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 and mirror symmetry
• stringy phenomena for stacks/orbifolds
  

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Publications or Publications with links or download as pdf

Link to publications on Mathscinet

Teaching Fall 2011

MATH 57200 Introduction to Algebraic Topology

Date and Time TTh 9:00 -10:15 MATH 215
Syllabus
Course webpage

Office hours: TTh 10:30-11:20 pm 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
2010	Spring	MATH 572	Introduction in Algebraic Topology.	Course webpage
2011	Spring	MATH 266	Ordinary differential equations	Section webpage
		MATH 572	Intoduction in Algebraic Topology	Course webpage
2011	Fall	MATH 462	Elementary Differential Geometry	Course webpage
		MATH 697	Cobordisms, Genera, Characteristic Classes and Toplogical K-Theory	Course webpage

A webpage with links to old class pages.