Professor Douglas S. Bridges

Professor of Pure Mathematics (1999-)
B.Sc. (Hons), Edinburgh; M.Sc. Newcastle; Dip. Ed. Edinburgh;
D.Phil. Oxford; D.Sc. Oxford, FRSNZ, CorrFRSE

Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND

Room 704, Erskine Building
Telephone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7427
Fax: +64 3 364 2587
Email: d.bridges@math.canterbury.ac.nz

Research Interests

Constructive foundations of:
- analysis: in particular, functional analysis (including Banach algebras and operator algebras), measure theory, operator theory,approximation theory, real and complex analysis;
- topology: the axiomatic theory of apartness between sets.
Mathematical economics: the numerical representation of preference relations; demand functions; equilibrium theory; constructive methods.
Computability and abstract complexity theory.
Quantum logic and operator-theoretic foundations of physics.