Dr Nigel Byott
Senior Lecturer
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Extension: 3982
Telephone: 01392 723982
Research Interests
My research is at the interface of algebraic number theory and abstract algebra.
I work on various aspects Galois module structure in tamely or wildly ramified extensions of local and global fields, including the determination of realisable classes for tame extensions, and the occurrence of Hopf orders as associated orders of rings of integers.
I am also interested in Hopf-Galois theory, in particular, the enumeration of all Hopf-Galois structures on a given field extension, and in comparing the behaviour of rings of integers in different Hopf-Galois structures.
Teaching Interests
Pure Mathematics, especially Number Theory and Algebra; Financial Mathematics; History of Mathematics
In the 2007/8 I am teaching MAS1101 Vectors and Matrices; MAS3039 Mathematics: History and Culture (jointly with Pete Ashwin) and MASM014 Mathematical Theory of Option Pricing.
Other Relevant Information
Undergraduate Admissions Officer for Mathematics (2007- )
Asssessment Officer for Undergraduate Mathematics Programmes (2005-7)
Programme Co-ordinator (Taught Postgraduate: Financial Mathematics ) (2004-7)
