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Dr Lauren Thornton

  • Lecturer, Mathematics
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Sunshine Coast
Lauren Thornton

Dr Lauren Thornton has been involved with the teaching of mathematics at UniSC since 2015. She was awarded her PhD in pure mathematics in 2019 and was the 2018 winner of the Gordon Preston Prize from the Australian Algebra Group for her research. Lauren continues to conduct research in algebra, particularly on the topic of Radical Theory.

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Mathematical Society
  • Australian Algebra Group
  • Women in Mathematics

Awards/Fellowships

  • Gordon Preston Prize, Australian Algebra Group, 2018

 

Research areas

  • Algebra, in particular the radical theory of P-algebras in finite settings

Teaching areas

  • Mathematics

Publications

  • L. K. Thornton, On base radical and semisimple operators for a class of finite algebras, Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie / Contributions to Algebra and Geometry, 2018, Volume 59, Number 2, Page 361 
  • R. G. McDougall and L. K. Thornton, On base radical operators for classes of finite associative rings, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2018, Page 1, DOI: 10.1017/S0004972718000461
  • R. G. McDougall and L. K. Thornton, A comparison of Kurosh-Amitsur and base radical classes, Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie / Contributions to Algebra and Geometry, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s13366-020-00538-z 
  • L. K. Thornton, On base radical theory in finite settings, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, 2020, Volume 101, Number 3, Page 510, DOI:10.1017/S0004972720000222
  • L. K. Thornton, On base radical theory in finite settings, Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, 2019 (Dissertation) 

Dr Lauren Thornton’s specialist areas of knowledge as a lecturer in undergraduate mathematics are in pure mathematics, in particular - algebra. She is an active researcher in Radical Theory.

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