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J. L. Doob Research Assistant Professor
From January to December 2013, I am visiting the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics. Academic parents:
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Research interests
Analytic number theory, special functions, symbolic and numerical computation, combinatorics
More specifically, objects of particular interest include
- modular forms,
- singular moduli,
- hypergeometric functions,
- arithmetic differential equations,
- supercongruences,
- multiple polylogarithms,
- Mahler measure.
Recent publications
- Relations for Nielsen polylogarithms
Jonathan M. Borwein, Armin Straub — Preprint — 2013 - A solution of Sun's $520 challenge concerning 520/π
Mathew D. Rogers, Armin Straub — International Journal of Number Theory — 2013 - Arithmetic aspects of random walks and methods in definite integration
Armin Straub — Ph.D. Thesis (Tulane University) — advisor: Victor H. Moll, co-advisor: Jonathan M. Borwein — 2012 - On formulas for π experimentally conjectured by Jauregui-Tsallis
Tewodros Amdeberhan, David Borwein, Jonathan M. Borwein, Armin Straub — Journal of Mathematical Physics — Volume 53, Number 7, 2012, Pages 073708:1-15 - Mahler measures, short walks and log-sine integrals
Jonathan M. Borwein, Armin Straub — Theoretical Computer Science — Special issue on Symbolic and Numeric Computation — Volume 479, Number 1, 2013, Pages 4-21
Recent talks
- A solution of Sun's $520 challenge concerning 520/pi (Dublin)
2013/03/14 — 27th Automorphic Forms Workshop (University College Dublin) - Arithmetic aspects of short random walks (MPIM)
2013/02/13 — Number Theory Lunch Seminar (Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn) - Arithmetic aspects of short random walks (Cologne)
2013/01/29 — Oberseminar Zahlentheorie (Universität zu Köln) - An application of modular forms to short random walks
2012/10/28 — AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting (Tucson, AZ) - A q-analog of Ljunggren's binomial congruence
2012/10/13 — Midwest Number Theory Conference for Graduate Students and Recent Ph.D IX (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
