General informations

The Department of Algebra was organized in the specialized department of mathematics and mechanics of Physical-mechanical institute NASU in 1970. The head of Department up to 1990 was P.S.Kazimirs’kii, a well-known specialist in the linear algebra and theory of rings. From 1990 to March 2025 the head of Department was Doctor V.M. Petrychkovych. Since March 2025 Doctor V.P. Shchedryk is the head of Department.

There were 6 theses for a Doctor's degree and 20 theses for a Candidate's degree defended in the Department.

The results of investigations of the Department's staff were published in 9 monographs and in lots of articles and conference materials.

 

  The main research areas of the Department are:

  • the theory of rings and matrices over them;
  • finite-dimensional Lie algebras;
  • topological graph theory.