Mathematics
Mathematicians use theoretical and computational methods to solve a wide range of problems from the most abstract to the very applied. UBC's mathematics graduate students work in many branches of pure and applied mathematics.
Explore our Programs in Mathematics
Faculty Members in Mathematics
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Tsai, Tai-Peng | Differential equations and integral equations in pure mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Mathematical physics |
| van Willigenburg, Stephanie | Combinatorics and discrete mathematics; algebraic combinatorics; Coxeter group; quasisymmetric function; Schur functions and generalizations; chromatic symmetric function |
| Vatsal, Vinayak | Canonical periods, congruence formula, elliptic curve, Iwasawa invariants, Heegner points, L-functions |
| Wachs, Anthony | Fluidization and fluid mechanics; Process control and simulation in chemical engineering; Numerical computation; Fluid mechanics; Particle-laden flows; Non Newtonian flows; Heat and mass transfer; Numerical simulation; High performance computing; Multi-scale modelling |
| Ward, Michael Jeffrey | Applied analysis, singular perturbations, reaction-diffusion theory, mathematical modeling and scientific compution, nonlinear dynamics and applied partial differential equations |
| Watson, Liam | Topology; Low-dimensional topology; Khovanov homology; Heegaard Floer homology |
| Wei, Juncheng | Differential equations and integral equations in pure mathematics; Partial and ordinary differential equations; Mathematics; Geometric analysis; Mathematical biology; Nonlinear partial differential equations; reaction-diffusion systems; singular perturbations and concentration phenomena; singularity formations in fluids; Nonlinear Analysis |
| Wetton, Brian | Scientific computing, fluid mechanics |
| Williams, Ben | Topology; Algebra; Algebraic topology; Motivic homotopy theory; A1 homotopy theory |
| Yavicoli, Alexia | fractal geometry |
| Yilmaz, Ozgur | Mathematical problems related to analog-to-digital conversion, blind source separation, sparse approximations and compressed sensing, and applications in seismic signal processing |
| Zahl, Joshua | Combinatorics and discrete mathematics; Lie groups, harmonic and Fourier analysis; Harmonic Analysis; Combinatorics; Discrete and Combinatorial Geometry |
