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\centerline{\bf CURRICULUM VITAE}
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\leftline{\bf JOHN BRITTAIN LITTLE}
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\+Department of Mathematics&home address:\cr
\+College of the Holy Cross&505 Centre St. Apt. 5\cr
\+Worcester, MA 01610&Newton, MA 02458\cr
\+(508) 793-2274&(617) 969-0794\cr}
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\leftline{\bf PERSONAL DATA}
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\item{$\bullet$}  Born January 15, 1956, Elmira, NY; U.S. citizen
\item{$\bullet$}  SSNO:  089-48-9922
\item{$\bullet$}  Single
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\leftline{\bf EDUCATION}
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\+Haverford College&1972-1976&B.A., major in mathematics, 1976\cr
\+Yale University&1976-1980&Ph.D. in mathematics, 1980\cr
\+Harvard University&1979-1980&Visiting scholar\cr}
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\leftline{\bf ACADEMIC AWARDS}
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\item{$\bullet$}Graduated from Haverford College {\it magna cum laude\/}, with departmental honors in mathematics.
\item{$\bullet$}Phi Beta Kappa, Haverford College, 1975
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\leftline{\bf ACADEMIC HISTORY}
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\+1978-1979&Graduate Teaching&Yale University\cr
\+&Assistant&\cr
\+1980-1986&Assistant Professor&College of the Holy Cross\cr
\+&of Mathematics&\cr
\+1986-present&Associate Professor&College of the Holy Cross\cr
\+&of Mathematics&\cr
\+1993-94&Visiting Fellow&Cornell University,\cr
\+&&Mathematical Sciences Institute\cr
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%\leftline{\bf COURSES TAUGHT}
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%\item{}Calculus, Linear Algebra,
%   Ordinary Differential Equations, Calculus on Manifolds, 
%   Complex Analysis, Topics in Topology, Seminar on Representation 
%   Theory of Finite Groups and Compact Lie Groups, Introduction to 
%   Computing (using FORTRAN and Pascal), Data Structures, Abstract
%   Algebra, Seminar in Algebra, History and Development of 
%   Mathematical Ideas, Seminar in Riemann Surfaces and Algebraic Curves, 
%   Seminar in Lie Groups, Topics in Mathematics--Symmetry, Numerical Analysis,
%   Seminar in Computational Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry
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\leftline{\bf PRINCIPAL MATHEMATICAL INTERESTS}
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Algebraic Geometry, Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Coding 
Theory 
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\leftline{\bf MEMBERSHIPS}
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   \item{}American Mathematical Society
   \item{}Mathematical Association of America
   \item{}IEEE
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\leftline{\bf GRANTS}
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\item{1.}  Co-PI with D. Cox (Amherst College) and D.O'Shea (Mount Holyoke
College) on NECUSE (Pew Charitable Trusts) grant in 1988 for \$35,000 
entitled {\it Computational Algebraic Geometry}.
\item{2.}  Co-PI with E. Cattani (University of MA), M. Conway
(Longmeadow HS), D. Cox (Amherst College), R. Currier (Smith College),
T. Garrity (Williams College), K. Hoffman (Hampshire College), and 
D. O'Shea (Mount Holyoke College) on a three year (1990-1993) NSF grant 
DMS-9013220 for \$1,425,835, entitled {\it Geometry in 
the Machine Age: A Regional Geometry Institute}.
\item{3.}  Co-PI with D.Cox (Amherst College) and D.O'Shea (Mount Holyoke
College) on NSF Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development (CCD)
grant (1996-7) for \$45,004, entitled {\it Computational Algebra and Geometry}.
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\leftline{\bf OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES}
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\item{$\bullet$} Reviewer for {\sl Mathematical Reviews}
\item{$\bullet$} Referee for {\sl Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra},
{\sl Journal of Symbolic Computation}, {\sl IEEE Transactions on 
Information Theory}, {\sl Computers and Mathematics}
\item{$\bullet$} Grant proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation
\item{$\bullet$} Reviewer for Academic Press, W.H.Freeman,
D.C.Heath, Springer Verlag
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\leftline{\bf ARTICLES}
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\item{1.} {\it Translation Manifolds and the Converse of Abel's Theorem\/},
      {\sl Compositio Mathematica}, {\bf 49} (1983), 147-171.

