Christopher TowseProfessor of Mathematics
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Department: | Mathematics |
Office Address: | Balch 200 |
Office Phone: | (909) 607-3540 |
Email: | christopher.towse@scrippscollege.edu |
Personal Website: | http://community.scrippscollege.edu/ctowse |

Academic History
- B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- M.S., Ph.D. Brown University
Areas of Expertise
- Arithmetic Geometry and Riemann Surfaces (Weierstrass points)
- Number Theory (generalized continued fractions)
- Combinatorics (chain partitions)
Awards and Honors
- $275,000 grant from the NSF to run the Claremont Colleges Mathematics REU Site 2009-11
- 2001, 2003, 2006, 2013 Mary Johnson Faculty Achievement Award (Teaching)
- 2000-01, 2014-15 Faculty Research Support Grant, Scripps College
Courses Taught
- Transcendental Functions
- Calculus I, II, and III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Number Theory
- Abstract Algebra I
- Abstract Algebra II: Galois Theory
- Complex Analysis
- Mathematical Analysis I
- Core III: Mathematics in Our Culture