Home Page for Joan Birman

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Professional Information

• Title: Research Professor Barnard College-Columbia University, Professor Emeritus
• I also am an Affiliated Professor at the University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
• Educational Background: Ph.D., Courant Institute of New York University

Contact Information:

• Office Location: 602 Mathematics, Columbia University
• Office Phone: (212) 854-4341 or (212) 854-3950
• E-mail: jb@math.columbia.edu
• Departmental Fax: (212) 854-8962
• Departmental Mailing Address:

Office Hours: by appointment.

Research Interests:knots, braids, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups of surfaces;
related topics in geometric group theory, algorithms, contact geometry, dynamical systems

Curriculum Vitae

Downloadable Publications

Suggested Readings

"A polynomial invariant of pseudo-Anosov maps", talk, 05/23/10

"Lorenz knots and links"; a talk aimed at a general audience of mathematicians 02/13/09

"My Bionic Ear", posted June 1, 2011

"My Favorite Paper "

Pictures:March-05-Conf

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