Alex Zorn

Department of Mathematics
University of California, Berkeley
Office: 1042 Evans Hall
Email awzorn@math.berkeley.edu

Hi, I’m Alex Zorn, a math PhD student at UC Berkeley. My research interests are in symplectic geometry, microlocal sheaf theory, representation theory, combinatorics, and mathematical physics.

My Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

Current

I am currently a GSI for Math 110

My office hours are 11-1 PM on Mondays and 12-1 PM on Tuesdays.

Math 1B

Here are some notes I have written up for Math 1B:

Math 54

Here are some notes I have written up for Math 54:

Berkeley Math Circle

Here are some lectures I have given for the Berkeley Math Circle :

Strategies for Games of Chance (Part I,Part II)

Symmetry Groups in 2 and 3 Dimensions (Part I,Part II,Part III)

The Coordinate Plane (Part I)

Probability and Random Walks (Part I,Part II)

Alameda Math Circle

My webpage for the (now defunct) Alameda Math Circle.

Research

I currently do not have any publications.

My current research deals with the theory of arboreal spaces- stratified spaces whose singularities are arboreal singularities. These spaces were introduced by my advisor David Nadler. In a sense, these singularities form a complete set of combinatorial building blocks for Lagrangian skeleta of symplectic manifolds. My research focuses on combinatorial properties of arboreal spaces, including how one can construct a constructible sheaf of dg-categories on these spaces which mimics the Fukaya category on the original symplectic manifold.

For a more complete survey, my research statement can be viewed here.