Steven Karp

Visiting Assistant Professor

Education

BMath, University of Waterloo, 2011
M.A.St., University of Cambridge, 2012
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, 2017

Research Groups

Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Discrete Math, Operations Research, and Probability

Research Area

Algebraic combinatorics

Bio

Research Interests

My research centers around total positivity, which is the study of spaces and their positive parts. For example, a square matrix is called totally positive if all of its square submatrices have a positive determinant. Such matrices can be parametrized using networks, and all their eigenvalues are real and positive. I study the positive parts of matrix spaces and their generalizations, such as algebraic groups and flag varieties, and explore their connections with areas such as combinatorics, representation theory, topology, and theoretical physics.

Selected Publications

Email: skarp2@nd.edu
Phone: 574-631-8706
Fax: 574-631-6579
Office: 108 Hayes-Healy Bldg.

Website

Mailing Address:
255 Hurley Bldg
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618