Purdue University

Ralph M. Kaufmann
Associate Professor

Department of Mathematics
Purdue University


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Bio
Research
Teaching
Topology Seminar


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       



Bio 

 

Ph.D.

Mathematics 

(Bonn, Germany 1997)

M.S.

Physics 

(Bonn, Germany 1994)

M.A.

Philosophy

(Bonn, Germany 1996)

            Complete CV as a PDF file.



Research
 

Areas of research: Topology, Geometry and Algebraic Geometry.

In particular:

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


Publications or Publications with links or download as pdf

Link to publications on Mathscinet



Teaching

Teaching Spring 2010

MA57200 Intoduction in AlgebraicTopology
Date and Time: T Th 12:00-1:15 in REC 309
Syllabus
Course webpage

Office hours: T 10:30-11:30 Th 2:30-3:20 and by appointment.

Past Teaching

2007 Fall MATH 266 Ordinary Differential Equations Section webpage
2008 Spring MATH 572 Introduction in Algebraic Topology. Course webpage
2008 Fall MATH 362 Topics in Vector Calculus Course Webpage.


MATH 598 Homological Algebra: Derived Categories Course Webpage.
2009 Spring MATH 598 Moduli Spaces & Stacks Course webpage
2009
Fall
MATH 265
Linear Algebra
Section Webpage


MATH 571
Topology
Course webpage

A webpage with links to old class pages.



Topology Seminar


This semester I am organizing the topology seminar. The schedule can be found on the department calendar and here.



Links

Link to Birgit Kaufmann’s webpage.

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