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Patricia Cahn

Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences; Codirector, Postbaccalaureate Program

Patricia Cahn

Contact

413-585-3769
Burton Hall 313

Biography

Before coming to Smith, Patricia Cahn was a Hans Rademacher Instructor at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.

Her research is in geometric and low-dimensional topology. A main theme of her work is using algebraic invariants to detect information about intersections and linking of topological objects. In particular, she has studied curves on surfaces, linking of knots in 3-manifolds and knot theory under geometric constraints, including contact topology.

Aside from mathematics, she enjoys playing the double bass.

Education

Ph.D., M.A., Dartmouth College
A.B., Smith College

Personal website

Selected Works in Smith ScholarWorks