Paul Vojta

Prof. Vojta's personal interests are chronicled elsewhere.

Mathematical Activities

Paul Vojta is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

His mathematical areas of interest include:

• Diophantine approximation
• Nevanlinna theory, especially as related to diophantine approximation
• Arakelov theory

His curriculum vitae and bibliography are available on-line. The latter contains links to TeX or PostScript copies of some of his papers.

Copies of the slides from his 2007 CIME course on diophantine approximation and Nevanlinna theory are available here.

Teaching

This semester (Fall 2008), Prof. Vojta is on Sabbatical leave at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Science, in its Thematic Program on Arithmetic Geometry, Hyperbolic Geometry, and Related Topics.

Journal Editor

Prof. Vojta is an editor of Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (``Crelle's journal''). Information on submitting a manuscript is available.

Programming Activities

Prof. Vojta has written the following programs:

• For TeX:
  • xdvi -- a previewer for .dvi files under the X Window System
  • gsftopk -- a utility for converting PostScript fonts into .pk format
• For linux:
  • qconfig -- a configuration program for the kernel.
• hpvptyd -- a daemon for driving ethernet printers using software for serial printers.
• For DOS:
  • calvin -- a small, partial clone of the Unix vi command, available with source code in C and assembler code. There is also a calvin home page.
  • comp -- a clone of the DOS command of the same name, contributed to the FreeDOS project
  • debug -- a clone of the DOS command of the same name, written for the FreeDOS project

Miscellaneous links

Information on the placement exam for Math 1A is available. This may be out of date.

Last updated 9 July 2008
Established April 1995