Chris Soteros

Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Other Contact Information:
OFFICE: 217 McLean Hall
PHONE: (306)966-6118
FAX: (306)966-6086

### Classes Sept. - Dec. 2009

In the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Math 125.3 MWF 9:30-10:30
Stats 341.3 TTh 2:30-4:00

### Research Interests

Statistical Mechanics, Computer Simulation, Combinatorics and Bioinformatics
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### Selected Publications

M. Atapour, C. Soteros and S. Whittingon, 2009. Stretched polygons in a lattice tube ( J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. {\bf 42} 322002 (9pp) doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/42/32/322002 )

J. Alvarez and C. E. Soteros, 2008. Higher order Morita approximations for random copolymer localization. ( J. Math. Chem., Accepted: 1 December 2007, Published online: 26 June 2008 )

J Alvarez, E J Janse van Rensburg, C E Soteros and S G Whittington, 2008. Self-avoiding polygons and walks in slits. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 No 18 (9 May 2008) 185004 (21pp) )

E W James and C E Soteros, 2007. The statistics of collapsing square lattice trails with a fixed number of vertices of degree 4. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 No 50 (14 December 2007) 14945-14962 )

E W James and C E Soteros, 2007. New pattern theorems for square lattice self-avoiding walks and self-avoiding polygons. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 No 30 (27 July 2007) 8621-8634 )

J Alvarez, E Orlandini, C E Soteros and S G Whittington, 2007. Higher order Morita approximations for random copolymer adsorption. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 No 16 (20 April 2007) F289-F298 )

C E Soteros, 2006. Eulerian graph embeddings and trails confined to lattice tubes. ( J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 42 (2006) 258-267 )

C E Soteros and S G Whittington, 2004. The statistical mechanics of random copolymers. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 No 41 (15 October 2004) R279-R325 )

E W James, C E Soteros and S G Whittington, 2003. Localization of a random copolymer at an interface: an exact enumeration study. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 No 46 (21 November 2003) 11575-11584 )

E.W. James, C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 2003. Localization of a random copolymer at an interface: an untethered self-avoiding walk model. ( J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 (7 November 2003) 11187-11200 )

E.W. James and C.E. Soteros, 2002. Critical exponents for square lattice trails with a fixed number of vertices of degree 4.( J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35 No 44 (8 November 2002) 9273-9307 )

C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 2001. Contacts in self-avoiding walks and polygons.( J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 34 No 19 (18 May 2001) 4009-4039 ) Case analysis for Lemma 6 and 7

C.E. Soteros, D.W. Sumners, and S.G. Whittington, 1999. Linking of Random p-Spheres in Zd. Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, 8, 49-70.

R. Brak , A.L. Owczarek and C.E. Soteros, 1998. On anisotropic spiral self-avoiding walks. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 31, 4851-4869. (Available from the Electonic Journal of J. Phys. A (Number 21, 29 May in Volume 31))

C.E. Soteros, 1998. Knots in Graphs in Subsets of Z3. IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications Vol. 103, pp. 101-133. ( postscript preprint) ( pdf preprint)

C.E. Soteros and M.M. Paulhus , 1998. A Monte Carlo Algorithm for Studying the Collapse Transition in Lattice Animals. IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications Vol. 102 pp. 121-139. ( postscript preprint)

L.M. Stratychuk and C.E. Soteros, 1996. Statistics of Collapsed Lattice Animals: Rigorous Results and Monte Carlo Simulations. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 29, 7067-7087. (Available from the Electonic Journal of J. Phys. A (Number 22, 21 November in Volume 29))

C.E. Soteros, K.S.S. Narayanan, K. De'Bell and S.G. Whittington, 1996. Polymers with restricted branching. Phys. Rev. E, 53, 4745-4753 (Available from Phys. Rev. E Online (Issue 5 -- May 1996))

