Dr. Gerald Heuer

Title: Mathematician-in-Residence
Department: Mathematics and Computer Science
Phone: 218-299-3348
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Degrees and Education:

  • B.A., Summa cum laude, mathematics and physics, Concordia College, 1951.
  • M.A., mathematics (physics minor), University of Nebraska (Lincoln), 1953.
  • Ph.D., mathematics (statistics minor), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), 1958. Thesis: Algebraic Extensions of Banach Algebras, under the direction of Professor B. R. Gelbaum.
  • MAA Summer Seminar on Rings (I. N. Herstein) and Abstract Harmonic Analysis (L. H. Loomis), Bowdoin College, 8 weeks, Summer 1965.
  • MAA Summer Institute on Mathematical Economics, Washington State University, 10 weeks, Summer 1972. (Began working in game theory at this point.)
  • North Central Section MAA Summer Seminar, Bemidji State University, Summer 1977.

Research / Teaching Interests:

  • theory of games
  • real analysis
  • complex analysis
  • probability theory

Publications - Articles and Monographs

Publications - Problems and Solutions

Mathematical Heritage

Special Honors

  • Biographical listings (among others):
    Who's Who in America (each edition since 1974);
    Who's Who in Science and Engineering (various editions);
    Outstanding Educators of America.
  • MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service, Jan. 1994.
  • MAA Certificate of Meritorious Service, North Central Section, Apr. 2002.
  • What else to brag about?  Well, I was interviewed on national television in China at the 30th International Mathematical Olympiad in Beijing in July 1990, when I was there as the leader/coach of the USA team. 
  • I appeared on national television in Germany on the occasion of the 29th IMO in Braunschweig-- again as leader of the USA team. 
  • CNN aired a segment filmed at our IMO training session at the USNA in July of 1990.

Scholarly Activities:

  • Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, University of Nebraska (Lincoln), 1951-1953.
  • Teaching Assistant, Mathematic, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), 1953-55.
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Instructor, Mathematics, Hamline University, 1955-1956.
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Instructor (1956-57), Assistant Professor (1957-58), Associate Professor (1958-62),  Professor (1962-95), Professor Emeritus and Mathematician in Residence (1995--), Concordia College (Moorhead MN).
  • Chairperson 1963-70; Research Professor 1970-71; Sigurd and Pauline Prestegaard Mundhjeld Professor of Mathematics, 1988-95.
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Nebraska, 1960-61.
  • Mathematician, Remington Rand Univac, St. Paul, summer 1958.
Mathematician/Analyst, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, summers 1960, 1961, 1962; consultant 1960-63.
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Directed NSF-supported programs of Undergraduate Research Participation, Concordia College, summers 1963, 1964, 1966.
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Consultant, NSF and U. S. Agency for International Development, at Summer Institutes for High School and College Mathematics Teachers in India, summers 1968, 1969.
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Visiting Scholar (NSF Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow), University of California, Berkeley, 1966-67 (12 months).
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Visiting Professor/Scholar, Mathematisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Germany, 1973-74 (12 months).
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Visiting Professor, Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Washington State University, Pullman, 1980-81.
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Bush Research Scholar, Concordia College, 1983-84.
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Visiting Professor, Institut für Statistik, Ökonometrie und Operations Research, Universität Graz, Austria, 1987-88; Sept. 1990--Jan. 1991; Jan.--May 1994; Oct.--Dec. 1997.
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Director of USA Mathematical Olympiad Training Session, and Leader of USA Delegation to the International Mathematical Olympiad, summers 1988, 1989, 1990.
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Centennial Research Scholar, Concordia College, summers 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.