Brian Marcus

Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia

Teaching (Term 2 W2009-2010 (Jan. - April, 2010)):

Math 300 Introduction to Complex Variables

Math 342 Algebra, Coding Theory and Cryptography

Office Hours: MW 2:30 - 4:00 or by appointment.

Research Group:

Erez Louidor, PhD Student

Ronnie Pavlov, Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests:

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

Publications:

Recent Research Publications in Electronic Form

Publication List

Textbook:

An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (with D. Lind), Cambridge University Press, 1995 (reprinted 1999).

Lecture Notes:

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

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:604-822-3262
Math Building 218