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