
C. Douglas Haessig
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2005
B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
Research Summary
A large part of my research consists of studying families of exponential sums over finite fields. My approach mostly uses techniuqes of p-adic analysis, pioneered by Bernard Dwork in the 1960s.
Selected Publications
Haessig. p-adic unit roots of L-functions over finite fields
Haessig. Meromorphy of the rank one unit root L-function revisited, Finite Fields Appl. 30 (2014), 191–202.
Haessig and Sperber. Families of generalized Kloosterman sums
Haessig and Sperber. L-functions associated with families of toric exponential sums, J. Number Theory 144 (2014), 422–473.
Haessig and Rojas-Leon. L-functions of symmetric powers of the generalized Airy family of exponential sums: ell-adic and p-adic methods., Int. J. Number Theory 7 (2011), no. 8, 2019–2064.
Haessig, On the zeta function of divisors of projective varieties with large rank divisor class group, J. Number Theory. Vol 129, Issue 5, May 2009, Pages 1161-1177
Haessig, L-functions of symmetric powers of cubic exponential sums. J. Reine Angew. Vol 2009, Issue 631, Pages 1 - 57
Haessig. On the p-adic meromorphy of the function field height zeta function. J. Number Theory (2007) Vol 128/7, pp. 2063-2069.
Haessig. Equalities, congruences, and quotients of zeta functions in Arithmetic Mirror Symmetry. Appendix to D. Wan's Mirror symmetry for zeta functions. Mirror Symmetry V, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics, Vol. 38, (2007) 159-184.
D. Wan and C. D. Haessig. On the p-adic Riemann hypothesis for the zeta function of divisors. J. Number Theory. 104 (2004) 335-352.
Expositions
Haessig. Exponentials sums and the Chevalley-Warning theorem (Michigan number theory days. 2010)
Courses
2015 (S) Topics course
2014 (F) Math 164, 265
2014 (S) 236H: Algebra (Homework)
2014 (S) Complex Analysis (Syllabus and Homework)
2013 (S) Topics Course II (Course Notes)
2012 (F) Topics Course (Course Notes)
2010 (F) Math 436 (Syllabus)
2010 (S) Math 130 (Syllabus) and Math 285 (Syllabus)
2009 (F) Math 141, 163 and Topics in Number theory
2009 (S) Math 200, 235
2008 (F) Math 233
2008 (S) Math 141A, 282
2007 (F) Math 162Q, 230
2007 (S) Math 142, 236
2006 (F) Math 141, 230
Opportunities for Undergraduates and Graduates
Fellowships - UR database
Past Student Projects
- Tim McCrossen (S10): An Introduction to Separation of Variables with Fourier Series, Fourier1.nb, Fourier2.nb, Fourier3.nb
- Corey Adams (S10): Special Relativity and Linear Algebras
- Kevin Tang (S10): Newton's method in Mathematica, Newton animation
- James Grotke (S10): An Introduction to the Mathematics of Value-at-Risk
- Jaime Sorenson:
- Elizabeth Munch: The Ihara zeta function for graphs and 3-adic convergence of the Sierpinski gasket
- Alex Halperin: Complex Multiplication: Kronecker's Jugendtraum for Q(i)
- Max Mikel-Stites: An overview of general encryption techniques with a focus on asymmetric key encryption
- Diane Panagiotopoulos: The mathematics of juggling
- Max Abernethy: RSA techniques
- Michael Weiss: Sylow Theorems