Faculty and Staff
Wei-Kai Lai, Ph.D.
| Title: | Professor of Mathematics Division Chair of Math, Sciences, and Professional Studies |
| Department: | Math USC Salkehatchie |
| Email: | laiw@mailbox.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 843-782-8611 Walterboro or 803-812-7346 Allendale |
| Office: | Room 101, Nursing/Science Building (Walterboro), Room 115, No.1, Spruce Hall (Allendale) |
| Resources: | American Mathematics Society(AMS) Mathematical Association of America(MAA) |
Education
Ph.D. of Mathematics, 2008, University of Mississippi
M.S. of Mathematics, 2000, National Taiwan Normal University
B.S. of Mathematics, 1998, National Taiwan University
Selected publications:
Lai, W.K., and Risher, J., Generalizing Inequalities Using Power Series Approach, International Journal of Mathematics and Its Applications, 8 (2), 2020, 107-112.
Lai, W.K., Generalization of an Inequality with Sum of Fractions, International Journal of Mathematics and Its Applications, 6 (3), 2018, 227-230.
Lai, W.K., and Risher, J., Generalization of a Class of Cyclic Inequalities, International Mathematical Forum, 13 (3), 2018, 137-145.
Lai, W.K., and Risher, J., Generalization of Two Inequalities Involving AM, GM, and HM, International Mathematical Forum, 11 (21), 2016, 1027-1035.
Lai, W.K., and Kim, E., Some Inequalities Involving Geometric and Harmonic Means, International Mathematical Forum, 11 (4), 2016, 163-169.
Lai, W.K., and Kalacanic, C., On Power Tower of Integers, International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics Invention, 3 (8), 2015, 29-33.
Rufty, C., and Lai, W.K., Solving Simple Japanese Ladder Games, Journal of the South Carolina Academy of Science, 13 (2), Oct., 2015, 1-4.
Lai, W.K., Rearrangement Inequality and Chebyshev’s Sum Inequality on Positive Tensor Products of Orlicz Sequence Space with Banach Lattice, Journal of Mathematics and System Science 4 (8), 2014, 574-578.
Lai, W.K., A Rearrangement Inequality on Positive Tensor Products of Banach Lattices, Journal of Mathematics and System Science 4 (6), 2014, 387-390.
Bu, Q., Buskes, G, and Lai, W.K., The Radon-Nikodym Property for Tensor Products of Banach Lattices II, Positivity 12 (2008), 45-54
Awards:
- 2021 Chris P. Plyler Excellence in Service Award, recipient
- 2020 USC Salkehatchie Faculty Award in Service, recipient
- 2018 Denise Shaw Excellence in Research Award, recipient
- 2016 USC Salkehatchie Service Award, recipient
- 2013 John J. Duffy Excellence in Teaching Award, recipient
- 2012 USC Salkehatchie Professor of the Year, recipient
Research
Banach Space Theory, Positive Operator, Mathematical Inequalities, Recreational Mathematics
Interests
- classical music
- cooking