Renteln proves conjecture of Ku in combinatorics problem

Renteln, Paul (2007) On the Spectrum of the Derangement Graph. Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 14(1):R82 (28 Nov 2007). CaltechAUTHORS

Preston McAfee signs Faculty Statement of Intent supporting Make Textbooks Affordable

R. Preston McAfee, J. Stanley Johnson Professor of Business, Economics and Management, signs Faculty Statement of Intent regarding open textbooks at Make Textbooks Affordable. It reads, in part:

As faculty members, we affirm that it is our prerogative and responsibility to select course materials that are pedagogically most appropriate for our classes. We also affirm that it is consistent with this principle to seek affordable and accessible course materials for our classes whenever possible. This includes “open textbooks,” which are textbooks offered online to students at no cost.

Dr. McAfee himself has written an open textbook, Introduction to Economic Analysis. Both NYU and Harvard have adopted it as a text for economics courses. The book can be found through the textbook’s website and through CaltechBook.

A selection of courses which have used McAfee's open textbook includes:

R. Preston McAfee
Economics 11: Introduction to Economics, Winter 2007, Caltech

Hsueh-Ling Huynh
Economics 1011a: Microeconomic Theory, Fall 2007, Harvard College
CAS EC211(HP&H1): Honors Microeconomics II, Fall 2007, Boston University


Simon Wilkie
Economics 11: Introduction to Economics, Spring 2005, Caltech

Roy Radner
Microeconomics: Theory and Applications, B30.3335, Fall 2007, Stern School of Business, New York University

Nicolas Schmitt
Econ-302: Microeconomic Theory II - Strategic Behavior, Spring 2006, Simon Fraser University


Thomas Andrews
Economics 340: Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall 2005 & 2007, West Chester University


Richard K. Green
Finance 397: Applied Microeconomic for Business, George Washington University

Erzo F.P. Luttmer
API-101 A: Markets and Market Failure, Fall 2007, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Joseph Tao-yi Wang
Economics I: Principles of Microeconomics, Fall 2007, National Taiwan University

Hideshi Itoh
Introduction to Business Economics (2007), Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University

3-D Ultrastructure of O. tauri: Electron Cryotomography

Henderson, Gregory P. and Gan, Lu and Jensen, Grant J. (2007) 3-D Ultrastructure of O. tauri: Electron Cryotomography of an Entire Eukaryotic Cell. PLoS ONE, 2 (8). e749. ISSN 1932-6203 CaltechAUTHORS

Copyright: © 2007 Henderson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Painter, Lin, et al. review nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon

Q. Lin, Oskar J. Painter, and Govind P. Agrawal (2007) Nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon waveguides: modeling and applications. Optics Express, 15(25):16604-16644, 10 December 2007. Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics (FNO). CaltechAUTHORS

Wu, Yaqoob, Heng and Yang demonstrate a new imaging technique for biological samples

Jigang Wu, Zahid Yaqoob, Xin Heng, and Changhuei Yang (2007) Harmonically matched grating-based full-field quantitative high-resolution phase microscope for observing dynamics of transparent biological samples. Optics Express, 15(26):18141-18155. CaltechAUTHORS

Oskar Painter, Raviv Perahia et al. show air-guided quantum cascade lasers

V. Moreau, M. Bahriz, R. Colombelli, R. Perahia, O. Painter, L. R. Wilson, and A. B. Krysa (2007) Demonstration of air-guided quantum cascade lasers without top claddings. Optics Express, 15(22):14861-14869, 29 October 2007. CaltechAUTHORS