Jack Jeffries

Jack Jeffries

Ph. D. Candidate
University of Utah
Department of Mathematics
Office: JWB 128

Program Associate
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Special Year in Commutative Algebra
Office: 308

Advisor: Professor Anurag Singh

B.S.: The Ohio State University, 2010

Jack Jeffries
University of Utah
Department of Mathematics
155 S 1400 E RM 233
Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-0090

Email: jeffries@math.utah.edu

Research

My research is in Commutative Algebra. More particularly, my interests include local cohomology, Frobenius techniques in the study of singularities, invariant theory of modular group actions, j-multiplicity, and the convex Betti theory of Boij and Söderberg on free resolutions.
Preprints
Some surveys/introductions:
Brief Guide to Some of the Literature on F-singularities
A survey of test ideals
Boij-Söderberg Theory: Introduction and Survey
Lectures on Local Cohomology
Prof. Hochster's Homepage
Applications of Algebra

Teaching

Fall 2011: Calculus II 1220-005
Summer 2011: Intro to Statistical Inference 1070-001
Spring 2011: Intermediate Algebra 1010-001
Fall 2010: Quantitative Analysis 1100-005

Seminars & Events

Commalg.org
Program Associate Seminar Series
Eisenbud's Seminar
Algebra Seminar
Algebraic Geometry Seminar
Departmental Colloquium
Graduate Colloquium
Undergraduate Colloquium

Conferences & Workshops

WAGS Fall 2012
MSRI Special Year in Commutative Algebra
Discrete Morse Theory and Commutative Algebra
Computational Workshop on Frobenius Singularities and Invariants
PASI: Commutative Algebra and Its Interactions with Algebraic Geometry, Representation Theory, and Physics
KUMUNU jr.
AWM Utah What is Math? Day
AMS 2012 Spring Secional Lawrence
Oberwolfach Seminar: Cohen-Macaulay Modules, Surface Singularities and McKay Correspondence
AMS 2011 Fall Sectional Salt Lake City
MSRI Commutative Algebra SGW 2011
Map

Curios

Lecture Notes from PASS Seminar Talk, 20 Nov 2012
Beyond Simplices: Boij-Söderberg Decompositions of Complete Intersections
Relations on Pure Betti Diagrams
Solutions to Hartshorne
MathSciNet