Research
My areas of research are Number Theory and Discrete Geometry, more specifically my
interests are in
- Diophantine approximations, equations, and problems
- Classical and adelic geometry of numbers
- Quadratic and linear forms; polynomials
- Theory of height functions, rational points on varieties,
Mahler's measure, and connections with arithmetic geometry
- Geometric combinatorics, lattice point counting, Erhart
polynomial
- Lattices, linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius
Here are my publications (also see my papers
and reviews
on MathSciNet,
as well as my papers
and reviews
on Zentralblatt
Math):
- Small zeros of quadratic forms with linear conditions,
Journal of Number Theory,
vol. 108 no. 1 (2004), pg. 29-43 (pdf)
- (with Matthias Beck,
Beifang Chen,
Christian
Haase, Allen
Knutson, Bruce
Reznick, Sinai
Robins, and Achill
Schuermann) Problems
from the Cottonwood Room, Contemporary Mathematics
374 (2005), 179-191 (Proceedings of the Summer AMS/MAA/SIAM
Research Conference on Integer Points in Polyhedra, July 13 -
July 17, 2003 in Snowbird, Utah) (pdf
- my section of this paper: Lattice points in homogeneously expanding compact
domains) - I
have Erdös
number
2 thanks to this
paper!
- Integral points of
small height outside of a hypersurface, Monatshefte für Mathematik,
vol. 147 no. 1 (2006), pg. 25-41 (pdf)
- Siegel's lemma with
additional conditions, Journal of Number Theory, vol. 120 no. 1
(2006), pg. 13-25 (pdf)
- (with Sinai
Robins) Frobenius
problem
and the covering radius of a lattice, Discrete and Computational
Geometry, vol. 37 no. 3 (2007), pg. 471-483 (.pdf)
- On effective Witt
decomposition and Cartan-Dieudonné theorem, Canadian Journal of Mathematics,
vol. 59 no. 6 (2007), pg. 1284-1300 (.pdf)
- Small zeros of
quadratic forms over the
algebraic closure of Q,
International Journal of Number Theory, vol. 4 no. 3
(2008), pg. 503-523 (.pdf)
- On distribution of
well-rounded sublattices of Z^2, Journal of Number Theory,
vol. 128 no. 8 (2008), pg. 2359-2393 (.pdf)
- On similarity
classes of well-rounded sublattices of Z^2, Journal of Number Theory,
vol. 129 no. 10 (2009), pg. 2530-2556 (.pdf) -- see JNT Video
Abstract
- Search bounds for
zeros of polynomials over the algebraic closure of Q, Rocky Mountain Journal of
Mathematics, vol. 39 no. 3 (2009), pg. 789-804 (.pdf)
- Effective structure
theorems for symplectic spaces via height, in
"Quadratic forms -- algebra, arithmetic, and geometry" (R.
Baeza, W.K. Chan, D.W. Hoffmann, and R. Schulze-Pillot, eds.),
Contemporary Mathematics 493 (2009), pg. 117--130 (.pdf)
- Integral orthogonal
bases of small height for real polynomial spaces, Online Journal of Analytic
Combinatorics, no.
4 (2009), art.
7, 10 pp. (.pdf)
- (with Wai Kiu Chan)
Small zeros of
hermitian forms over quaternion algebras, Acta Arithmetica, vol. 142
no. 3 (2010), pg. 251--266 (.pdf)
- Algebraic points of
small height missing a union of varieties, Journal of Number Theory,
vol. 130 no. 10 (2010), pg. 2099--2118 (.pdf) -- see JNT Video
Abstract; an earlier version of this paper also appears in
the MPIM
Preprint
Series
- (with D. Moore, A. Ohana, W. Zeldow) On well-rounded
sublattices of the hexagonal lattice, Discrete Mathematics, vol.
310 no. 23 (2010), pg. 3287--3302 (.pdf)
- Revisiting the
hexagonal lattice: on optimal lattice circle packing, Elemente der Mathematik,
vol. 66 no. 1 (2011) pg. 1--9 (.pdf)
- (with Sinai
Robins) Bounds
for solid angles of lattices of rank three, Journal of Combinatorial Theory A,
vol. 118 no. 2 (2011) pg. 690--701 (.pdf)
- (with Achill
Schuermann) Bounds
on
generalized Frobenius numbers, European Journal of Combinatorics,
vol. 32 no. 3 (2011) pg. 361--368 (.pdf)
- (with Kate
Petersen) On
well-rounded ideal lattices, International Journal of Number Theory, vol. 8
no. 1 (2012) pg. 189--206 (.pdf)
- (with G.
Henshaw, P. Liao, M. Prince, X. Sun, S. Whitehead) On integral well-rounded
lattices in the plane, Discrete and Computational Geometry, vol. 48
no. 3 (2012), pg. 735--748 (.pdf)
- (with Iskander
Aliev and Martin Henk)
Generalized Frobenius
numbers: bounds and average behavior, Acta Arithmetica, vol. 155 no. 1 (2012), 53-62
(.pdf)
- (with G.
Henshaw, P. Liao, M. Prince, X. Sun, S. Whitehead) On well-rounded ideal
lattices - II, International
Journal of Number Theory, vol. 9 no. 1 (2013) pg.
