Michael Zieve Department of Mathematics University of Michigan 530 Church Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109‒1043, USA

Office: East Hall, Room 3835 Phone: (734) 615‒3650 Fax: (734) 763‒0937 email: zieve at umich.edu

I am a Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Michigan.

Want to know more about me? Here is my curriculum vitae.

Trying to find me? Here is my schedule.

Teaching and Mentoring

I am not teaching a course this semester. In 2013–2014 I will be at the Mathematical Sciences Center attached to Tsinghua University.

My current PhD students are Sijun Liu, Alex Mueller, and Zach Scherr. My first two students, Brian Wyman and Ben Weiss, graduated in 2010 and 2011, respectively.

I am also the mentor of the postdoc Danny Neftin and the AMS-Simons Travel Grant mentor of my former student Ben Weiss, and I have mentored several REU students.  Here is my full list of educational activities, and here is a page of electronic resources for Michigan faculty and students.

Research

My research covers topics in algebra, number theory, algebraic geometry, dynamical systems, discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and cryptography.  I have written 44 papers with 44 coauthors.  I previously worked at the Center for Communications Research in Princeton, where I wrote over thirty proprietary papers.

Selected papers

See also my full publication list and list of abstracts.

33.		Linear relations between polynomial orbits, with D. Ghioca and T. Tucker, Duke Math. J. 161 (2012), 1379–1410.
27.		A new family of exceptional polynomials in characteristic two, with R. Guralnick and J. Rosenberg, Annals of Math. 172 (2010), 1367–1396.
26.		Polynomials with PSL(2) monodromy, with R. Guralnick, Annals of Math. 172 (2010), 1321–1365.
24.		Intersections of polynomial orbits, and a dynamical Mordell-Lang conjecture, with D. Ghioca and T. Tucker, Inventiones Math. 171 (2008), 463–483.
12.		Curves of every genus with many points, II: Asymptotically good families, with N. Elkies, E. Howe, A. Kresch, B. Poonen and J. Wetherell, Duke Math. J. 122 (2004), 399–422.

Coauthors

I am not a midwestern artist versed in eastern spirituality, a Minneapolis motorcyclist nicknamed "The Dude", or an MIT basketball player who played high school tennis in Seattle. However, I am the winner of the Cryan tennis tournament and other tournaments in New Jersey.