Hi, I’m John Cobb

I’m a third year PhD student in the mathematics department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison advised by both Daniel Erman and Michael Kemeny. I am supported by a DoD NDSEG Fellowship and am a current WISCIENCE Public Service Fellow. Details are in my CV.

My research interests are within algebraic geometry and commutative algebra. Currently, I am studying things like geometric perspectives of syzygies and moduli spaces of curves.

John Cobb
MATH 221: Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

This page organizes calculus discussion sections running in Fall 2021.

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Directed Reading Program

The DRP is a math mentoring program that pairs undergraduate students with graduate student mentors, for a semester-long independent study project.

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Graduate Algebraic Geometry Seminar (GAGS)

The purpose of this seminar is to learn algebraic geometry and commutative algebra by giving and listening to talks in a informal setting.

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Virtual Criterion for Generalized Eagon-Northcott Complexes Caitlyn Booms, John Cobb. In Preparation, 2021.
Quarternion-Valued Breather Soliton, Rational, and Periodic QKdV Solutions John Cobb, Alex Kasman, Albert Serna, Monique Sparkman. Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, 2020.

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News

  • A beer featuring art about algebraic geometry research that I helped design is now being sold in Madison. Check it out.
  • I began my first year in the Mathematics PhD program at UW Madison.
  • The College Today published an article on the Scott Ward Award.
  • I won a DoD NDSEG Fellowship.
  • The College Today published an article on the Quaternionic Soliton project.
  • I won a Goldwater Scholarship.

Travel

Oct 30, '21 CA+ Conference, University of Minnesota
Jul 27–31, '20 WARTHOG 2020 (Infinite-dimensional methods in commutative algebra), University of Oregon
Apr 18–19, '20 CA+ Conference, Ames, IA
Jan 16–19, '19 Joint Mathematical Meetings, Baltimore, MA