Dave Jensen

University of Texas at Austin
Department of Mathematics
1 University Station, C1200
Austin, TX 78712-0257


Office:  RLM 9.144
Phone: 512-569-4483
 Email: djensen@math.utexas.edu
 


 

Research
 
My research focuses on the birational geometry of moduli spaces.  In particular, I have produced several rational
maps from Mg,1 to other spaces that have interesting geometric consequences.
 
Curriculum Vitae
Research Statement
 
Publications and Preprints
Rational Fibrations of M5,1 and M6,1 (preprint)

Birational Contractions of M3,1 and M4,1 (preprint)

Completions of UFDs with Semi-Local Formal Fibers
Communications in Algebra, 34, 347-360, 2006.
 
Controlling Formal Fibers of Principal Prime Ideals
Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, 37, 1871-1891, 2007.
 
For a list of the talks I've given, go here.
 
Teaching
 
Teaching Statement
 
Outside the Classroom
Saturday Morning Math Group and Austin Math Circle
	I am currently coordinating these community outreach programs.

	For pictures from my Math Circle presentation, go here.
	For the handout from my Math Circle presentation, go here.
	For videos of my Math Circle presentation, go here:  Part 1, Part 2.

	For pictures from the Austin Math Adventure, go here.
	For solutions to the Austin Math Adventure games, go here.

Canada/USA Mathcamp
	I served as a mentor for this summer program, designed to teach mathematics to
	highly accelerated high school students, during the summer of 2007.

Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship
	I have served as a volunteer mentor for the program, in which graduate students
	are paired with undergraduate interns, for two semesters.  My interns are:
 
	Yousif Seedham, Spring 2007
	Christy Sheldon, Fall 2008
 
Previous Classes
M316K:  Foundations of Arithmetic
M427K:  Differential Equations
	Click here for quiz solutions.
M408C:  Differential and Integral Calculus
        Click here for quiz solutions.
M408L:  Integral Calculus
M396C:  Discrete Mathematics
M310T:  Intro to Statistical and Scientific Computation
 
Select Notes
These are expository notes on some of the classes I've taught and talks I've given.
  
Some Brief Facts About Me
 
I am originally from Bedford, NH, a small town just outside of Manchester.
While there, I attended Derryfield School.  I then went to Williams College,
where I majored in math and philosophy, and wrote an honors thesis under
the supervision of Susan Loepp.  I am currently a graduate student in
mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where I study algebraic
geometry under the direction of Sean Keel.
 
Pictures
 
To view my recent submissions to the semi-annual "dorkiest picture
ever" contest, click here.