THEODORE SHIFRIN

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date and Place of Birth: February 12, 1953, Oakland, California

Academic Degrees:

B.S.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	1974
M.A.	University of California, Berkeley	1975
Ph.D.	University of California, Berkeley	1979

Professional Experience:

1979–81	C.L.E. Moore Instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981–86	Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
1986–95	Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Fall 1988	Senior Research Associate, Duke University
1994–97	General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professor, University of Georgia
1995–97	Professor, University of Georgia
1997–	Josiah Meigs Professor, University of Georgia
2004–	Associate Department Head

Research Publications:

1. The kinematic formula in complex integral geometry, Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 264 (1981), 255-293.
   
2. Polar varieties and integral geometry (with R. Langevin), Am. J. Math., 104 (1982), 553-605.
   
3. Cusps of the projective Gauss map (with C. McCrory), J. Diff. Geo., 19 (1984), 257-276.
   
4. The osculatory behavior of surfaces in , Pacific J. Math., 123 (1986), 227-256.
   
5. Curvature integrals and Chern classes of singular varieties, Contemporary Mathematics, 63 (1987), 279-298.
   
6. Singularities of the Gauss map of a generic hypersurface in (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), J. Diff. Geo., 30 (1989), 689-759.
   
7. Symmetric Lagrangian singularities and Gauss maps of theta divisors (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1462: Proceedings of Warwick Conference on Singularities, D. Mond and J. Montaldi, ed., Springer-Verlag, 1991, 1-26.
   
8. The Gauss map of a genus three theta divisor (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 331 (1992), 727-750.
   
9. Invariants of Gauss Maps of Theta Divisors (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), Proc. Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 54 (1993), Part 2, 1-8.
   
10. Siegel modular forms generated by invariants of cubic hypersurfaces (with C. McCrory and R. Varley), J. Alg. Geom., 4 (1995), 527-556.
    
11. Conic Lagrangian Singularities (with M. Adams, C. McCrory and R. Varley), Topology and its Applications, 88 (1999), 155-178.
    

Research publications in books:

1. Formules cinématiques dans le cas complexe, in Introduction à la théorie des singularités (Lê Dung Tráng, ed.), Hermann (1988), 97-108.

Books, reviews:

1. Extended book review for Am. Math. Monthly, "Differential Topology," 92 (1985), 294-299.
   
2. Geometry and Topology: Manifolds, varieties and knots (ed. with C. McCrory), Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 105, Marcel Dekker, 1987.
   
3. Abstract Algebra: A Geometric Approach, Prentice Hall, 1996.
   
4. Linear Algebra: A Geometric Approach (with M.R. Adams), second edition, W. H. Freeman, 2011.
   
5. Multivariable Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Manifolds, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.

6. Differential Geometry: A First Course in Curves and Surfaces (notes for MATH 4250/6250), 125 typeset pages, available in .pdf form
   

    

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Professional Service:

University Service:

Faculty Admissions Committee, 2000-02.