Welcome!

I am a first-year PhD student in the Department of Mathematics at McGill University. I am doing number theory under Jayce Getz. See my research page for more information, or you can read my math blog where I try to explain some math about once a month. Also I post some news links and other random stuff on Twitter, which is displayed in the widget to the right.

Current Activities

This term I am working on my research and continuing my reading of Weibel's "Introduction to Homological Algebra". I am also a TA for MATH141, a.k.a. Calculus I.

About Me

Education

M.Sc. Mathematics ("A Class of Residually Finite Groups Isomorphic to Fundamental Groups of VH Complexes"), McGill University
B.Sc. Honours Mathematics, University of Ottawa

Other Interests

Aside from doing math I play the piano. My favourite composers are Bach, Chopin, and Brahms. I like to write fiction. I like poetry, particularly that of Rudyard Kipling and Robert Frost. I am a practicing Zen Buddhist, and I am interested between in some of the recent work of Western psychology in understanding Buddhism. I like the octopus:

Recommended Reading, Nonmathematical

For my very few mathematical recommendations go to my math page. These books I'd probably give five stars if I had time to review them on Amazon:

Herbert, Dune: Science fiction novel.
Ray Bradbury, Death is a Lonely Business: A novel, and one of the best examples of Bradbury's metaphor.
Asimov, Foundation (Trilogy): Science-fiction novel.
Suzuki, Not Always So: Short lectures on the essence of Zen Buddhism.
Mathieu Ricard, Happiness: A synthesis of Eastern and Western perspectives on Buddhism.