Contact Info
Pure MathematicsUniversity of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
Departmental office: MC 5304
Phone: 519 888 4567 x43484
Fax: 519 725 0160
Email: puremath@uwaterloo.ca
Welcome to Pure Mathematics
We are home to 30 faculty, four staff, approximately 60 graduate students, several research visitors, and numerous undergraduate students. We offer exciting and challenging programs leading to BMath, MMath and PhD degrees. We nurture a very active research environment and are intensely devoted to both ground-breaking research and excellent teaching.
News
- Mar. 17, 2023Pure Math participates in Math Teach-Off
On March 1, 2023, Pure Math participated in the first ever "Math Teach-Off" event. The premise of the event was simple: three groups of students would take a quiz on a mathematical concept.
- Mar. 6, 2023David McKinnon wins Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Pure Math Professor David McKinnon has won the University of Waterloo's Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision!
- Mar. 1, 2023Jacob Campbell receives Graduate Research Excellence Award
Congratulations to Pure Math PhD candidate Jacob Campbell, a 2023 recipient of the Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award. The prestigious recognition comes with a $5,000 cash prize and is conferred annually to two graduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics who have authored or co-authored an outstanding research paper. Jacob shares this honour with recent Computer Science master’s graduate Mahbod Majid.
Events
- Apr. 3, 2023Colloquium
Sarah Koch, University of Michigan
"Dynamical data: from topology to algebra"
- Apr. 4, 2023PhD Thesis Defence
Eric Boulter, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"Vector bundles on non-Kähler elliptic surfaces"
- Apr. 4, 2023Student Number Theory Seminar
Aahan Chatterjee, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"On Freimann’s Theorem"
We discuss a proof of Freimann’s Theorem that states :
If A is a set of integers for which there is a set B such that |A|=|B| and |A+B| is at most C|A|, then there are constants d and S such that A is contained in a Generalized Arithmetic Progression of dimension at most d and size at most S|A|.