Robert J. Bond Associate Professor of Mathematics Ph.D. Brown University, 1973 A.B. Boston College, 1966 Office: Carney 315 Phone: 617-550-3766 Email: robert.bond@bc.edu

Areas of Specialization

• Algebraic Number Theory
• Cohomology of Groups
• Cryptography

Professional Memberships

• American Mathematical Society
• Mathematical Association of America

Currently Teaching

• MT816 - Modern Algebra
• MT210 - Linear Algebra
• MT370 - Applications of Abstract Algebra

Recent Publications

• "Function Fields with Isomorphic Galois Groups", Trans, of AMS, Vol. 226 (1977), 291-303.
• "Some Results on p-Extensions of Local and Global Fields", Acta Arithmetica, Vol. XXXV, No. 1, (1979), p. 25-32.
• "Some Results on the Capitulation Problem", Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 13, No. 2, May, 1981, p. 246-254.
• "Unramified Abelian Extensions of Number Fields", Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 30, No. 1, Sept., 1988, p. 1-10.
• "On the Splitting of the Hilbert Class Field", Journal of Number Theory, Vol. 42, No. 3, Nov., 1992, p. 349-360.

• An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics with W. Keane. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., Jan., 1999. Reissued by Waveland Press, Sept. 2007.
• Instructor's Solutions Manual with W. Keane. Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., Jan., 1999. Reissued by Waveland Press, Sept. 2007.