Robert L. Bryant

J. M. Kreps Professor of Mathematics, Duke University

Contact Information

Where to find me currently, as well as information about my weekly schedule
The Duke Math Department Home Page
My curriculum vitae as a .pdf file. (To view PDF files, use Acrobat Reader)

Current Projects

Teaching

This Fall (2002), I am teaching Math 103X (Honors Intermediate Calculus) and Math 123S (Geometry). You can find further information about my schedule by looking here and you can always consult The Online Course Catalog for other course information.

Research

I'm interested in the geometry of partial differential equations (as always), but, more specifically, I have been thinking about conservation laws for PDE, Finsler geometry, holonomy, and trying to learn some more about Seiberg-Witten invariants and symplectic geometry.

You can retrieve .dvi files of any of my recent publications and preprints.

As time permits, I am compiling notes on my earlier publications, including errata, comments, and pointers to further work in the area since the appearance of the work in question.

Editorship

I am on the editorial board of Differential Geometry and Its Applications.
I'm on the editorial board of the Duke Mathematical Journal, but please don't submit manuscripts directly to me. Instead, follow the instructions inside the front cover of a recent issue of the DMJ. For further information, you can send email to the DMJ office.

Council of the AMS

I currently serve on the Executive Council of the AMS. My term expires on 31 January 2003. I am the chair of CPUB, the AMS Committee on Publications.

Vietnam Education Foundation

I serve on the Board of the Vietnam Education Foundation (a web link will be forthcoming as soon as the page is up) and my term expires in 2005.

Chamber Arts Society

I am the director of the Chamber Arts Society of Durham. Our 2002-3 season schedule is as follows:

14 September Pearlman, Schmidt, Bailey Trio
28 September Takacs Quartet
16 November Ysaye String Quartet and Paris Piano Trio
25 January Tokyo String Quartet
08 March Emerson String Quartet
29 March Leipzig String Quartet

All concerts begin at 8 PM. All of the concerts other than the Tokyo will be in Reynolds Theater in the Bryan Center on Duke's West Campus. The Tokyo will play in Page Auditorium (also on Duke's West Campus).

The season tickets are usually sold out by the first concert. However, it is usually possible to buy a limited number of individual tickets at the door on the night of the concert.

Web Sites of Interest

Robert L. Bryant <bryant@math.duke.edu>

email address: bryant@math.duke.edu
office 'phone: (919)-660-2805 
office number: 128A Physics

Updated: 16 August 2002