Jennifer Taback
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Fall 2008
- Integral Calculus (MATH 171A)
- Integral Calculus (MATH )
- Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (MATH 200)
- Advanced Independent Study and Honors in Mathematics (MATH 401)
| Phone | (207) 725-3951 |
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Department | MATHEMATICS |
| Work Location | 202 Searles Science Building |
| jtaback@bowdoin.edu |
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago (1998)
Field of Specialization
Combinatorial group theory, Topology
Links
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Papers
Twisted conjugacy and group actions on trees (joint with Kevin Whyte ).
A note on twisted conjugacy and generalized Baumslag-Solitar groups (joint with Peter Wong), preprint, 2006.
Arxiv
Twisted conjugacy and quasi-isomety invariance for generalized solvable Baumslag-Solitar groups (joint with Peter Wong), preprint, 2005.
Arxiv
Combinatorial and metric properties of Thompson's group T (joint with Jose Burillo , Sean Cleary and Melanie Stein, to appear in Trans. AMS.
Arxiv
Bounding right-arm rotation distances (joint with Sean Cleary), to appear in IJAC.
Arxiv
Cone types and geodesic languages for lamplighter groups and Thompson's group F (joint with Sean Cleary and Murray Elder), to appear in J. Algebra.
Arxiv
Metric properties of the lamplighter group as an automata group (joint with Sean Cleary), in Jose Burillo , Sean Cleary, Murray Elder, Jennifer Taback and Enric Ventura, editors, Geometric Methods in Group Theory, American Mathematical Society, 2005.
Arxiv
Dead end words in lamplighter groups and other wreath products (joint with Sean Cleary), Quarterly Journal of Mathematics Volume 56 No. 2 (2005), pp.165-178.
Arxiv
Seesaw words in Thompson's group F (joint with Sean Cleary), in Jose Burillo , Sean Cleary, Murray Elder, Jennifer Taback and Enric Ventura, editors, Geometric Methods in Group Theory, American Mathematical Society, 2005.
Arxiv
The large scale geometry of some metabelian groups (joint with Kevin Whyte ), Michigan Math. Journal, Vol. 52 No. 1 (2004), pp. 205-218.
Arxiv
Restricted rotation distance (joint with Sean Cleary), Information Proc. Letters, Vol . 88 No. 5 (2003), pp. 251-256.
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Geometric quasi-isometric embeddings into Thompson's group F (joint with Sean Cleary), New York Journal ofMathematics, 9 (2003), pp. 141-148.
New York Journal
Combinatorial properties of Thompson's group F (joint with Sean Cleary), Trans. AMS. Vol. 356 No. 7 (2004), pp. 2825--2849 (electronic).
Arxiv
Thompson's group F is not almost convex (joint with Sean Cleary), J. Algebra, Vol. 270 No. 1 (2004), pp 133-149.
Arxiv
Surface symmetries and PSL( 2,p) (joint with Murad Ozaydin and Charlotte Simmons), Trans. AMS, to appear.
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Equivalence of geometric and combinatorial Dehn functions (joint with Jose Burillo ), New York Journal ofMathematics, 8 (2002), pp. 169-179.
New York Journal
The Dehn function of PSL( 2,Z[1/p]), Geom. Dedicata , Vol. 102 No. 1 (2003) pp. 179-195.
Arxiv
Quasi-isometric rigidity of PSL( 2,Z[1/p]), Duke Math. Journal, 101 (2000), No. 2, pp. 335-357.
Arxiv