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Rebecca Goldin
Professor
Director of Research, STATS
Office: Science & Technology Building I, Room 207
Phone: (703) 993-1480
Fax: (703) 993-1491
E-mail: rgoldin@math.gmu.edu
Personal Homepage:
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Education
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Ph.D., 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Symplectic Geometry
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B.A., 1993, Harvard University, Honors in Mathematics
Research
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Symplectic geometry and Hamiltonian group actions
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Equivariant cohomology and orbifold cohomology
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Schubert calculus and related combinatorics
Selected Publications
- Orbifold cohomology of hypertoric varieties, joint with M. Harada, International Journal of Math. 18 (2008) no. 8, pp. 927-956
- Weighted hyperprojective space and homotopy invariance in orbifold cohomology, AMS Contemporary Mathematics 460 (2008), pp. 99-110.
- Orbifold cohomology of torus quotients, joint with A. Knutson and T. Holm. Duke Math. J. 139 (2007), no. 1, 89--139.
- Cohomology pairings on the symplectic reduction of products, with S. Martin. Canad. J. Math. 58 (2006), no. 2, 362--380
Professional Awards and Invitations
- Tamura/Lilly Lecturer, Oberlin College, Spring 2008
- Distinguished Lecturer, Mathematical Association for America, Fall, 2008
- Falconer Lecturer, Mathematical Association for America, August, 2008
- Michler Award, Association for Women in Mathematics, 2007-2008
- Main Lecturer, Centre per la Ricerca di Matematica, Barcelona, Spain, June, 2008
- Invited Lecturer, Topology Festival, Cornell University, May, 2008
- National Science Foundation Grant, "Manifolds with Group Actions", through 2009
- STATS service grant, 2004-present (renewed annually)
- National Science Foundation Grant, "Symplectic Geometry and Schubert Calculus", through 2007
Current Students
- David Johannsen, doctoral
Past Students
- Cynthia Merrick, Master's Degree. “A Survey of the Algebraic and Topological Characteristics of SU(n)”
- Jenna Krall, STATS internship
- Grace Harris, STATS internship
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