Contact Info
Pure MathematicsUniversity of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2L 3G1
Departmental office: MC 5304
Phone: 519 888 4567 x33484
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
- Oct. 10, 2018Matthew Kennedy awarded NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
Associate Professor Matthew Kennedy received a $120,000 Discovery Accelerator Supplement from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) for his work within the field of operator algebras.
- Aug. 3, 2018Pure Math Professor wins Teaching Award
Professor Ross Willard has been awarded the Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching. This award is given annually to teachers in the Faculty of Mathematics who have consistently demonstrated outstanding pedagogical skills and a deep commitment to our students’ education. Up to two awards are given annually. Professor Matthew Scott (Applied Mathematics) also received the award this year. Congratulations!
- June 26, 2018Post-Doctoral Fellow Teaching Award
Akshaa Vatwani has been chosen to receive the inaugural Department of Pure Mathematics Post-Doctoral Fellow Teaching Award! This award will be given annually to one post-doctoral fellow and is based on outstanding teaching. Congratulations, Akshaa!
Events
- Nov. 14, 2018Universal Algebra
Justin Laverdure, Pure Math Department
"Duality Compactness Part 2"
We'll prove the DCT itself, after having seen several supporting lemmas.
MC 5403
- Nov. 15, 2018Homotopy Type SeminarAndrej Vukovic, Pure Math Department, University of Waterloo"Univalence Implies Function Extensionality"Since we did not get around to it last time, in this week's meeting of the Homotopy Type Theory Seminar, we prove that univalence implies function extensionality.MC 5413
- Nov. 15, 2018Random Matrices Learning Seminar
Daniel Perales Anaya, Pure Math Department, University of Waterloo
"Random matrices, interlacing families of polynomials, and the expected characteristic polynomial"