Research in Algebra and Number Theory in Edinburgh focuses on the following topics: Noncommutative Ring Theory (Lenagan, Smoktunowicz); Representation Theory (Gordon, Chlouveraki, Griffeth, Thomas); Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry (Wemyss); Number Theory (Smyth); Commutative Algebra (O'Carroll); together with several PhD students.
There are close links in our work with other areas of research, with Geometry and Topology and with Mathematical Physics.
In the last few years, Agata Smoktunowicz has won a European Mathematical Society Prize, the Whitehead Prize of the London Mathematical Society, the Whittaker Prize of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the Wacław Sierpiński Prize of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as giving an invited lecture at the 2006 International Congress of Mathematicians. Iain Gordon was awarded the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society, is currently an EPSRC Leadership Fellow and is an invited speaker at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians.
As well as running a weekly algebra seminar, and several informal working seminars, we are heavily involved in international conferences and giving lectures throughout the world. Recent destinations include Grenoble, Vancouver, Palo Alto, Montreal, Shanghai.
MAXIMALS Algebra Seminar Calendar
