Brian Marcus

Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia

TEACHING (Term 2 W2011-2012 (Jan. - April, 2012)):

Math 227: Advanced Calculus II (Honours Vector Calculus)

Math 317: Calculus IV (Vector Calculus)

Office Hours (Term 2): Monday 4:00, Wedensday 4:00, Thursday 2:00 + by appointment

TEACHING (Term 1 W2011-2012 (Sept. - Dec., 2011)):

Math 601D: Entropy

RESEARCH GROUP:

Nishant Chandgotia, PhD student

Felipe Garcia-Ramos, PhD student

Tom Meyerovitch, Postdoctoral Fellow

RECENT ALUMNI OF RESEARCH GROUP:

Erez Louidor, Google

Ronnie Pavlov, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Denver

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