Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 10:26:16 +0100 From: John Hunton Subject: Job advert Dear Don, Please could you post this on the topology mailing list? It is a major initiative by the university to support and increase Pure Mathematics and while the advert is open to all areas of pure maths, applicants in topology or algebra would be able to mesh well with the people already here. For the sake of North American readers, please note that the British use of the word "Chair" is not the same as the American. "Chair" here does not mean 'chair of the department', an administrative post, but is the most senior academic grade in the British system, so perhaps comparable to 'named chair' in the US terminology - it is certainly more than the typical full professor in the US system. Further details are on the web site http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk John Hunton. ________________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, ENGLAND CHAIR IN PURE MATHEMATICS The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science seeks applications for a chair in Pure Mathematics. These appointments form part of an ongoing plan by the University to strengthen the work of the Department, which is located in one of the strongest science faculties in the UK. Four additional lectureships will be attached to this position, thus creating the opportunity for the successful candidate to establish a strong research group. An important ingredient of the successful candidate's role will be to provide academic leadership within pure mathematics. The Department has no set preferences with regard to the research area of applicants. The research strengths of the existing pure mathematics group are currently centred around a range of topics in algebra, topology and analysis, with emphasis on using homological, K-theoretic and combinatorial tools in representation theory, homotopy theory and dynamical systems (approached via C* algebras and non-commutative geometry). The representation theory studied covers that of finite dimensional algebras and of quantum groups and their canonical bases. A significant part of the group's perspective is taken from the techniques of the stable module/homotopy category, and of cyclic and Hochschild (co)homology theories and these are closely related to the interests within the group in the application of K-theoretic techniques to questions in dynamics. Hopf algebras, homological techniques in ring theory and generalized cohomology theories also play a role in the group's research. There are active working seminars exploring the overlaps between these areas. There is also an applied mathematics research group, with very strong research credentials in numerical and applied analysis. The group enjoys an international reputation for research in approximation theory, particularly multivariate approximation; in the solution of eigenvalue problems for differential equations; and in the numerical solution of differential equations, particularly `geometric integrators' for Hamiltonian and symmetry-preserving flows. A common thread to the research of the group is that the tools of modern analysis are very much in evidence -- the spectral theory of operators, harmonic analysis and the theory of distributions, Fourier transforms, and the behaviour of solutions of partial differential equations. The group plays a leading role in the Centre for Mathematical Modelling which is a recently developed Science Faculty initiative. Further information is available on the Departmental web page http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk or by contacting Professor Will Light: 116 252 3915 (office), 116 259 6925 (home), pwl@mcs.le.ac.uk. The timescale for applications is tight: applications received by 22 October will receive full consideration.