Martin van Bommel

Professor Martin van Bommel is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at St. Francis Xavier University. His research focuses on graph theory, particularly grid graphs and chessboard-related problems. He holds a Ph.D. and has worked on eternal domination strategies for m x n grids, recently solving 3 x n cases and currently investigating 5 x n grids. His work also explores queen's domination variants and two-player strategy games involving chess pieces. Additionally, he studies object-oriented database modeling and retrieval.

• Education: Ph.D. (specific institution and year not specified)

Research interests include combinatorial optimization, graph algorithms, and applications of chess problems to mathematical theory. His recent studies combine classical n-Queens problem extensions with dynamic guard movement strategies in grid structures. Collaboration on two-player game theory applications of domination problems represents a novel direction in his work.

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