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Jens Harlander

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Office: MB 236-B
(208) 426-3312
jensharlander@boisestate.edu

About

Jens joined the mathematics department in 2007. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. He held post doctoral positions at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Glasgow, and visiting positions at Oregon State and Portland State. Before coming to Boise he was an associate professor at Western Kentucky University.

Jens is primarily interested in low dimensional topology and geometric group theory. Much of his works lies in the study of spaces of dimension 2 and 3, and their fundamental groups.

Homepage

Topology and algebra at Boise State University

Selected products

  • Relative vertex asphericity, with S. Rosebrock, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, Volume 64, Issue 2, (2021).
  • Directed diagrammatic reducibility, with S. Rosebrock, Topology and its Applications, Volume 282, (2020).
  • Chapter 1 and Chapter 6 in Advances in Two-Dimensional Homotopy and Combinatorial Group Theory; Cambridge University Press, LMS Lecture Notes 446 (Editors: Metzler and Rosebrock) (2018).
  • Injective labeled oriented trees are aspherical, with S. Rosebrock, Mathematische Zeitschrift 287 (1), (2017).

Selected courses taught

  • Math 301 Linear Algebra
  • Math 333 Differential Equations
  • Math 403/503 Advanced Linear Algebra
  • Math 411/511 Topology
  • Math 512 Advanced Topology

Department of Mathematics Faculty

Faculty

Scott Andrews

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Scott Andrews
Lecturer
Office: MB 236-A
(208) 426-1285
scottandrews@boisestate.edu

Allison Arnold-Roksandich

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Allison Arnold-Roksandich
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: MB 218-B
(208) 426-1138
allisonarnoldrok@boisestate.edu

Liljana Babinkostova

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Liljana Babinkostova
Professor
Office: MB 237-A
(208) 426-2896
liljanababinkostova@boisestate.edu

Janine Balfour

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Janine Balfour
Assistant Director, Math Learning Center
Office: MB 121-C
(208) 426-2561
janinebalfour@boisestate.edu