\item{2.} {\it On the Converse of Abel's Theorem in Characteristic $p$\/},
      {\sl Manuscripta Mathematica}, {\bf 46} (1984), 27-63.

\item{3.} {\it Characterizing Curves on Surfaces of Special Types\/}, 
      {\sl Mathematische Annalen}, {\bf 271} (1985), 459-465.

\item{4.} {\it On Some Analogs of the Reiss Relation for Curves on Rational
      Ruled Surfaces\/}, {\sl Duke Mathematical Journal}, {\bf 52} (1985),
      909-922.

\item{5.} {\it On Lie's Approach to the Study of Translation Manifolds\/},
      {\sl Journal of Differential Geometry}, {\bf 26} (1987), 253-272.

\item{6.} {\it On Webs of Maximal Rank}, {\sl Geometriae Dedicata}, {\bf 31} 
      (1989), 19-35.

\item{7.} {\it Translation Manifolds and the Schottky Problem\/}, 
      {\sl Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics}, {\bf 49}, 
      part 1 (1989) 517-529.
    
\item{8.} (with Kathryn A. Furio) {\it On the Distribution of Weierstrass
      Points on Rational Nodal Curves\/}, {\sl Pacific Journal of 
      Mathematics}, 144 (1990), 131-136.

\item{9.} {\it Distribution of Weierstrass Points on Rational Cuspidal
      Curves}, {\sl Canadian Mathematical Bulletin}, {\bf 33} (1991), 184-189.

\item{10.}  (with Chris Heegard and Keith Saints) {\it Systematic
      Encoding via Groebner Bases for a Class of Algebraic Geometric
      Goppa Codes}, {\sl IEEE Transactions on Information Theory}, {\bf 41},
      no. 6 (1995), 1752-1761.

\item{11.} (with Chris Heegard and Keith Saints)  {\it On the Structure
      of Hermitian Codes\/}, {\sl Journal of 
      Pure and Applied Algebra}, {\bf 121} (1997), 293-314.

\item{12.}  {\it Applications To Coding Theory\/}, in {\sl Applications
of Computational Algebraic Geometry}, D. Cox and B. Sturmfels, eds.
Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, v. 53, American 
Mathematical Society, 1997, 143-167.

\item{13.}  {\it Canonical Curves and the Petri Scheme}, in {\sl Gr\"obner
Bases and Applications (Proceedings of ``33 Years of Gr\"obner
Bases'', RISC-Linz, 1998)}, B. Buchberger, and F. Winkler, eds., London Mathematical
Society Lecture Note Series 251, Cambridge University Press, 1998, 381-392.

\item{14.} (with David Ortiz, Ricardo Ortiz-Rosado, Rebecca Pablo, and
Karen Rios-Soto) {\it Some Remarks on Fitzpatrick and Flynn's Gr\"obner
Basis Method for Pad\'e Approximation}, submitted for publication.
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\leftline{\bf TECHNICAL REPORTS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, ETC.}
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\item{1.} {\it Another Connection Between Approaches to the Schottky
      Problem\/}, preprint 1992.
      
\item{2.}  {\it On the Hilbert Schemes of Canonically-Embedded Curves
      of Genus 5 and 6\/}, Mathematical Sciences Institute Technical Report
      93-100, 1993.

\item{3.}  {\it The Algebraic Structure of Some AG Goppa Codes}, Proceedings
of 33rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 
(1995) University of Illinois, 492-500.


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\leftline{\bf BOOKS}
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\item{1.} (with David B. Damiano) {\sl A Course in Linear Algebra}, 
      Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
\item{2.} (with David A. Cox, Donal O'Shea) {\sl Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms}, 
      New York: Springer Verlag, 1992, second edition, 1996, Japanese edition, 2000,
      Russian edition, 2001.
\item{3.}  (with David A. Cox, Donal O'Shea) {\sl Using Algebraic Geometry},
New York: Springer Verlag, 1998, Japanese edition, 2001.
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