Spencer Stirling's Homepage
Postdoctoral Researcher (joint appointment)
Department of Physics
Department of Mathematics
University of Utah

Office: TBA

Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado

Research Interests
I am interested in mathematical physics. This means that I work on problems that come from theoretical physics, but technically I am a mathematician :). Right now I am interested in topological quantum field theories (e.g Chern-Simons), modular tensor categories (e.g. quantum groups), the fractional quantum Hall effect, and topological quantum computing.

My advisor was Prof. Dan Freed in the Geometry Group at the University of Texas at Austin.

Teaching

Math and Physics Geek Notes

Computer Geek Notes

Vacation Photos

Spencer's Personal Art Gallery

Poas Volcano, Costa Rica

Curriculum Vitae (includes publication list)

Survey papers (unpublished)

1. A brief guide to ordinary k-theory PDF
   
2. Witten's approach to Morse theory (Ph.D. oral qualifier) PDF
   
3. Atiyah-Bott Lefschetz theorem PDF
   
4. Toponogov's theorem (estimates in Riemannian geometry) PS
   
5. Ratios of functional determinants using Green's functions PDF

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