Dinesh S. Thakur

Professor

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Interests

Though I like to learn about all kinds of mathematics and science (mostly physics), my main research interests are in number theory and arithmetic geometry. The personal home page should give some idea about my research work.

Teaching

Algebraic Number Theory (514AB)

Algebraic Geometry (536AB)

Abstract Algebra (415/515AB)

Algebraic Coding Theory (Math/ECE 539)

Algebra (511AB)

Complex analysis and Riemann surfaces (520AB)

Game Theory (479/579)

Linear Algebra (413/513)

Ordinary Differential Equations (254)

Calculus I and II (123, 124H, 125, 129, 129 H, and at Michigan, Harvard)

Complex Variables (424/524)

Theory of Numbers (446/546 and at Michigan)

Advanced Calculus (Minnesota)

Linear and nonlinear multivariable analysis (Minnesota)

Fundamental Structures of Algebra (Minnesota)

Multivariable calculus and linear algebra (Harvard)

PhD Students

• Javier Diaz-Vargas: On zeros of characteristic p zeta functions(1996)
• Aaron Ekstrom: On the infinitude of elliptic Carmichael numbers(1999)
• Justin Miller: On p-adic continued fractions and quadratic irrationals(2007)
  (For abstracts of thesis, see abstracts on personal page)

Masters students