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Alexandru Zaharescu

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Contact Information

Department of Mathematics
449 Altgeld Hall, MC-382
1409 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Research Areas

Professor

Research Description

Number theory

Education

PhD, Princeton University, 1995

Awards and Honors

Fellow, American Mathematical Society, 2017
Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2004-05; 2013-14
LAS Dean's Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2010

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Mathematics

Recent Publications

Nastasescu, M., Robles, N., Stoica, B., & Zaharescu, A. (2025). The Riemann zeta function and exact exponential sum identities of divisor functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 542(2), Article 128827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2024.128827

Anderson, J., Cobeli, C., & Zaharescu, A. (2024). Counterintuitive Patterns on Angles and Distances Between Lattice Points in High Dimensional Hypercubes. Results in Mathematics, 79(2), Article 94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-024-02126-2

Anderson, J., Boca, F. P., Cobeli, C., & Zaharescu, A. (2024). Distribution of angles to lattice points seen from a fast moving observer. Research in Number Theory, 10(3), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40993-024-00548-z

Basak, D., Nath, K., & Zaharescu, A. (2024). Poisson Behavior for Chains of Small Quadratic Non-Residues. International Mathematics Research Notices, 2024(4), 3356-3390. Article rnad168. https://doi.org/10.1093/imrn/rnad168

Berndt, B. C., Kim, S., & Zaharescu, A. (2024). Finite trigonometric sums arising from Ramanujan’s theta functions. Ramanujan Journal, 63(3), 673-685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-023-00778-2

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