Bard Faculty
Gregory D. Landweber
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Mathematics
Academic Expertise: Mathematics
Area of Specialization: Mathematical physics
Biography:
B.A., Princeton University; M.Sc., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics with Distinction, Cambridge University. Honors include National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Harvard (1994–97); British Marshall Scholarship, Oxford (1993–94) and Cambridge (1992–97) Universities. Has taught at Harvard and University of Oregon, and spent one year each at Microsoft Research, MSRI, and Fields Institute at University of Toronto. Many mathematical papers, including “Multiplets of representations and Kostant’s Dirac operator for equal loop groups” (
Duke Mathematical Journal 110, 2001); “Spin holography via dimensional enhancement” (with Michael Faux;
Physics Letters B 681, 2009); "Divided differences and the Weyl character formula in equivariant K-theory" (with Megumi Harada and Reyer Sjamaar;
Mathematical Research Letters, 2010). At Bard since 2007.
Interests:
Research Interests: Supersymmetry; symplectic geometry; K-theory; string theory
Teaching Interests: Geometry; topology; numerical analysis; linear algebra
Other Interests: Mathematical computation (esp. SAGE); Mac OS X and iPhone software development
Contact:
Phone: 845-758-7093
Website: http://math.bard.edu/greg
E-mail: gregland@bard.edu