Welcome to The Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory
The Centre for Combinatorics, Algebra and Number Theory (CeCANT) encompasses a broad spectrum of research with a long and distinguished history at Queen Mary. CeCANT includes over 20 academic staff in the School of Mathematical Sciences (SMS). The centre includes a vibrant community of PhD students, fully embedded in our research culture, and has strong research connections with other centres in SMS and beyond.
Within the Faculty of Science and Engineering we align strategically with the Fundamental Discovery Science theme, with the bulk of our research aiming to address fundamental questions in pure mathematics. Our strengths extend to applied mathematical areas, notably game theory in economics and combinatorial optimisation.
News
Recent Publications
- Asymmetry of 2-step transit probabilities in 2-coloured regular graphs
Johnson JR Gray R
Discrete Mathematics vol. 348 (12)
19-06-2025 - Projective hypersurfaces in tropical scheme theory I: the Macaulay ideal
Fink A Giansiracusa J Giansiracusa N Mundinger J
Research in The Mathematical Sciences, Springer
25-04-2025 - Extensions of transversal valuated matroids
Fink A Olarte JA
European Journal of Combinatorics, Elsevier vol. 127
19-03-2025
Recent Grants
- COW Algebraic Geometry Seminar (LMS 2025)
Navid Nabijou
£1,495 London Mathematical Society (LMS)
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2026 - Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Fellowship Miriam Norris
Shu Sasaki
£268,971 Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2028 - LGModGal MSCA PF 2024 Sasaki/Bartlett
Shu Sasaki
£205,111 EU Commission - Horizon Europe
01-10-2025 - 30-09-2027