The Louis Harry Cantor Lounge on the fifth floor of the Mathematics Building (room 508) plays a crucial role in bringing together graduate students, postdocs, and faculty. Tea and refreshments […]
General Questions How do I get an account on the main university computer system? How do I change my password on the math department computer system? How do I SSH […]
All available full-time faculty positions are advertised on the Columbia University Academic Search & Recruiting (ASR) website. In addition, positions are generally also posted on the American Mathematical Society’s Mathjobs.Org […]
The Columbia Mathematics Department is located in the Mathematics Hall on the Morningside campus of Columbia University, at 117th Street and Broadway. The main departmental administrative offices are in Room […]
Topology is concerned with the intrinsic properties of shapes of spaces. One class of spaces which plays a central role in mathematics, and whose topology is extensively studied, are the […]
Overview Probability is concerned with the mathematical analysis of random phenomena. It is younger than most other areas of Mathematics, as it originated with the study of games of chance […]
The objects of study of algebraic geometry are, roughly, the common zeroes of polynomials in one or several variables (algebraic varieties). But because polynomials are so ubiquitous in mathematics, algebraic […]
The combined Columbia-Barnard Mathematics Department currently consists of 51 faculty members (27 senior, 24 junior), 19 adjunct professors, 8 Post-Doctoral Research Fellows and Scientists, and 59 PhD students. In addition, […]