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Aug 23, 2017 at 13:00 comment added Zep The point of a PhD is not much about giving you an education in a specific field (math, for instance), but to teach you how to do research. You already did that. From what I gather, you do not want to learn more about research but about math: you can take classes or get some free time (and funding) to do your own research.
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Aug 19, 2017 at 21:03 comment added Mad Jack Related questions: 1) When does one go for a double doctorate?; 2) Is doing two PhD's a good path?
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Aug 19, 2017 at 20:22 comment added Steven Gubkin Another thing to consider: try to offer classes in your department in the area which you want to move into! Say you are currently specialized in PDE but you want to move into algebraic number theory. Volunteer to teach elementary number theory, then abstract algebra, then a basic algebraic number theory course, then run a reading course on some advanced topic, etc. Eventually you will be an algebraic number theorist!
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Aug 19, 2017 at 18:32 comment added Nik Weaver Good for you. Good luck!
Aug 19, 2017 at 16:11 comment added user113577 Thank you for all the very nice and useful comments. I will try my best to have self-education, and to continue my research work.
Aug 19, 2017 at 15:55 comment added GEdgar Maybe see if the university you are interested in has something like "visiting scholar" ... if you do not need a salary from them, they will likely allow this. Then you could audit courses and talk to the faculty. I have seen this situation where someone has a sabbatical from one university, and spends it at aother university.
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Aug 19, 2017 at 15:04 comment added Alexandre Eremenko Second PhD in math is formally prohibited in many universities, regardless of the age. Self-education seems to be the only option.
Aug 19, 2017 at 13:19 comment added Joseph O'Rourke Why not clear out your summers from any university duties (if that is possible), and teach yourself an area that builds on your expertise in algebra, e.g., algebraic geometry.
Aug 19, 2017 at 10:49 comment added Matt F. No one gets a complete education in math.
Aug 19, 2017 at 6:08 comment added Fan Zheng You may want to cross post it on academia stackexchange.
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