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
Reception for New & Prospective Math Majors
An informal reception will be held for new majors on Wednesday, September 3rd, from 5 to 6:30PM in 1015 Evans Hall. Staff advisors, faculty, and members of the Mathematics Undergraduate Student Association will share a few pearls of wisdom. Cake and coffee will follow
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.
New Semi-Electives Choices for Pure Math Undergraduates
Math 143 (Elementary Algebraic Geometry) and Math 136 (Incompleteness and Undecidability) are new courses being offered which can satisfy semi-electives for Pure Math Undergraduates.
Henrique Bursztyn & Marius Crainic Awarded André Lichnerowicz Prize
Henrique Bursztyn (PhD 2001) and Marius Crainic (Miller Fellow 2001-2002) were awarded the first André Lichnerowicz Prize in Poisson Geometry at the conference Poisson 2008 at Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne.
2008 Serge Lang Undergraduate Lecture
The 2008 Serge Lang Undergraduate Lecture will be delivered by Peter W. Jones on November 5, 2008.
