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Seymour B. Elk
Seymour B. Elk is an established author, professor and professional in the fields of calculus and physics [1]. His publications, a few of which are detailed below, span a long career and include 3 books and over 60 articles. His most recent book, A New Unifying Biparametric Nomenclature that Spans all of Chemistry: The science of incorporating daily over 2,000 new names to a base of over 42 million compounds while still maintaining order, explores the lack of uniformity in characterizing and naming chemicals increases the communication difficulties between differently trained chemists, as well as other scientists, and greatly impedes progress. [2].
BOOKS edit
THE STRUCTURE-NOMENCLATURE CYCLE OF CHEMISTRY; Mathematical Chemistry Monographs # 11; MATCH – Communications in Mathematical Chemistry; Kragujevac, Serbia 2011 UNDERSTANDING CALCULUS AS AN EXTENSION OF ALGEBRA
A NEW WAY TO TEACH CALCULUS; Accepted by Edwin Mellen Press; 2013
A NEW UNIFYING BIPARAMETRIC NOMENCLATURE THAT SPANS ALL OF CHEMISTRY: The Science of Incorporating Daily over 2,000 New Names to a Base of over 42 million Compounds while still Maintaining Order; Elsevier; Amsterdam, Netherlands 2004.
SELECTION OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES edit
Caribbean Journal of Science and Mathematics edit
"An Application of Geometry to the Discovery of New Classes of Chemical Compounds", 1, 1968, 1-30.
Communications in Mathematical Chemistry - MATCH edit
“The Influence of Dimension Across all of Chemistry with Special Emphasis on the Geometry and
Nomenclature of Tetrahedral Moieties” – 59, 2008, 663-683.
“Replacing Traditional (Chirality Based) Stereochemical Nomenclature with a System Based Solely on
Stereogenicity” – 59, 2008, 453-492.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
6. Parent Compounds", 36, 1997, 157-164.
"Defining Stereochemistry as a Function of Distance", 31, 1994, 89-97.
"A Canonical Ordering and Nomenclature for the Kekule Structures of Polybenzenes", 29, 1993, 19-34.
"Geometry and Markovnikov's Rule", 28, 1992, 101-104.
"Connotations Inherent in Concept of 'Straight' in Geometrical and Molecular Models", 23, 1988, 19-33.
"The Limitations of Describing Chemical Compounds by Virtue of their Graph Theoretical
Representation by a Computer", 23, 1988, 9-18.
"Formulation of a Canonical Nomenclature for Polybenzenes Using Triangular-shaped Hexagonal
Tessellation Envelopes", 17, 1985, 255-268.
"Refinement of Systematic Nomenclature for Polybenzenes and its Extension to Systems of General
Arenes", 13, 1982, 239-269.
"A Nomenclature for Regular Tessellations and its Application to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", 8,
1980, 121-158.
Graph Theory Notes (New York Academy of Sciences) edit
"On the Use of Euler and Hamilton Paths in Chemical Nomenclature", XXXVI:2, 1999, 14-16.
"A Different Class of 'Almost Regular' Polyhedra and an Application to Chemistry", XXXIII:10, 1997,
36-39.
"A Transformation that Produces a Simplified Nomenclature on a Hexagonal Tessellation Lattice",
XXVII:3, 1994, 16-19.
"Non-Equivalence of Word 'Ring' in Chemistry and 'Cycle' in Graph Theory", XXVI:3, 1994, 24-27.
"Why There are Thirteen in a Baker's Dozen", XXIV:4, 1993, 43-46.
"Euler-Poincare Polytope Formula and the Odd-Even Space Dichotomy", XXII:7, 1992, 24-26.
"Coordination of Schaffli Numbers and Integers to Achieve a Correlation of Euler's Polyhedron Formula
with the Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra; Some Questions Raised by Coxeter's Density Function",
XXI:6, 1991, 54-59.
"Formulation of the Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra (Including the Degenerate Cases) Using Equal Graph
Theoretical Distances to Facet the Vertices of the Regular Polyhedra", XX:6, 1991, 42-49.
"A Problem with the Application of Matula's Method of Prime Numbers and Rooted Trees for Canonical
Nomenclature of Alkanes, XVIII:5, 1990, 40-43.
"An Open Question about a Multigraph Transformation that Reduces a Set of Chemically Important
Graphs to a Corresponding Set of Acyclic Graphs",XVI:8, 1989, 29-34.
"A Topological Interpretation of Kuratowski's Theorem as a Model Building Statement of Dimension and
Orientation", XIV:7,1988,44-45.
Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences edit
"The Distinction Between Terminology versus Orismology and Its Application to Mathematical
Chemistry", 38, 1998, 54-57.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
5. The Heuristics of Primacy", 37,1997,835-840.
"Uniparametricity -- Why a Canonical Ordering (and a Consistent Nomenclature) for Organic
Compounds Continues to Evade Us", 37, 1997, 696-700.
