MATTHEW L. SMITH
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
1984 Mathematics Drive
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, CANADA
Email: msmith (at sign) math (decimal point) ubc (full stop) ca
My Curriculum Vitae
RESEARCH
My research is in the fields of Diophantine equations and additive combinatorics, focusing particularly on applications of the Hardy-Littlewood circle method and the methods developed by Gowers in his recent proof of Szemerédi's theorem on sets containing long arithmetic progressions. I have lately been interested in problems concerning solution-free sets for systems of polynomials of highest degree at least 2, the analysis of which is dominated by the higher degree components.
A copy of my research statement may be found here.
TEACHING
I am currently teaching Mathematics 215/255, Elementary Differential Equations/Ordinary Differential Equations, at the University of British Columbia. Course information including the syllabus and homework assignments with due dates and solutions may be found here.
Previously as a postdoc at the University of Georgia, I have been an instructor for Mathematics 2250, Calculus for Scientists and Engineers I, Mathematics 2260, Calculus for Scientists and Engineers II, and Mathematics 3200, Introduction to Higher Mathematics.
A copy of my teaching statement may be found here.
PAPERS
On solution-free sets for simultaneous additive equations, submitted.
On solution-free sets for simultaneous quadratic and linear equations, J. London Math. Soc. 79 (2009), 273-293.
On solution-free sets for simultaneous additive equations, Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan, 2007.
OTHER LINKS
The joint Number Theory Seminar at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University