Office Location	Peter Engel 239, SJU
Phone Number	(320) 363 3087
Fax Number	(320) 363 3202
Email	knairn at csbsju dot edu
Website	http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~knairn/
Mailing Address	St. John's University Department of Mathematics PE 239 Collegeville, MN 56321

Education

• Ph.D. in Mathematics (2003), Columbia University, NY Adviser: D. Bayer.
• M.A., M.Phil. in Mathematics (1999), Columbia University, NY Adviser: J. Morgan.
• B.A. in Mathematics (1987), Gustavus Adolphus College , MN. Adviser: J. Rosoff.
Research Interest - Algebraic Geometry, Tropical Geometry and Gauge Theory
• Compactification of subvarieties of tori.
• Graver bases.
• Tropical Flag Varieties.
• Almost commuting elements in compact Lie groups.
• Vector bundles and F Theory.
Publications and Pre-prints
• Centralizers of Commuting Elements in Compact Lie Groups submitted, Journal of Lie Theory
• Groebner complexity with Raymond Hemmecke, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, Volume 213, Issue 8, August 2009
• Graver Complexity Bëitrage zur Algebra und Geometrie, Vol 50, Number 2, 2009
• Ph.D. Thesis
Teaching Spring 2012: First Year Seminar and Introduction to Differential Equations
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Curriculum Vitae
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• Careers in Mathematics.
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