Papers of John E. McCarthy


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Pure Mathematics Papers




Applied Mathematics Papers




Expository Papers


  1. How to give a good Colloquium Canadian Mathematical Society Notes Vol. 31 No. 5 [1999] 3-4 DVI   PS   PDF
  2. Pick's theorem - what's the big deal? American Mathematical Monthly) Vol. 110 No. 1 [2003] 36-45 DVI   PS   PDF
  3. On Pisier's construction of a polynomially bounded operator not similar to a contraction MSRI Preprint 1996-017 DVI   PS   PDF
  4. Interpolation in Operator Theory (1995) DVI   PS   PDF
  5. Calculating zeta(2k) from harmonic analysis (1992) DVI   PS   PDF  


Unsolved Problems


Being a bear of very little brain, I fail to solve most problems that I attempt. From time to time I will write up some partial results, or a description of an open problem I find interesting.

Essays and Book Reviews




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