Max Wakefield

Assisstant Professor

Department of Mathematics
US Naval Academy

Address:
572C Holloway Road
Chauvenet Hall
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD 21402-5002
USA

Email: wakefiel(at)usna.edu

Tel 410-293-6783


In June of 2006 I graduated with a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oregon in Eugene. From 2006-2008 I was a postdoctoral fellow at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan supported by the NSF international research fellowship program and the NSF Japan program. Currently, I am an assisstant professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

I'm interested in nearly all mathematics, but I mostly focus on problems in combinatorics, commutative algebra, and algebraic geometry. I am particularly interested in algebraic, geometric and combinatorial aspects of Hyperplane Arrangements. For example, above is an interesting arrangement of hyperplanes (it is of lines in the plane but can be considered as projective lines in the projective plane). I have also become interested in Cryptology, Coding Theory, and Linear Programming.

  • Here you can find my CV.
  • Here is a a little note about my recent and current research (it is a little out dated).

    • Teaching

    Spring 2013

  • SA305, Linear Programming.
  • SM221S, Calculus III honors.

    • Activities

    Recent and forthcoming conferences and workshops

  • Joint International Meeting of the AMS and the Romanian Mathematical Society, University of Alba Iulia, Romania, June 2013.
  • International Conference Experimental and Theoretical Methods in Algebra, Geometry and Topology, Eforie Nord (near Constanta), Romania, June 2013.
  • University of Pau, France, Arrangements in Pyrenees, June 2012.
  • Pacific Institute of Mathematics, Hyperplane Arrangements and Applications, August 2011.
  • Warwick Mathematics Institute, Free Divisors Conference, June 2011.
  • American Institute of Mathematics, Square program: Arrangements, logarithmic vector fields, and D-modules; with U. Walther, H. Schenck, G. Denham, and M. Schulze. Feb 2011.
  • Pisa, Italy, Configuration spaces: Geometry, Combinatorics and Topology. 02 May 2010 - 30 June 2010.
  • The 2nd Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ) Seasonal Institute (SI) 2009 on Arrangements of Hyperplanes From August 1-10, 2009 Sapporo, Japan.


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