Tom Archibald
I am a Professor in the Dept. of Mathematics at Simon Fraser
University, and currently Chair of this very nice Department.
Current Research Interests
For the last few years, my research has concentrated on the French
mathematical community of the period from 1870 to the First World War.
I am working on a book on this subject; a good part of this is about
Charles Hermite. I am also interested in the history of differential
equations, especially PDEs, and especially their applications. I also
work sporadically on the history of mathematics in Canada. I am very
grateful to SSHRC for support for many projects over the years.
Students
I have been very lucky in recent graduate students.
Two have completed MSc theses:
Laura E. Turner, M. Sc. August 2007 on G. Mittag-Leffler. (Available here.) Laura is currently a
PhD student at Aarhus University.
Marcus E. Barnes, M. Sc. Nov. 2007 on John Charles Fields. Available here. Marcus is currently engaged in starting
an IT company.
I have two current students:
Brenda Davison, working on G. H. Hardy;
Menolly Lysne, working on P. S. de Laplace.
I welcome inquiries from students who would like to pursue graduate
study the history of mathematics in the context of a Department of
Mathematics.
Contact
I can be emailed at tarchi(at)sfu.ca.