Robin Forman

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Robin J. Forman (born before 1981) is an American mathematician.

Forman studied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's and master's degree in 1981 and received his PhD from Harvard University with Raoul Bott in 1985 (Functional Determinants and Applications to Geometry). He was then Moore Instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1987 and Assistant Professor from 1987, Associate Professor from 1992 and Professor at Rice University from 1999 , where he headed the Mathematics Faculty from 2002 to 2005 and was Dean for Undergraduates from 2005 to 2010. From 2010 to 2016 he was Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences, where he was Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics. From 2016 he was Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Tulane University .

He deals with topological combinatorics , combinatorial topology and differential geometry and global analysis. Among other things, he developed a discrete Morse theory for cell complexes made of graphene. He also published on developmental biology in Drosophila.

He is a chess master and appears as a stand-up comedian and in a singing group (The three jewish tenors).

Fonts (selection)

  • Topics in combinatorial differential topology and geometry, in Ezra Miller, Victor Reiner, Bernd Sturmfels (Eds.), Geometric Combinatorics, IAS / Park City Mathematics Series 14, American Mathematical Society and Institute for Advanced Studies, Providence, 2007, p. 135– 204.
  • Finite-type invariants for graphs and graph reconstructions, Advances in Mathematics, Volume 186, 2004, pp. 181-228.
  • Some applications of combinatorial differential topology, in: M. Lyubich, L. Takhajan (Eds.), Graphs and patterns in mathematics and theoretical physics, Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics 73, American Mathematical Society, Providence, 2005, p. 281– 313
  • Lessons from graduate school, in: S.-T. Yau (Ed.), The Founders of Index Theory: Reminiscences of Atiyah, Bott, Hirzebruch and Singer, International Press, Somerville, 2003.
  • How many equilibria are there? An introduction to Morse theory, in: Robert Hardt (Ed.), Six themes on variation, American Mathematical Society, Student Mathematical Library, 2004, pp. 13-36
  • A discrete Morse theory for cell complexes, in: ST Yau (Ed.), Geometry, Topology & Physics for Raoul Bott, International Press, 1995.
  • Morse theory for cell complexes, Advances in Mathematics, Volume 134, 1998, pp. 90-145

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robin Forman in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Forman, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forman, Robin J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH before 1981