BERG, Michael C(hristian) 1955- (M. C. Berg)

PERSONAL: Born August 16, 1955, in Curitiba, Brazil; U.S. citizen; son of W. A. and A. M. Berg; married Barbara J. Peyton, June 27, 1992; children: Joseph, Charles, Samuel. Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1978; University of California, San Diego, Ph.D., 1985. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Judo (second-degree black belt), jazz guitar, art (painting).

ADDRESSES: Home—6707 West 87th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90045. Office—Department of Mathematics, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA 90045. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA, assistant professor of mathematics, 1985-87; Loyola Mary-mount University, Los Angeles, CA, visiting assistant professor, 1988-89, assistant professor, 1989-94, associate professor, 1994-99, professor of mathematics, 1999—, instructor in judo, 1996-97. Visiting docent at El Camino College and California State University, Long Beach, both 1988.

MEMBER: American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, U.S. Judo Association, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

WRITINGS:

The Fourier-Analytic Proof of Quadratic Reciprocity, Wiley Publishing Group (New York, NY), 2000.

Contributor of articles and reviews to mathematics journals, including Integral Transforms and Special Functions, Journal of Number Theory, and Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences. Some writings appear under the name M. C. Berg.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on "the open question of the analytic proof of higher reciprocity laws (for global fields)."

SIDELIGHTS: Michael C. Berg told CA: "I am a professional mathematician whose research focuses on Fourier analytic methods in the theory of algebraic number (and, recently, function) fields. The problem that has occupied me throughout my career to date is that of the analytic approach to general reciprocity laws, going back some eighty years to Erich Heeke. My work has been greatly influenced by the work of André Weil, Tomio Kubata, and, most recently, Alexandre Grothendieck, Pierre Delique, and Gérard Laumon."