Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL 32224
(904) 620-1047
dbell@unf.edu



Education

B.Sc. University of Manchester, 1976
M.Sc. University of Manchester, 1977
Ph.D. University of Warwick, 1982

Area of Research

Stochastic analysis and related areas of mathematics. In particular: Borel measures on finite and infinite-dimensional vector spaces. Stochastic differential equations and Malliavin calculus. Partial differential equations, hypoellipticity theory and boundary-value problems. Stochastic differential geometry. Biological models.

Selected Publications

1. A quasi-invariance theorem for measures on Banach spaces. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 290 (1985) 851-855.
2. The Malliavin Calculus. Pitman Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 34. Longman, Essex; Wiley, NY, 1987 (second edition published by Dover, 2006).
3. The Malliavin calculus and stochastic delay equations (with S. Mohammed). J. Funct. Anal. 99 (1991) 75-99.
4. An extension of Hormander's theorem for infinitely degenerate second-order operators (with S. Mohammed). Duke Math. J. 78 (1995) 453 - 475.
5. Divergence theorems in path space. J. Funct. Anal. 218, no. 1 (2005) 130-149.
6. The Gauss-Bonnet theorem for vector bundles. J. Geom. 85 no. 1-2 (2006) 15-21.

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Office Hours (Spring 2008)

Monday       12:00 - 1:00
Tuesday       4:30 - 5:30
Wednesday  12:00 - 1:00
Thursday      4:30 - 5:30