Welcome to the website of the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. You can learn here about the people and activities which make our department an exceptional place to study, teach, and do research.
We hope that you will find this site useful whether you are currently in Berkeley, planning (or hoping) to come here, or simply want information about our activities and publications. Please follow the links in the column at the left. If you can't find what you're looking for, you may send questions to our "virtual front office" at , come to 970 Evans Hall, or call 1-510-642-6550.
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Alan Weinstein, Chair
Announcements
Math 55: Discrete Mathematics
Math 55 (Discrete Mathematics) has been added as a new lower-division requirement for the Mathematics and Applied Mathematics majors. It will be required for all students declaring the major beginning Spring 2009, with the exception of transfer students. For transfer students it will be required beginning Fall 2010.
Effective Fall 2008, Math 55 will be redesigned to include an introduction on how to construct effective mathematical proofs. Therefore students who had intended to register for Math 74 (Transition to Upper-Division Math) in the Fall of 2008 should consider Math 55 instead.
Please contact one of the Math Department Undergraduate Advisers if
you have any questions.
New Semi-Electives Choices for Pure Math Undergraduates
Math 143 (Elementary Algebraic Geometry) is a new course which can be used to satisfy the Geometry semi-elective for the Pure Math major. This course will be taught by Professor David Eisenbud in Fall 2008.
Math 136 (Incompleteness and Undecidability) is another new course and can be used to satisfy the Logic & Foundations semi-elective for Pure Math. It will be taught in Spring 2009 by Professor John Steel.
Our distinguished colleague Dick Karp is this year's winner of the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
Often called the "Japanese Nobel", this is one the most important and prestigious international awards in the area of science and technology. The Inamori Foundation, which sponsors the prize, cites the following contributions:
"Fundamental Contributions to the Development of the Theory of Computational Complexity"
Dr. Karp has made fundamental contributions to the development of the theory of computational complexity which began in the early 1970s by establishing the theory of NP-completeness, having a profound influence on the guiding principles for analysis and design of algorithms. He has also developed many practically relevant computer algorithms.
It will be held Monday, August 18, and Tuesday, August 19, 2008, from 9 am to 12 noon each day, in 60 Evans Hall. Please sign up for the exam in 910 Evans Hall.
Quantitative Reasoning Exam
The Quantitative Reasoning Exam (QR) will be given on Wednesday, August 27th, 5-6:30pm in 939 Evans. Please bring a photo ID.
