Faculty

Joseph Patterson, M.S.

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics
B.S., Morehouse College (Chemisry)
M.S.., Atlanta University (Mathematics)

Department of Mathematics
Metropolitan State College
1630 Metropolitan Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: 404-756-4025
gpatterson@atlm.edu
Office - 141 Science Lecture Building

Research Interest:

Sunspot numbers as a consequence of solar motion barycenter of the solar system.

Biography

Joseph Patterson graduated from Morehouse College in 1959 with a major in chemistry and a minor in mathematics.  He earned the MS in mathematics from Atlanta University in 1963 under the supervision of Lonnie Cross.  Research topic: On  series solution methods for selected differential equations.  He studied planetary mechanics under Charles Councilman at MIT, 1974-75. He studied Computer Science at Atlanta University, 1985-86. Joseph Patterson joined the faculty at AMSC in 1975.