Algebraic and combinatorial representations of matroids
Optimal sensor placements in a model city
Building a graph colouring with no short odd cycles
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
- Projective hypersurfaces in tropical scheme theory I: the Macaulay ideal
Fink A, Giansiracusa J, Giansiracusa N and Mundinger J
Research in The Mathematical Sciences, Springer
25-04-2025 - Extensions of transversal valuated matroids
Fink A and Olarte JA
European Journal of Combinatorics, Elsevier vol. 127
19-03-2025 - Matroids and the space of torus-invariant subvarieties of the Grassmannian with given homology class
Elizondo EJ, Fink A and Garay López C
Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, Elsevier vol. 229 (6)
13-03-2025
Recent Grants
- Heilbronn International Visiting Researcher for QMUL 2025: Alessandro Chiodo
Tyler Kelly
£5,132 Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research
01-07-2025 - 01-08-2025 - Open Mirror Geometry for Landau-Ginzburg Models, Renewal
Tyler Kelly
£595,178 Medical Research Council
01-07-2025 - 30-06-2028 - NIA: Moments of higher-rank L-functions
Subhajit Jana
£188,990 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
20-06-2025 - 19-06-2027