Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 35487-0350, U.S.A. Telephone: 205-348-5154 e-mail: mdixon at gp dot as dot ua dot edu fax: 205-348-7067

Welcome to my home page. I hope you will find it useful. Please click on a topic below.

My primary research interest is infinite group theory. I have worked on the following topics:

• Formation theory and Fitting classes
• Wreath products
• Burnside problems
• Automorphism groups
• Wielandt subgroup of a group
• Groups with rank restrictions on subgroups
• Groups with various minimal or maximal conditions
• Products of groups
• Groups with subgroups satisfying certain properties
• Linear groups satisfying certain finiteness conditions

I have had the privilege to collaborate with several world-class group theorists including Jim Beidleman, Olga Dashkova, Martin Evans, Tom Fournelle, Leonid Kurdachenko, Ikseung Lyou, Viatcheslav Obraztsov, Javier Otal, Myron Rigsby, Derek Robinson, Hyunyong Shin, Howard Smith, Stewart Stonehewer, Mike Tomkinson and Jim Wiegold. Feel free to request any of the publications on my Publications list by e-mailing me at the address at the top of the page. You can also view my curriculum vitae

Office hours for Fall 2008: Monday-Thursday 12:30-2:00 pm, or by appointment.

• Math 227, Section 001, Fall 2008.
• Math 574, Section 002, Fall 2008.

• Math 227, Section 028, Summer 2008.
• Math 209, Section 026, Summer 2008.
• Math 126, Section 004, Fall 2007.
• Math 573, Section 001, Fall 2007.
• Math 227, Summer 2007.
• Math 209, Summer 2007.
• Math 227, Spring 2007.
• Math 674, Spring 2007.
• Math 209, Fall 2006.
• Math 495, Fall 2006.
• Math 470/570 Summer 2006.
• Math 227 Summer 2006.
• Math 257 Spring 2006.
• Math 227 Spring 2006.
• Math 573 Fall 2005.
• Math 227 Fall 2005.
• Math 208 Summer 2005.
• Math 125 Summer 2005.
• Math 208 Spring 2005.
• Math 227 Fall 2004.
• Math 121 Summer 2004.
• Math 227 Summer 2004.
• Math 301 Summer 2004.
• Math 471/571 Spring 2004.
• Math 227 Spring 2004.
• Math 227 Fall 2003.
• Math 126 Summer 2003.
• Math 132 Spring 2003.
• Math 471/571 Spring 2003.
• Math 126 Fall 2002.
• Math 113 Summer 2002.
• Math 121 Summer 2002.
• Math 132 Spring 2002.
• Math 471/571 Spring 2002.
• math_231 Fall 2001.
• math 112 Summer 2001.

If you are a potential graduate student then you should contact Professor Liem who is the current graduate advisor in our department. You can also find lots of information about our department at Department of Mathematics, University of Alabama.

If you are a current graduate student you may wish to see some of the previous algebra qualifying exams. These are listed here, by year.

The exams can be downloaded in pdf format or dvi format, whichever you prefer. In order to view a pdf file you'll need the adobe acrobat reader which is available as a free download from www.adobe.com.

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This page was last updated on August 18, 2008.