Welcome! I am currently working as a postdoc at the University of Calgary since beginning of 2009.
Before going to Calgary, I was a PhD student at the Institut für Mathematik of the Universität Zürich. I was working in the Applied Algebra work group, which is lead by Prof. Dr. Joachim Rosenthal. Before this I was studying mathematics and computer science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany.
My research interests are mainly focused on the arithmetic in global fields. I want to increase the understanding of the infrastructure, in particular of baby steps, as well increase the efficiency of computation in the infrastructure and the divisor class group of a global field. Besides this, I am interested in computing fundamental units of global fields, in particular their absolute values, using baby step-giant step strategies. Besides this, I am also interested in applications of this theories to Public Key Cryptography.
Besides these special topics, I am interested in Algebraic and Analytic Number Theory, Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry and their applications to Cryptography.
You can contact me by snail mail by using the following address:
Felix Fontein
Room 366, Mathematical Sciences Building
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Canada
Other ways to contact me are the following:
E-Mail: fwfontei@ucalgary.ca