University of Pittsburgh - Department of Mathematics

Welcome

From abstract problems in algebra, analysis, and geometry to the design of efficient algorithms and computational simulations in scientific computing and mathematical biology, our department has an active and broadly based research faculty working in diverse areas of mathematics and its applications. More >

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Research Areas

Our students and faculty are actively engaged in projects in many of these research areas. The students are not limited to these areas and the faculty encourage graduate students to contact them to discuss their ideas. More>

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Seminars and Colloquia

During the academic year we hold a weekly department colloquium and a number of research seminars. Once a year the Department holds the Edmund R. Michalik Distinguished Lecture in the Mathematical Sciences.
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Open Faculty Positions

Representation Theory/Algebraic Geometry/Number Theory/Combinatorics

Topology/Geometry

Scientific Computing/Numerical Analysis
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News and Events

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February 5, 2010
2:00pm
Dr. Vladimir Voevodsky of Princeton University will host an informal meeting for students about his path to mathematics.
704 Thackeray Hall

February 5, 2010
3:30pm
Prof. Jeremy Avigard, CMU
"Understanding, Formal Verifications, and the Philosophy of Mathelatics"
Hosted by the Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning

February 4, 2010
1:00pm
Dr. Vladimir Voevodsky, Princeton Univ.
"The Equivalence Axiom and Univalent
Models of Type Theory"
Gates Hillman Center 6115, CMU

February 4, 2010
12:30pm
MATH BIOLOGY SEMINAR
Mr. Saishuai Tang, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"A Stochastic Model of Immune Response to Influenza Infection"
704 Thackeray Hall

February 1, 2010
4:00pm
LABORATORY OF AXIOMATICS SEMINAR
Prof. George Sparling, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"The 3-5-9 Project"
703 Thackeray Hall

October 2009
An interview with Pitt Math Professor Gunduz Caginalp was published as the cover story in the Quantitative Finance magazine Wilmott More>

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