Lam Laurent Pham
Since July 2019, I am an Instructor at Brandeis University.
I received my Ph.D. in Mathematics from Yale University in 2019. I am fortunate to have had Professors Gregory Margulis (Yale University) and Emmanuel Breuillard (University of Cambridge) as advisers.
I am primarily interested in Lie groups, their discrete subgroups, and arithmetic groups; I enjoy learning about their connections to pretty much any other topic (click here for more details).
Previously, I completed an M.S. in Computational & Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University (with a short stint in the Mechanical Engineering Department), focusing mostly on probability theory. Even earlier, I received an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (with a focus on Plasma Physics) and a Diplôme d’Ingénieur at Ecole Centrale Paris, where I studied Plasma Assisted Combustion.
Recent Papers
| Year | Status | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Preprint | Uniform Kazhdan Constants and Paradoxes of the Affine Plane | arXiv |
Current Teaching
Fall 2019, I am teaching Introduction to Combinatorics (Math 39A). Click here for the course webpage.
Books and Translations
I enjoy translating and giving a new breath of life to old French mathematics classics by translating them into English. If you would like to work together on an old classic, please let me know!
| Year | Status | Author(s) | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Forthcoming | Armand Borel | Introduction aux groupes arithmétiques |
| 1965 | In Progress | Armand Borel & Jacques Tits | Groupes réductifs et compléments |
Upcoming Talks
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Upcoming (tentative) travel
| Year | Dates | Conference Title | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dec 8-13 | Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups | Banff (Canada) |
| 2019 | Nov 10-21 | Illustrating Dynamics and Probability | ICERM (USA) |
| 2019 | Oct 21-25 | Illustrating Number Theory and Algebra | ICERM (USA) |