Tyler Jarvis

I am currently chair of the BYU Mathematics Department. For more about me, look at my curriculum vitae

Research

I am working on some problems in algebraic geometry relating to moduli spaces of curves.
Most of my publications are available at the arXiv.org preprint server
A few of my papers that are not available at arXiv.org have been requested by several people. These include the following:
- T. Jarvis, Compactification of the universal Picard over the moduli of stable curves. Mathematische Zeitschrift 235, 123-149 (2000).
- T. Jarvis and J. Tanton, The Hairy Ball Theorem via Sperner's Lemma. American Mathematical Monthly, 111, no. 7, 599-603 (2004).
- T. Jarvis, Class Size and Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Dropout Rates in University-Level Calculus. Preprint.

Teaching

Fall 2009

Math 112: Calculus I. the class webpage has more information about texts and answers to other frequently asked questions.

Student Research Mentoring

I am supervising several students--both undergraduates and graduates.

My students are mostly working on problems related to new developments in mirror symetry and quantum singularity theory.

My students who were working on problems in in tropical geometry and algebra have all graduated. They do still have a webpage with various results and useful tools, such as Nathan Grigg's Maple code for studying tropical geometry and algebra.

When am I ever going to use Math?

Ever wonder what math is good for and why teachers, parents, school boards, want students to take lots of math? The BYU Math Department has a great site to answer the question When Will I Use Math?

It has resources for students, parents, teachers, and others who want to know more about

Landau-Ginzburg Models

Clay Math Institute Workshop

The Clay Math Institute Workshop on Landau-Ginzburg Models was held in January 2009. Lecture notes and slides from the talks are posted at the Clay webpage in the lower part of the righthand column.

Landau-Ginzburg A-model

My joint work with Huijun Fan and Yongbin Ruan on a Landau-Ginzburg A-model is posted on the arXiv (Preprint number 0712.4021)

Contact information

Department of Mathematics
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602 USA

Telephone: +1 801-422-5925
Fax: +1 801-422-0504
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