139--154 (.pdf)
- Heights and
quadratic forms: on Cassels' theorem and its generalizations,
in "Diophantine methods, lattices, and arithmetic theory of
quadratic forms" (W. K. Chan, L. Fukshansky, R. Schulze-Pillot,
and J. D. Vaaler, eds.), Contemporary
Mathematics, AMS vol. 587 (2013), pg. 77--94 (.pdf)
- Well-rounded
zeta-function of planar arithmetic lattices, to appear
in the Proceedings of the AMS
(.pdf)
- (with Wai Kiu Chan
and Glenn
Henshaw) Small
zeros of quadratic forms missing a union of varieties,
preprint (.pdf)
- (with Glenn
Henshaw) Lattice
point counting and height bounds over number fields and
quaternion algebras, preprint (.pdf)
- (with Xun Sun) On
the geometry of cyclic lattices, preprint (.pdf)
Most of my papers can also be found on the arXiv by clicking here.
Editorial:
Here are some of my talks:
- On integral
well-rounded lattices, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, Mathematics
Colloquium, Karlsruhe, Germany, July 19, 2012 (.pdf)
- On the Frobenius
problem and its generalization, Universitaet des Saarlandes,
Number Theory Seminar, Saarbruecken, Germany, July 9, 2012 (.pdf)
- On distribution of
integral well-rounded lattices in the plane, Special
Session: Arithmetic of
quadratic forms and integral lattices at the First Joint Meeting of AMS
and Sociedad Mathematica de Chile, Pucon, Chile, December
2010 (.pdf)
- Heights and
effective theory of quadratic forms over global fields,
Workshop on the
arithmetic of quadratic forms and integral lattices, Lake
Ranco, Chile, December 2010 (.pdf)
- Searching for
rational points on varieties over global fields, Colloquium,
Uppsala University,
November 2010 (.pdf)
- On Siegel's lemma
outside of a union of varieties, Oberseminar
des Institutes für Algebra und Geometrie, University
of Magdeburg, November 2010 (.pdf)
- Small zeros of
hermitian forms over quaternion algebras, Number Theory
Seminar, Institut
de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris, France, October
2010 (.pdf)
- Orthogonal Siegel's
lemma, Illinois
Number Theory Conference, May 2010 (.pdf)
- Math in the grocery
aisle: from stacking oranges to constructing error-correcting
codes, invited lecture at GEMS: Gateway to
Exploring Mathematical Sceinces, Claremont Colleges,
February 2009 (TALK PROJECT SOLUTIONS) - here is a VIDEO
clip about the GEMS program with bits of my lecture in it
- On distribution of
well-rounded sublattices of Z^2, Séminaire
de
Théorie des Nombres, Institut de
Mathématiques de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux,
France, June 2008 (.pdf)
- Frobenius number,
covering radius, and well-rounded lattices, AMS
Special Session on the linear Diophantine problem of Frobenius,
Joint
Mathematics Meeting, San Diego, California, January 2008 (.pdf, data)
- Effective structure
theorems for quadratic spaces via height, Second International
Conference on The Algebraic and Arithmetic Theory of Quadratic
Forms 2007, Lake Llanquihue, Chile, December 2007 (.pdf)
- Sphere packing,
lattices, and Epstein zeta function, Claremont
Colloquium, Claremont
Colleges, November 2007 (.pdf)
- On distribution of
integral well-rounded lattices in dimension two, Illinois
Number Theory Fest, May 2007 (.pdf)
- Quadratic forms and
height functions, Colloquium
of
the Graduiertenkolleg, University of
Göttingen, June 2006 (.pdf)
- Simultaneous
Diophantine approximations and a conjecture of Minkowski
(expository talk), Introduction
to
Mathematical Research seminar series, University
of Texas at Austin, March 2006 (.pdf)
- Effective theorems
for quadratic spaces over the algebraic closure of Q, AMS
Special
Session on Mahler Measure and Heights, Joint
Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 2006 (.pdf)
- Frobenius problem
and the covering radius of a lattice, West
Coast
Number Theory, Pacific Grove, CA, December 2005 (.pdf, data)
- Some effective
Diophantine results over the algebraic closure
of Q,
XXIVth
Journées
Arithmétiques, Marseilles, France, July 2005 (.pdf)
- Effective
decompositions of quadratic spaces, ArithmeTexas,
College Station, TX, April 2005 (.pdf)
- Counting lattice
points in admissible adelic sets, MNTCG2,
Urbana-Champaign, IL, February 2005 (.pdf)
- Heights and
Diophantine problems, September 2004, Colloquium,
Rice University (.pdf)
- Siegel's lemma with
additional conditions, June 2004, CNTA8
(.pdf)
- Integral points of
small height outside of a hypersurface, May 2004, Illinois
Number Theory Conference (.pdf)
- Small zeros of
quadratic forms with linear conditions, June 2003, Mahler's
Measure of Polynomials (.pdf)
Here are some additional manuscripts and lecture notes that I have
written:
- (with Wai Kiu Chan
and Glenn
Henshaw) Points
and subspaces of bounded height in quadratic and linear spaces,
unpublished manuscript containing the results of publication 25
with more details and some additional related results (.pdf)
- On integral
well-rounded lattices in the plane, unpublished
manuscript containing the results of publications 20 and 22
above with expanded details and arguments (.pdf)
- Simultaneous
Diophantine approximation on a rational ellipse,
unpublished manuscript (.pdf)
- Discrete geometry:
lecture notes for an undergraduate topics course I taught at
Claremont McKenna in the Fall 2008 semester (.pdf)
- Diophantine
approximations and geometry of numbers: lecture notes
for a graduate topics course I taught at Texas A&M
University in the Spring 2006 semester (.pdf)
Here is my Ph.D. Thesis:
Algebraic points of small
height with additional arithmetic conditions, Ph.D. Thesis,
University of Texas at Austin, August 2004 (pdf)
Here are my Ph.D. students:
Here is my mathematical
genealogy page. Here is my google
scholar profile.