Slides from Recent Talks

  • Detecting the Linkage in an n-Component Brunnian Link II. Inst. Math. Univ. Seville 5-2-2018

  • Detecting the Linkage in an n-Component Brunnian Link I. Haverford College 11-30-2015; TGTS 12-4-2015; Inst. Math. Univ. Seville 4-24-2018

  • The Coherent Framed Join and Biassociahedra (short version). U. Penn Conference Honoring J. Stasheff and M. Gerstenhaber 3-5-2018

  • The Coherent Framed Join and Biassociahedra (long version). Univ. of Seville 2-26-2018; TGTS 3-2-2018

  • Computing the Cohomology Algebra of a Polyhedral Complex. TGTS 9-15-17; Univ. of Seville 2-27-2018

  • Biassociahedra Revisited. Lehigh 05-23-2015

  • Tensor Products of A-infinity Algebras with Homotopy Inner Products. Lehigh 05-25-2013; College of the Holy Cross 04-09-11

  • Homology? It's Mickey Mouse! So what's the big deal? MU/F&M 04-04-2013

  • A Topologically Induced (2,2)-Cohomology Operation. Lehigh 05-25-2012; Penn State 03-16-12; MIT 01-05-2012; U Batumi 09-22-11; U Penn 08-18-11

  • Mathematical Research Experiences for Undergraduates at MU. Hesston College Science and Math Symposium 9-24-2010; MAA EPaDel Section Meeting 11-19-2011

  • Stamp Folding Puzzles: A Delightful Excursion in Recreational Geometry. MU/F&M 04-07-11

  • The Linear Algebra of Space-Time: Computing Length Contraction and Time Dilation Near the Speed of Light. MU/F&M 11-18-10

  • On the A_\infty-Bialgebra Structure of Loop Space Homology. Stanford U 1-16-10; U Penn 3-10-10; Stockholm U 5-12-10; U Seville 5-24-10

  • Edge Tessellations and the Stamp Folding Problem. MU/F&M 3-26-09; Dickinson College 4-14-09; E. Mennonite U 11-12-09; Vassar College 2-23-10

  • On the Transfer of Multiplicative Structure from Chains to Homology. NCSU 4-4-09; Charles U 5-6-09; Lehigh U 6-6-09; U Leicester 9-14-09; U Seville 9-24-09

  • Matrads, Matrehedra and A-infinity Bialgebras. U Penn 7-9-08;
    Fredrich-Schiller U 7-15-08; U Leicester 7-22-08; U Basque Country 7-29-08

  • Tensor Products of A-infinity Algebras. Penn State U 4-11-08

  • The S-U Diagonal on Associahedra. MU/F&M 2-28-08

  • Some Naturally Occurring Examples of A-infinity Bialgebras. Lehigh U 10-7-07

  • A-infinity Bialgebras and the Homology of K(Z,n). Tbilisi State U 5-31-07