Dr Matt Fayers
Reader in Pure Mathematics, Deputy Head of School
Email: m.fayers@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5479Room Number: Mathematical Sciences Building, Room: MB-512Website: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mfOffice Hours: http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mf/officehours.html
Profile
I am a Reader in Pure Mathematics in the School of Mathematical Sciences. From 2014 to 2020 I was chair of the undergraduate exam board, and from 2018 to 2020 I was head of the Algebra and Number Theory group.
My research interests are in algebra and combinatorics, stemming mainly from the representation theory of the symmetric group in prime characteristic, and the associated combinatorics of integer partitions.
I hold an MA and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. I started at QMUL in 2004, but from 2006-2008 was a visiting postdoctoral fellow at MIT, supported by a fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
Research
Research Interests:
See Matthew Fayers’ research profile pages including details of research interests, publications, and live grants.
Publications
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(2026). Ribbon blocks for centraliser algebras of symmetric groups Journal of Algebra nameOfConference.
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(2025). Decomposition numbers for weight $3$ blocks of Iwahori–Hecke algebras of type $B$ Algebraic Combinatorics nameOfConference.
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(2025). Spin characters of the symmetric group which are proportional to linear characters in characteristic 2 journal nameOfConference.
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(2025). Spin characters of the symmetric group which are proportional to linear characters in characteristic $2$ Annals of Representation Theory nameOfConference.
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(2025). Ribbon blocks for centraliser algebras of symmetric groups journal nameOfConference.
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(2024). Representations of symmetric and alternating groups and their double covers that remain irreducible modulo every prime Mathematische Zeitschrift nameOfConference.
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(2024). Representations of symmetric and alternating groups and their double covers that remain irreducible modulo every prime journal nameOfConference.
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(2024). Decomposition numbers for abelian defect RoCK blocks of double covers of symmetric groups Journal of the London Mathematical Society nameOfConference.
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(2024). Irreducible projective representations of the symmetric group which remain irreducible in characteristic $2$ journal nameOfConference.
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(2024). Decomposition numbers for weight 3 blocks of Iwahori--Hecke algebras of type B journal nameOfConference.