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Lauren Cranton Heller

postdoctoral faculty at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln
PhD from UC Berkeley, advised by David Eisenbud

e-mail: lheller2@unl.edu
office: Avery 328

Department of Mathematics
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
210 Avery Hall
1144 T St
Lincoln, NE 68588

interested in commutative algebra with geometric applications
multigraded regularity, virtual resolutions, Cox rings, toric varieties



papers | talks | conferences | code | teaching | qualifying exam



commutative algebra / algebraic geometry

Consider the rings \(k[s^2,st]\) and \(k[s^2,t^2]\). What are their dimensions? Are they integrally closed? How do they relate to maps to projective space?

How about \(k[s^3,s^2t,st^2,t^3]\)?

Calculate a Grobner basis for for the ideal \((xz,yw,xw)\) in \(k[x,y,z,w]\).

Give the Koszul complex on the generators of this ideal. Is it a resolution?

Define the canonical curve of genus 4 and describe its ideal sheaf.

Find the Picard group of a nonsingular quadric.

Draw a picture of \(\operatorname{Spec}\mathbb{Z}[x]\).

differential geometry

What are the maximal ideals in the ring of smooth functions on a compact manifold?

Define the tangent space.

Given a vector field \(X\), do there exist local coordinates under which \(X\) is constant?