Robert W. van der Waall

dr R.W. van der Waall
Korteweg-de Vries Instituut
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Plantage Muidergracht 24
1018 TV Amsterdam

tel: 020 5255374
fax: 020 5255101
email: waallr@wins.uva.nl

Publications

List of publications

Research Interests

Knowledge areas

combinatorics
number theory
finite geometries
bilinear forms
module theory
ring theory
group theory
information theory
field theory
algorithmic processes
Lie theory
discrete mathematics
geometric number theory

Specialisms

group theory
algebraic and analytic number theory
coding theory

Strong interest in:

geometry
algebraic geometry
history of mathematics
topology
mathematical physics

Courses

On a regular basis courses are given in

representation theory of finite groups,
advanced (finite) group theory.

Group Theory St. Andrews

Every four years there is a conference on all aspects of group theory. The next one will take place in Oxford in 2001. Information on past conferences can be found in the conference books published in the London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes series.

Areas of interest outside mathematics

chess
genealogy
music
palaeography
archaeology
history
old-script decipherment principles (linear B, hieroglyphs, Maya, Cuneiphorm)