Thomas A. Schmidt
Professor
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Office: Kidd 362 Phone: 737-5180 Fax: 737-0517 Email: toms@math.orst.edu |
Department of
Mathematics Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4605, USA |
Office hours:
M 14-14:40, W, F, 13-13:50 (F in MLC). And, by appointment.
Course Information:
Discrete mathematics
Topics: Algebra 3
Education:
Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1989.
Research
Research Field: Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry
Schmidt is currently most interested in: connections beween the ergodic
theory of billards and 1-forms on algebraic curves; Riemann surface geodesics and the Markoff spectrum; and, ergodic theory and arithmetic of generalized continued fractions. Recent results include new examples in the theory of groups of affine diffeomorphisms of flat surfaces (with P. Hubert); and a classification of low height geodesics on a cover of the modular surface (with M. Sheingorn).
Research Group Link(s): Algebra/Number Theory