Prof Nik Ruskuc
Director of Research
Professor
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 3787
- nik.ruskuc@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- 303 MI
- Location
- Mathematical Institute
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Research areas
Combinatorial semigroup theory: generating sets for semigroups and defining semigroups by presentations (generators and defining relations); presentations for substructures and algebraic constructions;
Subsemigroups: index and rank;Ìý
Group and semigroup presentations;
Transformation semigroups: properties of finite and infinite semigroups of mappings from a set into itself;
ÌýMachine and languages (theoretical computer science) in algebra: automatic structures, decidability;
Combinatorics of permutations, words, etc: pattern classes, decidability questions in combinatorics;Ìý
Computational algebra: algorithms and packages for computing with algebraic structures.Ìý
PhD supervision
- CallumÌýBarber
- StruanÌýMcCartney
- YayiÌýZhu
Selected publications
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Open access
Mayr, P. & Ruškuc, N., 1 Feb 2027, In: Journal of Algebra. 711, p. 730-770 41 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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East, J., Gray, R. D., Azeef Muhammed, P. A. & Ruškuc, N., 22 Aug 2026, In: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. 133, 2, 83 p., e70200.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Bevan, D., Brignall, R. & Ruškuc, N., 20 Aug 2026, In: Combinatorial Theory. 6, 2, 50 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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East, J., Gray, R. D., Muhammed, P. A. A. & Ruškuc, N., 1 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Algebra. 689, p. 819-861 43 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Ironmonger, V. & Ruškuc, N., 9 Jul 2026, In: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science. 28, 1, 31 p., 6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brookes, M., Gould, V. & Ruskuc, N., Jan 2025, In: Mathematika. 71, 1, 14 p., e70005.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dolinka, I., East, J. & Ruskuc, N., 15 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Algebra. 662, p. 431-464
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cho, J. W., Gould, V., Ruskuc, N. & Yang, D., 15 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Algebra. 662, p. 514-527
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Clayton, A., Reilly, C. & Ruskuc, N., 18 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Algebra and Its Applications. Online Ready
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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East, J., Gray, R. D., Azeef Muhammed, P. A. & Ruškuc, N., 1 Jul 2025, In: Advances in Mathematics. 473, 61 p., 110288.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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