- mathematics postdoc :: CV
address
- SFB 878 Gruppen, Geometrie und Aktionen
- Mathematisches Institut der Universität Münster
- Einsteinstraße 62 :: 48149 Münster :: Deutschland
- office: 130.024 (neubau)
- @ jan {dot] spakula [at) uni-muenster (dot} de
research
My research interests are in the fields of coarse geometry and K-theory of C*-algebras. More specifically, I study various versions of Roe C*-algebras and their properties.
I am also interested in geometric group theory and group C*-algebras. More generally, noncommutative geometry.
- for papers see below :: list of talks given :: attended conferences
- links :: NCG group in Münster :: NCGOA group at Vanderbilt :: bratislava math ::
papers
- The Baum-Connes formula for K-theory of proper actions, with Siegfried Echterhoff; in preparation
- Uniform local amenability, with Jacek Brodzki, Graham Niblo, Rufus Willett and Nick Wright; in preparation
- On rigidity of Roe algebras, with Rufus Willett, submitted, on arxiv
- Coarse non-amenability and coarse embeddings, with Goulnara Arzhantseva and Erik Guentner, on arxiv, in GAFA, 2012, doi ("The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com")
- Maximal and reduced Roe algebras of coarsely embeddable spaces, with Rufus Willett, accepted to Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, on arxiv
- Controlled coarse homology and isoperimetric inequalities, with Piotr Nowak, in Journal of Topology, 2010, pdf, doi, arxiv
- Non-K-exact uniform Roe C*-algebras (accepted to Journal of K-theory, on arxiv)
- Uniform version of Weyl--von Neumann theorem, on arxiv, in Archiv der Mathematik, 2010, doi ("The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com": link);
- Uniform K-homology, in Journal of Functional Analysis, 2009, pdf, doi
- Almost homomorphisms of compact groups, with Pavol Zlatoš, in Illinois J. Math, 2004, pdf
- theses can be found here
teaching
- at Vanderbilt: spr 08 calc 150B/7; fall 07 calc 150A/17; spr 07 calc 150B/1; fall 06 calc 150B/5; spr 06 calc 150B/10; fall 05 calc 150A/4: info for students is on the blackboard
personal
- Iva's photos (cz) :: photo of myself :: random futurama quote :: photos :: programming :: my math genealogy colored/plain
