Tom Church

I am currently a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Chicago. My advisor is Benson Farb.

Office: 5720 Woodlawn Ave. (map; ring doorbell on north side)
Office hours (Spring 2008): by appointment
E-mail:

Papers
Separating twists and the Magnus representation of the Torelli group, with Aaron Pixton, submitted.

Teaching
Spring 2008: MATH 163-50
Problem session: Wednesdays, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Eckhart 203
Eric Patterson's problem session: Mondays, 12:30pm - 1:30pm, Ryerson 352 (the Barn)

The tentative schedule for the journals this quarter: Journal Schedule

These are some LaTeX resources that you may find useful.
AMS-LaTeX - Short Math Guide
AMS-LaTeX - User's Guide for the amsmath Package
AMS-LaTeX - Using the amsthm Package
Example using newtheorem and theoremstyle commands (source)
The Comprehesive LaTeX Symbol List
XY-pic User's Guide (XY-pic is used for creating diagrams; it's unlikely that XY-pic will be necessary for anything in this class.)