General Profile

Babson

Eric Babson

Professor
Algebraic and topological combinatorics
Ph.D.,1993,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge

Web Page: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~babson/
Email: ekbabson@ucdavis.edu
Office: MSB 2109
Current Courses: MAT 21B, MAT 127B
Office Hours: MAT 21B: T 10:30, MAT 127B: R 10:30
Phone: 530-754-0306

Research

 

  • Algebraic and topological combinatorics
  • Moduli representations of path algebras
  • Random simplicial complexes
  • Presheaves on finite categories as a generalization of graphs

 

 

Selected Publications

  1. E. Babson, C. Hoffman, M. Kahle, "The fundamental group of random 2-complexes," preprint, 2008, arXiv0711.2704.pdf.

     

  2. E. Babson, B. Huisgen-Zimmermann, R. Thomas, "Moduli spaces of graded representations of finite dimensional algebras," Algebra and its applications, 7-27, "Contemp. Math. 419," Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, 2006. (Reviewer Jon Eivind Vatne). Math Sci Net abstract.

     

  3. E. Babson, P. Gunnells, R. Scott. "Geometry of the tetrahedron space," Adv. Math, 204(1): 176-203, 2006, arXiv0208119.

     

  4. E. Babson. "Reconstructing Metric Trees from Order Information on Triples is NP Complete," preprint, 2006, arXiv0603116.

 

 

Honors and Awards

  • Institute of Mittag-Leffler member, 2005
  • Institute for Advances Study member, 1997-1998
  • Mathematical Sciences Research Institute member, 1996-1997
  • N.S.F. Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-1997
  • Institut Mittag-Leffler member, 1992
  • Sloan Graduate Fellow, 1991-1992
  • N.S.F. Graduate Fellow, 1988-1991

     

Last updated: 2023-12-04