Brian Marcus

Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia

UBC Site Director, Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Teaching Sept, 2025 - April, 2026: Science One

Sept, 2025 - Dec, 2025: Alexia Yavicoli and I are running a learning seminar/reading group on applications of dynamical systems to fractal geometry, Thursdays (except Sept. 11), 4PM, ESB 4133

Office Hours: contact me via email: marcus@math.ubc.ca

RESEARCH GROUP:

Huub de Jong, PhD student

Natalia Mora Cuellar, PhD student (jointly supervised by Alexia Yavicoli)

Ignacio Rojas Aravena, PhD student (jointly supervised by Pablo Shmerkin and Alexia Yavicoli)

Chengyu Wu, Postdoctoral Fellow

Cutting-Edge Research by Cuatro Amigos

FORMER GRAD STUDENTS, POSTDOCS AND VISITORS

Research Interests:

Coding and Information Theory, Symbolic Dynamics, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Publications:

Research Publications in Electronic Form (since 2002)

Publication List

Textbook:

An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (with D. Lind), Cambridge University Press, 1995 (reprinted 1999); 2nd edition, Cambridge Mathematical Library, 2021.

Lecture Notes:

An Introduction to Coding for Constrained Systems (with R. Roth and P. Siegel)

Class and Seminar Notes:

Entropy and Equilibrium states in Ergodic Theory and Statistical Mechanics

Entropy

Thermodynamic Formalism

Presentations:

Careers in Mathematics

Careers in Mathematics (brief)

A Talk on entropy of d-dimensional shifts of finite type

Bio:

A Brief Biography

Contact Information:

Brian Marcus
Department of Mathematics
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2
Canada
marcus@math.ubc.ca
tel:604-328-1471
Math Building 218