Victoria S Akin, Assistant Professor of the Practice

I am interested in mapping class groups of orientable surfaces. In particular, can a subgroup of the mapping class group with a natural topological or geometric definition be characterized purely algebraically? Does the algebraic characterization reveal properties of the mapping class group? Currently, I would like to characterize the disk-pushing subgroup, handle-pushing subgroup, and braid group inside of their respective mapping class groups.

Contact Info:

Office Location:
Office Phone:	(919) 660-2869
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://services.math.duke.edu/~toriakin/

Office Hours:

111L: Tuesday 4-5 in Physics 123
112L: Tuesday 5-6 in Physics 123
By appointment: Wednesday 2-3 in West Duke 09A
Help Room: Tuesday 2-3 and Wednesday 4:30-5:30

Education:

Ph.D.

University of Chicago

2017

Keywords:

Education and instruction in mathematics • Geometric group theory