D.S. Gaunt , P.J. Peard, C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 1994. Relationships between growth constants for animals and trees. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 27, 7343-7351 (Available from the Electonic Journal of J. Phys. A (Number 22, 21 November in Volume 27))

S. Flesia , D.S. Gaunt, C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 1994. Statistics of Collapsing Lattice Animals. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen.,27. 5831-5846 (Available from the Electonic Journal of J. Phys. A (Number 17, 7 September in Volume 27))

C.E. Soteros, 1993. Random Knots in Uniform Branched Polymers. Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing, 2, 747-752

S. Flesia, D.S. Gaunt, C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 1993. Collapse transitions in animals and vesicles. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 26, L993-L997 (Available from the Electonic Journal of J. Phys. A (Number 19, 7 October in Volume 26))

C.E. Soteros, 1992. Adsorption of Uniform Lattice Animals with Specified Topology. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 25, 3153-3173

C.E. Soteros, D.W. Sumners and S.G. Whittington, 1992. Entanglement Complexity of Graphs in Z3. Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 111, 75-91.

C.E. Soteros and C.K. Hall, 1990. Niobium Hydride Phase Behavior using the cluster variation method. Phys. Rev. B, 42, 6590-6611. (Available from Phys. Rev. E Online (Issue 10 -- October 1990))

S.G. Whittington, C.E. Soteros and E.J. Janse van Rensburg , 1990. Graphs and surfaces in regular lattices. Computers and Chemistry, 14, 281-286.

N. Madras , C.E. Soteros and S.G. Whittington, 1988. Statistics of Lattice Animals. J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 21, 4617-4635.

### Conference and Workshop Organization and Participation

The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. at The University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, BC, from Sunday May 31st to Wednesday June 3rd, 2009.
THIRD ANNUAL MEETING of the PRAIRIE NETWORK for RESEARCH in MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. April 29 (Wednesday) to May 1 (Friday) 2009 at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
San Francisco International Meeting on DNA Topology. April 22-26, 2009 San Francisco.
The Mathematics of Knotting and Linking in Polymer Physics and Molecular Biology. May 20-25, 2007, BIRS, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Statistical Mechanics of Polymer Models May 10 - 15, 2003 at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, AB.
CMS Summer '01 Meeting June 2 - 4, 2001 at Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

### Other Web Sites

Math Web Sites via Knot a Braid of Links (KaBoL)
Journal of Stat. Phys.
Math Websites
Electronic Journal of J. Phys. A
Physical Review E online
Canadian Industrial and Applied Math. Society
SIAM
Department of Mathematics, Univ. of Melbourne
Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Toronto
Labri, Univ. Bordeaux
Inst. for Math. and its Applications (IMA), Univ. of Minnesota
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Preprints Service
Los Alamos Physics Information Service
Physics Around the World (includes a link to Physics journals)
American Inst. of Phys. (AIP) Online Journal Service (J.Chem.Phys./Phys.Rev.)
MathSciNet
Math. Departments
CMS Camel Server
NSERC Web Server
Mathematical Challenges from Theoretical/Computational Chemistry a 1995 report to the U.S. National Research Council
Understanding Molecular Simulation by D. Frenkel and B. Smit
The KnotPlot Site by R.G. Scharein
The Stochastic Spatial Simulator, s3, maintained by T. Cox and R. Durrett
Square Knots by Brian Hayes, in the Nov.-Dec./97 issue of American Scientist ; [On lattice knot theory.]
Prototeins by Brian Hayes, in the May-June/98 issue of American Scientist ; [On lattice models of protein folding.]
How to Avoid Yourself by Brian Hayes, in the July-Aug./98 issue of American Scientist ; [On self-avoiding walks.]
Knotted rope: a topological example of Murphy's Law by Robert Matthews, in Mathematics Today 33 82-84 1997
Probability on Trees and Networks by Russell Lyons and Yuval Peres
IBM Research ponder this'' A Monthly Mathematical Challenge

Questions or comments can be E-mailed to Chris Soteros at soteros@math.usask.ca by clicking here