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 25 faculty, four staff, approximately 50 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
- Sep. 8, 2021Matthew Satriano awarded Faculty of Mathematics Research Chair
The Faculty of Mathematics has named Matthew Satriano as one of its Research Chairs for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The award recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and outstanding contributions to a field of knowledge. Some of the most prolific scholars in the Faculty of Mathematics have held Research Chairs, and Satriano continues the trend of excellence.
- Aug. 4, 2021Undergraduate award winners announced
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2020/21 Pure Mathematics Silver Awards and the Undergraduate Research Prize.
The Pure Mathematics Silver Award recognizes mathematical excellence in Pure Math and Mathematical Finance. This year's recipients are:
- June 21, 2021Brian E. Forrest named fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society
Brian E. Forrest, professor of Pure Mathematics, has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS). The fellowship is awarded for outstanding contributions in research, teaching and learning and service in fulfillment of CMS mandates and goals.
"It's an honour and something I'm pretty proud of," says Forrest. "This is a wonderful way to stay connected to the Canadian Mathematical Society, a group that's been a valuable part of my career."
Events
- Jan. 27, 2022Differential Geometry Working Seminar
Daren Cheng, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"Incompressible minimal surfaces and topological consequences of positive scalar curvature (Part 3)"
- Jan. 27, 2022Pure Math Grad Student Colloquium
Padraig Daly, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
"Quantum Data Compression"
A look at how Shannon entropy and Von Neumann entropy are used to quantify information from classical/quantum sources. In particular Schumacher's quantum source coding theorem will be discussed.
- Jan. 28, 2022Geometry & Topology Seminar
Dennis The, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
"A Cartan-theoretic classification of multiply-transitive (2,3,5)-distributions"