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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>
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
November 20, 2009
4:00pm
COLLOQUIUM
Prof. Lizette Zietsman, Virginia Tech Univ.
"On Computational Challenges in Feedback Control of PDEs"
704 Thackeray Hall More>
November 20, 2009
1:00pm
GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR
Mr. Alex Lozovskiy, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"Introduction to Classical Mechanics: the Rigorous Definitions of Angular Velocity for Rigid Body Motion"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 19, 2009
5:30pm
ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Prof. Pawel Konieczny, Univ. of Minnesota
"Directional Approach to Spatial Structure of Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations in the Plane"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 19, 2009
12:00pm
ALGEBRA, COMBINATORICS AND GEOMETRY SEMINAR
Prof. Gregory Constantine, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"Combinatorics of the Bose-Mesner Algebra"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 19, 2009
12:00pm
WOUND HEALING SEMINAR
"TBA"
323 Thackeray Hall
November 18, 2009
4:00pm
TOPOLOGY SEMINAR
Merve Kovan, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"Games on Topological Spaces"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 17, 2009
4:00pm
FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS SEMINAR
Mr. Veysel Nezir, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"Perturbation of Frames for Subspace of a Hilbert Space 4"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 17, 2009
12:00pm
MATHEMATICAL NEUROSCIENCE SEMINAR
"TBA"
703 Thackeray Hall
November 17, 2009
10:00am
COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS SEMINAR
Mr. Nate Mays, Univ. of Pittsburgh
"Looking Forward: A Study of Inverse Problems"
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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