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Department of Mathematics

Papa Sissokho

Professor
Mathematics
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 307
Office Hours
MWF 11-12
Office Phone
(309) 438-7976office
phone
Email
psissok@ilstu.eduemail
Website
about.illinoisstate.edu/psissokwebsite
  • About
  • Research

Current Courses

260.002Discrete Mathematics

260.002Discrete Mathematics

490.001Research In Mathematics, Math Ed & Applied Mathematics

Research Interests & Areas

Vector Space Partitions, Zero-sum Theory, Additive Combinatorics

Journal Article

Peng, Y., Sissokho, P., & Zhao, C. An extremal problem for set families generated with the union and symmetric difference operations. Journal of Combinatorics 3.4 (2013): 651-668.
Sahs, M., Sissokho, P., & Torf, J. A Zero-sum problem over Z. Integers 13 (2013): 11 pages.
Akman, F., & Sissokho, P. Gaussian partitions. Ramanujan Journal 28 (2012): 125-138.
El Zanati, S., Heden, O., Seelinger, G., Sissokho, P., Spence, L., & Vanden Eynden, C. On the partitions of the 8-dimensional vector space over GF(2). Journal of Combinatorial Designs 18.6 (2010): 462-474.
El Zanati, S., Jordon, H., Seelinger, G., Sissokho, P., & Lawrence, S. The maximum size of a partial 3-spread in a finite vector space over GF(2). Designs, Codes and Cryptography 54.2 (2010): 101-107.

Manuscript

El Zanati, S., Seelinger, G., Sissokho, P., Spence, L., & Vanden Eynden, C. On v-fold Partitions of Finite Vector Spaces and Duality. Discrete Mathematics 311 (2011): 307-318.

Presentations

Zero-sum sequences over Z. Mathematics Seminar. Illinois State University. (2014)
Irreducible Matrices. Mathematics Seminar. Illinois State University. (2013)
Vector Space Partitions. Mathematics Seminar. Loyola University. (2012)
Generalizations of some classic problems in Graph Theory. Discrete Math Seminar. Illinois State University. (2011)
Research opportunities for undergraduate students. LS-AMP workshop \Research 101. Illinois State University. (2011)
The lattice of nite vector space partitions and Gaussian Partitions. KTH Seminar on Vector Space Partitions Problems. Royal Institute of Technology. (2011)
The lattice of nite vector space partitions. 8th French Combinatorial Conference Maximum. University of Paris Sud. (2010)

Grants & Contracts

Extremal sizes of subspace partitions. Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2005.0098) in Sweden. (2011)
Existence of (2, 3)-spreads in V (n, q). Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2005.0098) in Sweden. Other. (2010)