Denny Gulick, born Sidney Lewis Gulick III, is a professor of mathematics at University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...

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Life

Gulick obtained his PhD from Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

, with his main interest of operator theory

Operator theory

In mathematics, operator theory is the branch of functional analysis that focuses on bounded linear operators, but which includes closed operators and nonlinear operators.Operator theory also includes the study of algebras of operators....

. He is the leader of College Mathematicians in Maryland, and is active in statewide college education and policies.

He has written several textbooks, including Encounters with Chaos (1992) and six editions of Calculus with Analytic Geometry, with Robert Ellis. His grandfather Sidney Lewis Gulick (1860–1945) was missionary to Japan, and great-great-grandfather Peter Johnson Gulick

Peter Johnson Gulick

Peter Johnson Gulick was a missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii and Japan. He was patriarch of a family that also carried on the tradition of missionary work, and included several scientists.-Life:...

 (1796–1877) missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii

Kingdom of Hawaii

The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...

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