"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.  Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it.  Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth.  Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate.  In fact, violence merely increases hate.  So it goes.  Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.  Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate:  Only love can do that."  ---Martin Luther King, Jr.

Welcome to the homepage of Dr. Laura K. Gross, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Bridgewater State College, one of the public higher-education campuses in Massachusetts. I joined the faculty in Fall 2009. Send me e-mail at laura dot gross at bridgew dot edu, visit me in Hart Hall Room 228, or call me at 508 531 2391.

My research interests involve modeling a variety of physical systems spanning combustion, optics, liquid crystals, and polymers using differential equations. I apply analytical and numerical techniques to study nonlinear dynamics, especially of reaction-diffusion equations, free-boundary-value problems, and dynamical systems. You can download .pdf versions of my publications or look at my whole curriculum vitae.

If you are interested in physical applications of mathematics, take a look at the Project Links Module. (I worked on an early edition of the differential-equations section.)

Check out local activities in southeastern Massachusetts.

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