University of Regina

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Dr. R.J. McIntosh

Field of Research. Number theory and combinatorics.

Asymptotic theory of q-hypergeometric functions, Ramanujan's mock theta functions, dilogarithm identities, congruences identifying prime numbers, Lucas-Lehmer sequences, and computational number theory.

Recent Students.

• Z. Zhang, M.Sc. 1994 Irreducible polynomials over finite fields.

• R.J. McIntosh, Some asymptotic formulae for q-hypergeometric series, J. London Math. Soc., 51 (1995), 120-136.
• R.J. McIntosh, On the converse of Wolstenholme's theorem, Acta Arith. 71 (1995), 381-389.
• R.J. McIntosh, An asymptotic formula for binomial sums, J. Number Theorey 58 (1996), 158-172.
• B. Gordon and R.J. McIntosh, Algebraic dilogarithm identities, The Ramanujan Journal, to appear.