Brian Marcus

Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia

UBC Site Director, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences

TEACHING in term 2 (Jan. - April, 2021):

Math 200, Sections 202 and 203: Multivariable Calculus

Office Hours: contact me via email: marcus@math.ubc.ca

RESEARCH GROUP:

Sophie MacDonald, PhD student

Cutting-Edge Research by Quatro Amigos

FORMER GRAD STUDENTS, POSTDOCS AND VISITORS

Research Interests:

Coding and Information Theory, Symbolic Dynamics, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Publications:

Research Publications in Electronic Form (since 2002)

Publication List

Textbook:

An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (with D. Lind), Cambridge University Press, 1995 (reprinted 1999); 2nd edition, coming soon.

Lecture Notes:

An Introduction to Coding for Constrained Systems (with R. Roth and P. Siegel)

Class and Seminar Notes:

Entropy and Equilibrium states in Ergodic Theory and Statistical Mechanics

Entropy

Thermodynamic Formalism

Presentations:

Careers in Mathematics

Careers in Mathematics (brief)

A Talk on entropy of d-dimensional shifts of finite type

Bio:

A Brief Biography

Contact Information:

Brian Marcus
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
Canada
marcus@math.ubc.ca
tel:604-328-1471
Math Building 218