"Fundamental Difference that Exists Between Synthetic Versus Analytic Chemical Nomenclature", 37,
1997, 162-164.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
4. Polycyclic Compounds", 36, 1996, 385-392.
"Re-examining Fluxions and Pseudo-rotation -- Why Hepta-Coordinated Compounds Are Not Well
Represented as a Pentagonal Bipyramid", 35, 1995, 858-863.
"Expansion of Matula Numbers to Heteroatoms and to Ring Compounds", 35, 1995, 233-237.
"A Canonical Assignment of Locant Numbers to Fisular Compounds - Especially Fullerenes - Based on
Graph Theoretical Principles", 35, 1995, 152-158.
"Simplified Nomenclature of a Hexagonal Tessellation Lattice Using a Dimension-Increasing
Transformation", 34, 1994, 1294-1296.
"Prime Number Assignment to a Hexagonal Tessellation of a Plane that Generates Canonical Names for
Peri-Condensed Polybenzenes", 34, 1994, 942-946.
"A Simplified Algorithm Using Base 5 Numbers to Assign Canonical Names to Cata-Condensed
Polybenzenes", 34, 1994, 637-640.
"Further Properties Derived from Matula Numbers of an Alkane", w/Ivan Gutman, 34, 1994, 325-330.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
2. Inherent Topology", 34, 1994, 331-334.
"Graph Theoretical Algorithm to Canonically Name the Isomers of the Regular Polyhedranes", 32,
1992,14-22.
"Interpretation of Kuratowski's Theorem in Graph Theory as Both a Topological Abstraction and a
Chemical Reality", 30, 1990,69-72.
"Topological Considerations Subtly Inherent in the Formulation and Subdivision of Fused vs. Bridged
Ring Compounds", 27, 1987, 70-73.
"An Algorithm to Identify and Count Coplanar Isomeric Molecules Formed by the Linear Fusion of
Cyclopentane Modules", 27, 1987, 67-69.
"Logical Extension of Isomeric Pseudo-Conversion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons into Acyclic
Polyenynes", 26, 1986, 126-130.
"Topologically Different Models to be Used as the Basis for Ring Compound Taxonomy", 25, 1985, 17-
22.
"Effect of Taxonomy Class and Spanning Set on Identifying and Counting Rings in a Compound", 25,
1985, 11-16.
"Derivation of the Principle of Smallest Set of Smallest Rings from Euler's Polyhedron Equation and a
Simplified Technique for Finding this Set", 24, 1984, 203-206.
Journal of Mathematical Chemistry edit
"A Canonical Ordering of Polybenzenes and Polymantanes Using a Prime Number Factorization
Technique", 4, 1990, 55-68.
Journal of Molecular Structure - THEOCHEM edit
"Metallocenes: Where Graph Theory and Chemical Structure Fail to Intersect", 682, 2004, 159-162.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
8. Polymers", 589-590, 2002, 27-35.
"Reinterpreting Boron Bridges - Elimination of the Non-isomorphicity of the Topological versus
Geometric Picture Traditionally Presented for the Boranes", 548, 2001, 143-152.
"Graph Theoretical Logic of Organic Chemistry Nomenclature: Why Eulerian Paths are Better Suited for
Aliphatic Compounds Versus Hamiltonian Paths for Benzenoids", 489, 1999, 189-194.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
7. Amino Acids", 489, 1999, 177-188.
"A Modern Topological Perspective of Ring Compound Taxonomy Created By Re-examining Taylor's
Nomenclature System", 453, 1998, 29-42.
"Redefining the Terminology of Stereochemistry to Produce a Mathematics-based Taxonomy Paradigm",
431, 1998, 249-253.
"A Tensor Geometry Perspective of Stereogenicity and Chirotopicity in Chemistry", 431, 1998, 2490-
253.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
3. What Constitutes a Ring?", 358, 1995, 119-124.
"Orismology (the Science of Defining Words) and the Geometrical Foundations of Chemistry.
1. Introduction", 313, 1994, 199-206.
"Enumeration of the Set of Saturated Compounds that, in Theory, Could Be Formed by the Linear Fusion
of Regular Pentagonal Modules, Including the Logical Extrapolation to 'Helicanes'", 201, 1989, 75-86.
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
"Matula Numbers for Coding Chemical Structure and Some of their Properties", w/Gutman and Ivanciuc,
58, 1993, 193-201.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons edit
"A System of Measurement for Polyhex Systems that Meets the Intent of Patterson's Nomenclature
Rules", 4, 1995, 237-248.
"Canonical Ordering of Hexagons that: (1) Nearly Meets the Intent of Patterson's Nomenclature Rules and
(2) Orients a Molecule for Purposes of Assigning an IUPAC Name", 1, 1990, 109-121.
International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology edit
“Refining the Definition of Indeterminate Forms”.30, 1999, 924-8
“Is calculus really that different from algebra? A more logical way to understand and teach calculus”, 29, 1998, 351-8
“The cross product of two vectors is not just another vector − a major misconception being perpetuated in calculus and vector analysis textbooks”, 28, 1997, 531-543.
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