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Philip D. Loewen
Professor
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia
CANADA V6T 1Z2
loew@math.ubc.ca

0000-0001-9761-6239

Optimization, Reinforcement Learning, Calculus of variations, optimal control theory, nonsmooth analysis, mathematical programming, numerical methods, engineering applications.

Teaching for 2025–2026

MATH 317 (Calculus IV), MWF 10:00—10:50, room LSK 200.
MATH 320 (Real Variables I), MWF 12:00—12:50, room BUCH A203. (Selected documents.)
Co-supervising (with Bhushan Gopaluni) PhD student Mathias Barreto.
Co-supervising (with Bhushan Gopaluni) PhD student Shuyuan Wang.
Co-supervising (with Bhushan Gopaluni) MSc student Thiago da Cunha Vasco.
Co-supervising (with Bhushan Gopaluni) MSc student Trevor Tidy.

Contact Information

Dr. Philip D. Loewen

Office:	Mathematics Building, room 207
Email:	loew@math.ubc.ca (try this first)
Office phone:	604-822-3082 (urgent cases only, please)
URI:	https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~loew/

Office Hours:

By appointment--email loew@math.ubc.ca.

Favourite Mathematical Nodes

PIms: The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
IAM: UBC's own Institute of Applied Mathematics
CMS: Canadian Mathematical Society
AMS: American Mathematical Society
LOC: Library of Congress (USA)
SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
LibreTexts: Free online textbooks in various subjects

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