Patrick Barrow

PhD candidate in Mathematics, UC Berkeley

Office: 1097 Evans
Email address: patrick (dot .) barrow (at @) gmail (dot .) com
Office Hours: Wednesday 3-4, Thursday 1-2, and by appointment

MA300

This fall I will be the instructor for MA300, intended to teach first time GSI's how to teach. In other words, I will be shaping the minds of those who intend to shape the minds of those who intend to shape the world.

Course Info

Online Teaching Guide

Online Ethics Course

MGSA's Website Guide

Dept. Website Guide

8/20 - Getting ready for the first day of class: where to go, what to do, who to know

8/21, 8/22 - Campus wide GSI orientation(s)

8/26 - Finish preparing for the first day of class. This meeting is from 3-5pm in 891 Evans.

9/10 - Begin regular weekly meetings, from 4-6pm, in 70 Evans.

Notes from email feedback

9/17 - Go over observations of quiz sections, along with the usual feedback from emails.

Notes from email feedback, part 2

10/1 - Reflections on videotaping and the first midterms.

Research Interests

My two primary areas of interest are in noncommutative geometry, pioneered by Alain Connes, and in chainlet geometry, pioneered by my advisor, Jenny Harrison. Vaguely speaking, I aspire to use these "modern" theories to derive new "traditional" results.


Past Courses

MA185 Summer 2008

Undergraduate Seminar in Advanced Linear Algebra Spring 2008

Student Noncommutative Geometry Fall 2007

MA110 Summer 2007

MA74 Spring 2007

MA74 Fall 2006

MA104 Summer 2006

Prelim Workshop Summer 2006


Some NCG Links

NCG resource site, under construction

NCG Blog

Alain Connes' website