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. Details are in my CV.

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

John Cobb
Positivity in Algebraic Geometry

Positivity in Algebraic Geometry is a textbook by Robert Lazarsfeld. This page organizes the Spring 2022 reading schedule.

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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. Preprint, 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

Aug 1–12, '22 Tropical Geometry MSRI Workshop, St Mary's College, Moraga, California
Jul 24–28, '22 NDSEG Fellows Conference, Boston, MA
May 23–27, '22 GAel XXIX, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
May 16–20, '22 Géometrie Algébrique en l'honneur de Claire Voisin, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, France
Oct 30, '21 CA+ Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Jan 16–19, '19 Joint Mathematical Meetings, Baltimore, MA