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Number Theory Group
Number theory is one of the oldest, deepest and most vibrant branches of modern mathematics. It centrally incorporates some of the most sophisticated and profound mathematical ideas that have been developed (witness the recent proof of Fermat's Last Theorem) and yet remains broadly useful in many areas of pure and applied mathematics. It is remarkable how often number theory comes to bear both in other areas of mathematics and in applications. A notable recent example is internet security whose protocols are based on number theoretic problems.
Number theory has historically been motivated by the study of properties of integers and solutions to equations in integers, but now includes many other aspects, each with its own flavour and viewpoints. Broadly speaking, these can be divided into Analytic, Algebraic, Diophantine, and Geometric aspects of Number Theory. Research in Number Theory today often involves knowledge and expertise from areas such as Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, Analysis, Combinatorics, Probability Theory, Representation Theory, Topology. Connections to applicable fields include Coding Theory and Cryptography.
At Simon Fraser University, we have a strong group in Number Theory which covers the spectrum of Number Theory. Together with the UBC Number Theory Group, we form one of the largest communities of Number Theory Researchers in North America.
Current and upcoming events
- Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference 2010.
- Joint SFU/UBC Number Theory Seminar: Coming talks and Greg's NT page.
Group members
Faculty |
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| Bell, Jason | Noncommutative algebra, number theory, combinatorics, theorectical comp sci | jpb@math.sfu.ca |
| Borwein, Peter | Classical analysis, number theory, and computation | pborwein@cecm.sfu.ca |
| Bruin, Nils | Diophantine and arithmetic geometry | nbruin@math.sfu.ca |
| Chen, Imin | Number theory, arithmetic geometry | ichen@math.sfu.ca |
| Choi, Stephen | Analytic number theory | kkchoi@math.sfu.ca |
| Jungic, Veselin | vjungic@sfu.ca | |
Postdoctoral Fellows |
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| Dahmen, Sander | IRMACS | sdahmen@irmacs.sfu.ca |
| Samuels, Charles | csamuels@sfu.ca | |
| Stange, Katherine | kestange@sfu.ca | |
Graduate Students |
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| Avis, Aki Ayukawa | aki_avis@sfu.ca | |
| Belshaw, Adrian | abelshaw@capilanou.ca | |
| Casteels, Karel | kcasteel@sfu.ca | |
| Colak, Pinar | ppekcagl@sfu.ca | |
| Doerksen, Kevin | kdoerkse@sfu.ca | |
| Ganguli, Himadri | hganguli@sfu.ca | |
| Kieffer, Steven | Number theory, computer algebra | sak8@sfu.ca |
| Molnar, Alexander | ahmolnar@sfu.ca | |
| Ratcliffe, James | jwratcli@sfu.ca | |
| Rinne, Eric | ejr2@sfu.ca | |
| Roche, Austin | aroche@cecm.sfu.ca | |
| Sharifi, Yaghoub | ysharifi@sfu.ca | |
Past events
- Special session in AMS Wester Section meeting: West End Number Theory, October 4-5, 2008.
- CNTA IX, Vancouver, July 9-14, 2006.
- 10th Annual Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference, Digipen/Microsoft Research, February 25-26, 2006.
- Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference 9, April 23, 2005
- Workshop on computational arithmetic geometry, July 5-9, 2004
- Joint SFU/UBC number theory seminar: Past semesters
Reports and Theses
| Keshav Mukunda, | Pisot and salem numbers from polynomials of height one, | PhD Thesis, | Summer 2007. |
| Brett Hemenway, | On Recognizing Congruent Primes, | MSc Thesis, | Fall 2006. |
| Lisa Redekop, | Torsion Points of Low Order on Elliptic Curves and Drinfeld Modules, | MSc Thesis, | Spring 2006. |
| Adrian Belshaw, | On the normality of numbers, | MSc Thesis, | Fall 2005. |
| Karin Arikushi, | Elliptic Curves with isomorphic 3-torsion over Q, | NSERC Summer student report, | October 16, 2005. |
| Shabnam Akhtari, | On the Cyclotomic Polynomials with +1 or -1 Coefficients, | MSc Thesis, | July 2004. |