Tom Braden
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Massachusetts, AmherstOffice: Lederle Graduate Research Tower 1240
Phone: (413) 545-1732
email: braden at math dot umass dot edu
Teaching
Math 300, Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics, section 1, MWF 10:10-11:00
Math 461, Geometry I, MWF 1:25-2:15
Research
Interests: Topology and singularities of algebraic varieties; intersection (co)homology and perverse sheaves; Schubert varieties, toric varieties, and their generalizations; connections to combinatorics and representation theory.
A more detailed description of my research
A list of my publications
CV (pdf format)
A few math links
- Planar Machines - An invitation to topology. By Dori Eldar, an MSc student of Dror Bar-Natan .
- Polymake, a software system to compute with convex polytopes
- EG-Models, an archive of electronic models of geometric objects (polytopes and simplicial/cell complexes).
- Some mathematical history