Uni. of Pittsburgh or Uni. of Florida?

[heshan666]

Hi everyone,

What would be the better choice if my area of interest is Number Theory?.

Your suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[cappy64ftb]

Have you heard anything from Pittsburgh yet?

[heshan666]

Have you heard anything from Pittsburgh yet?

No, not yet. I've already heard from UF, but I haven't accepted the offer yet. I truly am interested in UF but I wanna get a better idea of UPitt program and its standards. Btw, I was told that Upitt would make their decisions by the end of this month.

[Tianma799]

I don't do number theory but I quickly glanced the research page of Pittsburgh and didn't notice senior faculty doing research in number theory. The dept seems to lean heavily on applied math research.

[cappy64ftb]

I agree with Tianma799 that Pitt appears to have more of an applied angle to its research areas. It looked like Florida had a few people researching in Number theory so that would make that one the better option for you. Also thanks for the heads up about Pitt!

[heshan666]

Thank you very much for all the suggestions. Yeahh and I think they are both evenly ranked universities; so it probably comes down to my area of interest. Anyway I look forward to hearing back from UPitt too.

[kb37]

There's probably a single person who can advise you on Number Theory at the University of Pittsburgh - Thomas Hales. So if you are interested, I would email him in advance, otherwise, you might be forced to work in a different area.

[heshan666]

There's probably a single person who can advise you on Number Theory at the University of Pittsburgh - Thomas Hales. So if you are interested, I would email him in advance, otherwise, you might be forced to work in a different area.

Hello Kb3, Thank you for your consideration. I actually went through UPitt website and got to know that they're very much into research areas in Applied Mathematics whereas UF has a strong faculty that does research in number theory and I believe UF has a better pure mathematical background than UPitt.Therefore, I accepted their offer.