18(2005), pp. 75-100.
• L. D'Antonio, "Teaching Elliptic Curves Using Original Sources", in From Calculus to Computers, pp. 25-45, ed. A. Shell-Gellasch and D. Jardine, Mathematical Association of America, MAA Notes #68, 2005.
• R. Kostadinov, N. Malhotra, M. Viotti, R. Shine, L. D'Antonio and P. Bagga, "GRSDB: A Database of Quadruplex Forming G-Rich Sequences in Alternatively Processed Mammalian Pre-mRNA Sequences", Nucleic Acids Research. 34(2006), D119-D124.
• O. Kikin, L. D'Antonio, P. Bagga, "QGRS Mapper: A Web-Based Server for Predicting G-Quadruplexes in Nucleotide Sequences, Nucleic Acids Research, 34(2006), W676-W682.
• L. D'Antonio, "Euler and Elliptic Integrals", in Euler at 300: an Appreciation, Mathematical Association of America, 2007.
• L. D'Antonio, "The Fabric of the Universe is Most Perfect: Euler's Research on Elastic Curves", in Euler at 300: an Appreciation, Mathematical Association of America, 2007.
• L. D'Antonio, R. Bradley, E. Sandifer editors, Euler at 300: an Appreciation, Mathematical Association of America, to appear 2007.