Benson Farb
Ann Gillian Sheldon Professor
University of Chicago
Contact Information
Department of Mathematics
University of Chicago
5734 University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1514
USA
Office: 356 Ryerson
E-mail:
bensonfarb@gmail.com
Phone: (773) 702-3444 (Office)
Photo by Jessica Wynne
Birthday Conference: No Boundaries
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Papers
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Books
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Students
Some students, grand-students and postdocs, Spring 2019
Some former PhD students and grand-students, Fall 2017
My grad students (minus two)
and me, Spring 2007
My grad students (minus one)
and me, Spring 2008
My grad students (minus one)
and me, Spring 2009
My grad students and me, Spring 2010
Some of my students, past and present, at a conference at
OSU, May 2010
Some Chicago geometers (plus Indira), at
OSU, May 2010
Some of my students (6 past, 3 present) and me at
Vogtmannfest, Luminy, June 2010
My grad students and me, Spring 2011
My grad students and me, Spring 2012
Some of my students (current and former) at PCMI, Summer 2012
My grad students and me, Spring 2013
My grad students and me, Spring 2014
My grad students and me, Spring 2015
My grad students and me, Spring 2016
My grad students and me, Spring 2017
My grad students (minus 2) and me, Spring 2018
My grad students and me, Spring 2019
My grad students and me (plus Zoom-bomber Claudio, who just graduated), Spring 2020
My grad students (minus Peng Hui) and me, Spring 2021
The working group, Spring 2021
The working group (minus Trevor,Nat,Michael), Spring 2022
My grad students and me, Spring 2023
The working group (minus Trevor and Fred), Spring 2023
My grad students and me, Spring 2024
The working group, Spring 2024
Some of my students (former and current) and 2 ``grandstudents'' at
the Thurston memorial conference, Summer 2014.
Thurston and some of his students, 2007
Boards
I am on the following editorial boards. Please feel free to submit a paper/book to me.
Geometriae Dedicata (managing editor 1999-2004, honorary
editor 2004-)
Geometry and Topology
Journal of Topology and Analysis
Journal of Homotopy Theory and Related Structures
Chicago Lectures in Mathematics Series ( Editorial Board, 1998-2020)
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