Adam Coffman --- Publications Page

Last update: April 15, 2008.

I will make papers available on this page when they are in a complete form, and post a note when they are substantively updated.

Research Publications by Adam Coffman

A. Coffman, Unfolding CR singularities, Preprint, to appear in Memoirs of the AMS, vii+113 pages. Updated Jan. 7, 2008.

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Here's a graphics page with some related illustrations, animations, and comments.
An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in the Abstracts of Papers Presented to the AMS (2) 27 (2006), p. 409.
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A. Coffman and Y. Pan, Proper holomorphic maps from domains in C2 with transverse circle action, Chinese Annals of Mathematics (English Series B) (5) 28 (2007), 533-542.

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MathSciNet pre-review: 2358939

A. Coffman, Analytic stability of the CR cross-cap, Pacific Journal of Mathematics (2) 226 (2006), 221-258.

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Post-publication comments, updated Dec. 13, 2007. $DVI$ $PS$ $PDF$
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Zbl. Math review: 1123.32018

A. Coffman, CR singularities of real threefolds in C4, Advances in Geometry (1) 6 (2006), 109-137.

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Addendum, 12 pages. Updated Aug. 24, 2007. $DVI$ $PS$ $PDF$
An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in the Abstracts of Papers Presented to the AMS (3) 25 (2004), p. 459.
MathSciNet review: 2242865 (2007d:32033) $DVI$ $DVI$ $PDF$
Zbl. Math review: 1120.32024

A. Coffman, Real equivalence of complex matrix pencils and complex projections of real Segre varieties, Preprint, 40 pages. Updated March 5, 2008.

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An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in the Spring 2005 Newsletter of the Indiana Section of the MAA.
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A. Coffman, D. Legg, and Y. Pan, A Taylor series condition for harmonic extension, Real Analysis Exchange (1) 28 (2002-2003), 235-253.

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For an illustration related to this paper, see my graphics gallery page.
An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in Abstracts of Short Communications and Poster Sessions, International Congress of Mathematicians, Beijing 2002 (Higher Education Press, Beijing, 2002).
MathSciNet review: 1973984 (2004c:31006) $DVI$ $DVI$ $PDF$
Zbl. Math review: 1055.31003
Russian language abstract $PDF$ (p. 721/722 of large PDF file).
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Project Euclid abstract (and full text link for subscribers)

A. Coffman and M. Frantz, Möbius transformations and ellipses, The Pi Mu Epsilon Journal (6) 12 (2007), 339-345.

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There is also a significantly longer version of this paper, with several different proofs of the main result, more pictures, and a longer list of references: see Ellipses in the inversive plane, listed under Lecture Notes (below).
For related images, see the link on the "hippopede of Proclus" on my graphics gallery page.
An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in the Spring 2003 Newsletter of the Indiana Section of the MAA.
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A. Coffman, Real congruence of complex matrix pencils and complex projections of real Veronese varieties, Linear Algebra and its Applications 370 (September 2003), 41-83.

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Errata & post-publication comments, updated Dec. 13, 2007. $DVI$ $PS$ $PDF$
An abstract for a talk based on this paper appears in the Abstracts of Papers Presented to the AMS (3) 22 (2001), p. 466.
ScienceDirect abstract
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Zbl. Math review: 1049.14042
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A. Coffman, CR singular immersions of complex projective spaces, Beiträge zur Algebra und Geometrie (2) 43 (2002), 451-477.

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For an illustration related to this paper, see the "deflating ellipsoid" on my graphics gallery page.
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Zbl. Math review: 1029.32020
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A. Coffman, Analytic normal form for CR singular surfaces in C³, Houston Journal of Mathematics (4) 30 (2004), 969-996.

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Zbl. Math review: 1074.32013
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A. Coffman, The attraction of surfaces of revolution, The College Mathematics Journal (5) 32 (November 2001), 372-375.

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Zbl. Math review: 0995.26003

A. Coffman, A. J. Schwartz, and C. M. Stanton, The algebra and geometry of Steiner and other quadratically parametrizable surfaces, Computer Aided Geometric Design (3) 13 (April 1996), 257-286.

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For related links, images, animation, and code, see my Steiner Surfaces web page.
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Zbl. Math review: 0875.68860
ACM Portal citation

Thesis excerpts

A. Coffman, Enumeration and Normal Forms of Singularities in Cauchy-Riemann Structures, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Chicago. Defended June 9, 1997.

