Purdue
                  University

Ralph M. Kaufmann
Professor

Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics & Astronomy (Courtesy)
Department of Philosophy (Courtesy)
Purdue University


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Bio
Research
Teaching
Seminars


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 722    

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.



Publications and Selected Talks
 
Publications or Publications with DOI links or download Publications as pdf
Link to publications on Mathscinet

Selected Talks



Research
 
Areas of research: Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Physics, Higher Stuctures.

In particular:



Member of the Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute

Co-Chief Editor for Higher Structures (New Link!)

Area Editor the European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics



Teaching and Mentoring
 
Teaching Spring 2024
MA 511 Linear Algebra and applications
MWF 11:30 AM - 12:20 AM WANG 2599

Office hour: M 2-2:30 in Math 722 and by appointment

Past Teaching: A webpage with links to old class pages.


Current and Former Students and Post-Docs: list



Seminars and Conferences

Seminars at Purdue
For several semesters I was the organizer of the Topology Seminar.
The schedule of those semesters can be found here.
The current schedule is on the department calendar and here.

The schedule for the Mathematical Physics Seminar can be found on the department calendar and here.
AMS Sectional Meeting
Member of local organizing committee for April 2020
Midwest at Purdue
We co-organized the Midwest Topology Seminar Spring 2012 and the Midwest Topology Seminar Fall 2016

Quantum Science & Technology
Co--organizer and Session Chair at the International Symposium of Quantum Science & Technology at Purdue

Recent AMS special Sessions
Together with Sasha Voronov, we organized Special Session on Topology and Physics at the AMS meeting at the Minnesota Fall 2016 meeting.

With Emil Prodan and Birgit Kaufmann, we organized  Special Session on Topological Mathematical Physics at the Bloomington, Spring 2017 meeting.

Together with Martin Markl and Sasha Voronov, we are organing Special Session on Higher Structures in Topology, Geometry and Physics at the AMS meeting at the Purdue Spring 2020 meeting.

Trimester Program on Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics.

From Jan-Mar 2016, I co-organized the  Program on Higher Structures in Geometry and Physics at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn. This also comprised several conferences:
Opening Conference,  HTT workshop with lectures by Vladimir Voevodsky and Closing Conference



Links

Link to Birgit Kaufmann's webpage.

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