Michael VanValkenburgh

By Day:
Contact Information:
email: mjv at math dot berkeley dot edu
Office: Evans 895
Teaching:
Spring 2012: Math 104 (Introduction to Analysis)
Fall 2011: Math H54 (Honors Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)
Spring 2011: Math 185 (Introduction to Complex Analysis)
Fall 2010: Math H54 (Honors Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)
2011 Commencement: Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley's Mathematics Undergraduate Students Association (MUSA).
(Photo by a Distinguished Former Student.)
By Night:
Publications:
Warning: The files below do not always coincide with the published versions.
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Manipulation of Semiclassical Photon States. (last updated: 2/18/09)
(pdf) J. Math. Phys. 50, 023501 (2009).
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Exponential Lower Bounds for Quasimodes of Semiclassical Schrödinger Operators.
(pdf) Math. Res. Lett. 16 (2009), no. 4, 721-–734.
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Laguerre-Gaussian Modes and the Wigner Transform.
(pdf) Journal of Modern Optics. Volume 55, Issue 21, 3535--3547 (2008).
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Dissertation. (last updated: 5/21/09)
(pdf)
Research Notes:
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Unique Continuation for J-holomorphic Curves. (last updated: 5/1/09)
(pdf) (This is a special case of a proof from [Hormander III].)
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Manipulation of Semiclassical Laguerre-Gaussian Modes: a Model Case. (last updated: 2/18/09)
(pdf) In my dissertation.
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Exponential Lower Bounds for the Bargmann Transform. (last updated: 4/21/09)
(pdf) In my dissertation.
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The Pseudospectrum of Zakharov-Shabat. (last updated: 11/15/08)
(pdf)
Expository Notes:
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Notes on Calderón's Problem
(pdf)
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A Fun Linear Algebra Problem
(pdf)
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Wherefore Cotangent Space?
(pdf)
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Parental Advisory.
(pdf)
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Iagolnitzer's Microlocal Upper Bounds.
(pdf)
(Unauthorized) Translations:
Miscellany:
The Role of the Professor, by Walter Noll.
NY Times article about majoring in STEM.
The Age of the Essay, by Paul Graham.
The Day Saul Perlmutter won the Nobel Prize.
Evidence of my previous life as a rock star.
Stress relief.
I am patiently waiting for this book.
Halloween 2011: Nosferatu, immediately after the costume contest and before office hours.