Dr. Marion Scheepers earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Kansas, and joined the faculty of the Department of Mathematics at Boise State University in 1988. His research interests are in set theory (including combinatorics, game theory and Ramsey theory), cryptology, biomolecular computing paradigms, and computational algebra and number theory. In recent years, with grant funding from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Scheepers has collaborated with researchers from the University of Witten-Herdecke in Germany, and the Boise State Department of Biological Sciences to study biological encryption mechanisms in certain single cell organisms. He hopes that this research can help pave the way for more interdisciplinary opportunities for students. Additionally, in 2012 Dr. Scheepers was honored as a Distinguished Professor in Mathematics. This title constitutes one of the highest honors that can be given to a faculty member at Boise State and is reserved for a small number who have made major contributions to their academic disciplines.
Articles & Conference Proceedings
Borel's Conjecture in Topological Groups (with Fred Galvin), Journal of Symbolic Logic (2013)
We introduce a natural generalization of Borel's Conjecture. For each infinite cardinal number κ, let...
Weak Covering Properties and Infinite Games (with L. Babinkostova and B A. Pansera), Topology and its Applications (2012)
We investigate game-theoretic properties of selection principles related to weaker forms of the Menger and...
Creating and Implementing Cloud-Based Simulations to Enhance a Multivariable Calculus Course (with Joseph Guarino, Seung Youn Chyung, Charles Adams, Rey DeLeon, Francisco Castellon, Michael G. Wiedenfeld, and Paul Williams), Computers in Education Journal (2011)
A Cloud resource at Boise State University was used to enhance a large section of...
Rothberger Bounded Groups and Ramsey Theory, Topology and its Applications (2011)
We show that:
(1) Rothberger bounded subgroups of σ-compact groups are characterized by Ramseyan partition...
Creating and Implementing Cloud-Based Simulations to Enhance a MultiVariable Calculus Course (with Joseph Guarino, Seung Youn Chyung, Charles Adams, Rey DeLeon, Francisco Castellon, Michael G. Wiedenfeld, and Paul Williams), 118th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 26-29, 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada (2011)
A Cloud resource at Boise State University was used to enhance a large section of...
Books
Set Theory and Its Applications: Annual Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory, 1995--2010, Boise, Idaho (with Liljana Babinkostova, Andrés Caicedo, and S. Geschke), Faculty Authored Books (2011)
This book consists of several survey and research papers covering a wide range of topics...
Presentations
On Generalizations of Borel’s Conjecture (with Fred Galvin), AMS Regional Conference (2011)
After a brief review of Borel's Conjecture we introduce a natural generalization. In the talk...
Borel's Conjecture and Topological Groups (with Fred Galvin), AMS Regional Conference (2011)
We present, in the context of topological groups, consistency results regarding a generalization of Borel's...