Ralph M. Kaufmann Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Purdue University

Address	Ralph Kaufmann Purdue University Department of Mathematics 150 N. University Street West Lafayette , IN  47907-2067
Phone	(765) 494-1205
Fax	(765) 494-0548
Office	Math 710
E-mail	rkaufman@math.purdue.edu

Ph.D.	Mathematics	(Bonn, Germany 1997)
M.S.	Physics	(Bonn, Germany 1994)
M.A.	Philosophy	(Bonn, Germany 1996)

            Complete CV as a PDF file.

Areas of research: Topology, Geometry and Algebraic Geometry.

In particular:

• operads, actions on the Hochschild complexes
• string topology
  
• quantum cohomology
• stringy phenomena for orbifolds
  

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Publications or Publications with links or download as pdf

Link to publications on Mathscinet

Teaching Spring 2009

MATH 598K:  Moduli Spaces & Stacks

Link to course webpage
Date and Time:   T Th 9-10:15 in REC 313  
Syllabus

Office hours:  Th 10:30-11:15am and by appointment

Past Teaching

Fall 2008:     MATH 362 Topics in Vector Calculus. Course Webpage.
                      MATH 598 Homological Algebra: Derived  Categories. Course Webpage.
Spring 2008: MATH 572 Introduction in Algebraic Topology. Course webpage
Fall 2007:     MATH 266 Ordinary Differential Equations. Section webpage

A webpage with links to old class pages.

Link to Birgit Kaufmann’s webpage.

Links to Max-Planck Institute for mathematics Bonn , IHES , MSRI and Institute Mittag-Leffler