Calvin McPhail-Snyder, Phillip Griffiths Assistant Research Professor

My work lies in quantum topology: I used ideas from mathematical physics and representation theory to study of topological objects like knots and manifolds. Much of my work is connected to the Chern-Simons topological quantum field theory, in particular its realization in terms of quantum groups. In particular, I am interested in versions of these constructions that include geometric data like hyperbolic structures.

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Teaching (Fall 2023):

• MATH 221.02, LINEAR ALGEBRA & APPLICA Synopsis

  Gray 228, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• MATH 221.05, LINEAR ALGEBRA & APPLICA Synopsis

  Physics 119, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• MATH 721.02, LINEAR ALGEBRA & APPLICA Synopsis

  Gray 228, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• MATH 721.05, LINEAR ALGEBRA & APPLICA Synopsis

  Physics 119, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

Education:

Ph.D.

University of California - Berkeley

2021

Recent Publications

1. McPhail-Snyder, C, Hyperbolic structures on link complements, octahedral decompositions, and quantum SL₂ (March, 2022) [doi]
2. Kai-Chieh, C; McPhail-Snyder, C; Morrison, S; Snyder, N, Kashaev-Reshetikhin Invariants of Links (August, 2021) [doi]
3. McPhail-Snyder, C, Holonomy invariants of links and nonabelian Reidemeister torsion, Quantum Topology, vol. 13 no. 1 (March, 2020), pp. 55-135, European Mathematical Society [doi]
4. McPhail-Snyder, C; Miller, KA, Planar diagrams for local invariants of graphs in surfaces, Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications, vol. 29 no. 01 (January, 2020), pp. 1950093-1950093, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt [doi]  [abs]