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That’s impressive! I have often been drawn to the diversity of techniques in analytic number theory. I have Apostol’s two books and have been meaning to give th
by phonebucket 6y ago
That’s impressive! I have often been drawn to the diversity of techniques in analytic number theory. I have Apostol’s two books and have been meaning to give them proper attention.
My own background is in mathematical/computational biology and stochastic processes. I already have a PhD and Postdoc, but have had a five year stint in industry. I worry that this publishing gap has hurt my chances of a return to academia. My only plan is to try whole-heartedly to publish as much as possible to try and play catch-up.
- impendia 6y agoI am very very sorry to say this, but I suspect that in your situation you would face extremely long odds looking for a traditional tenure-track job. You might have better luck looking for "academia adjacent" jobs; for example, several number theorists I know are now working at the Center for Communications Research -- a government contractor that does classified research in crypto and the like. Overall they seem to love their jobs, and some of them still do number theory research and go to conferences and such.