Office:  304 Goldsmith

Phone:  781-736-3071

Email:  “lastname”@brandeis.edu

Office hrs:  Mon 5-6, Tues 10-11,

    Wed 2-3, or by appointment

Ruth Charney


Professor of Mathematics,

    Brandeis University

President,

    Association for Women in Mathematics

 

My area of research is geometric group theory, the study of groups through their actions on topological metric spaces.  Some of my favorite topics are CAT(0) spaces, cube complexes, hyperbolic and relatively hyperbolic groups, Artin groups, Coxeter groups, and automorphism groups.

Research

Teaching, Spring 2013:

Math 23B, Introduction to Proofs:  M,W 3:30-5:00

Math 122b, Topics in Topology:  M,W,Th 1:00-2:00

Mailing address:

Dept of Mathematics, MS 050

Brandeis University,

415 South Street

Waltham, MA 02453