Available in The University of Chicago Library system. (#QA999.C64 in the Library Catalog)
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Chapter II, Degeneracy loci in CR geometry, and comprehensive bibliography, 20 pages.
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Chapters III and V, condensed into: Formal stability of the CR cross-cap, 26 pages.
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Chapter IV, condensed into: Complexification of the CR cross-cap, see my Lecture Notes (below), and also Example 8.5 in my ...real Veronese varieties paper (above).
Listed in the Feb. 1999 AMS Notices, p. 251. $PS$ $.PDF$

A. Coffman, A Classification of Quadratically Parametrized Maps of the Real Projective Plane, B.S. Honors Thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991.

Notes

These are some notes © by Adam Coffman, unpublished and not in any final form, and falling into three somewhat indistinct categories.

Research Notes

These are notes on fairly well-known topics, but I have found it convenient to collect some related results in one place, with consistent notation and elementary proofs.

Notes on abstract linear algebra. Two parts planned, Part 1 (Chapters 1-4) completed, Part 2 (starting with Chapter 5) in progress,
iv+114 pages. Updated Aug. 14, 2007.
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Notes on series in several variables. 26 pages. Updated January 12, 2002.
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Notes on the elementary geometry of real involutions of complex projective spaces. 16 pages. Updated June 10, 2003.
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Course Notes

These are compiled from my classroom handouts, for IPFW courses since 1997.

A Pi Day handout, for March 14. Distributed in Calculus II and also at a Pi Day demonstration at a local children's science museum. 4 pages. Updated March 2007.
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Notes on first semester calculus, for MA 165: Calculus I. 25 pages. Updated Sept. 4, 2007.
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Notes on sequences and series in the calculus of one variable, for MA 166: Calculus II. 17 pages. Updated July 20, 2007.
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Notes on elementary linear algebra, for MA 351: Elementary Linear Algebra and MA 511: Linear Algebra and Applications. 33 pages. Updated Jan. 24, 2007.
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Notes on abstract algebra, for MA 453: Algebra I and MA 553: Introduction to Abstract Algebra. 14 pages. Updated Jan. 14, 2007.
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- I have also prepared a "teacher's edition," with solutions to selected problems.
Notes on axiomatic geometry, for MA 560: Fundamental Concepts of Geometry. 37 pages. Updated August 8, 2001.
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- I have also prepared a "teacher's edition," with solutions to selected problems, and sample quiz and test questions.
Notes for the Physics-Based Calculus workshop, for a Continuing Studies Summer Workshop for Teachers, on incorporating Fourier analysis in a calculus curriculum. 10 pages, no pictures. Updated June 9, 2004.
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Lecture Notes

These notes are based on talks I've given about my research. See also my Grants and Talks page for a list of talks I've given.

The CIRM web site has a PDF copy of the slides I used for my talk, "CR singularities and their unfoldings", at the conference on Rigidity in Dynamics and Geometry, at Luminy, May 21-25, 2007.
Ellipses in the inversive plane, joint work with M. Frantz, related to a Mar. 2003 talk at the MAA Indiana Section meeting at Butler University, and also an Oct. 2001 talk at the Midwest SCV conference at the University of Michigan. A shorter article on the same topic appeared in 2007 (listed above).
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Complexification of the CR cross-cap, based on my dissertation and a Dec. 1997 talk in the Several Complex Variables Seminar, University of Michigan. 8 pages. Updated Dec. 30, 1998.
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Invariants for pairs of almost complex structures, based on a Feb. 1996 talk in the Geometry and Topology Seminar, University of Chicago. 20 pages. Updated May 20, 1997.
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Other stuff by Adam Coffman

My technical assistance with the cover illustration of The College Mathematics Journal (4) 38 (September 2007) issue is acknowledged in the inside front cover.
My digital photo of the IPFW Mastodon sculpture appeared in Indiana Alumni Magazine, (2) 67 (2004), p. 12.
Some of my digital photos taken on the IPFW campus were selected to appear in the Sunday Snapshots feature on the WANE-TV news, March 14, 2004. They showed both this flower picture and this hawk picture.
Illustrations for: A. Gurevich, Boundary regularity for free boundary problems, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. (3) 52 (1999), 363-403.
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- Zbl. Math review: 928.35213
I am a contributor to Mathematical Reviews.
I am participating in the GIMPS, a distributed computing project searching for Mersenne prime numbers.
I also occasionally contribute solutions to geometry and linear algebra problems, and letters to the editor, to the MAA journals.
Links from JSTOR: Solutions from Problem Sections:
- Amer. Math. Monthly 10202, 10249, 10317, 10322, 10348, 10368, 10378, 10519, 10930
- CMJ 531, 537, 546, 570, 574, 606, 629, 646, 650, 651, 753, 759
- Math Magazine 1468, 1476, 1661.

Archives and Reviews

Front End for the Mathematics ArXiv at Cornell Univ.
CiteSeer Digital Library
European Singularities Network
MathSciNet
European Mathematical Society, Zentralblatt Math

Research Publications by Adam Coffman