| Prof. PETER MAGYAR |
| Address: | Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
| Email: | magyar at math dot msu dot edu | | Office: | Wells Hall D326 | Phone: | 517-353-6330 | Fax: | 517-432-1562 | Office Hours: | Mon 4:00−5:30pm
Wed 3:00−5:30pm
Fri 4:00−5:30pm
and by appointment. | | | | |
I am an Associate Professor at the Michigan State Math Department. In Fall 2008 I teach Math 132 (Calculus I). Some previous courses: Math 481 (Discrete Math I), Math 482 (Discrete Math II).
In elementary terms, group theory is the theory of symmetry. A symmetry is any way of moving an object onto itself, and the set of all symmetries of an object is its symmetry group. This has a natural binary operation: perform one symmetry after another to get a new symmetry; and this makes the symmetry group into something resembling a number system. A Lie group is the continuous symmetry group of a highly symmetric object such as the circle or the sphere. Representation theory starts with an abstract group (considered purely as an algebraic system) and describes the objects which have this symmetry. My main field is representation theory, using tools from algebraic combinatorics and algebraic geometry. I study semi-simple complex Lie groups and the associated loop groups, representations, and homogeneous spaces (Grassmannians, flag varieties, affine Grassmannians). I am interested in Young tableaux and their generalizations, such as Littelmann paths and Kashiwara crystals. I have also done work on Schubert calculus and (affine) Schubert polynomials. See my research statement and abstract.
- On ideal generators for affine Schubert varieties,with V. Kreiman, V. Lakshmibai, and J. Weyman, in Algebraic groups and homogeneous spaces, 353--388, Tata Inst. Fund. Res. Stud. Math., Tata Inst. Fund. Res., Mumbai, 2007.
- Littelmann paths for the basic representation of an affine Lie algebra, Journal of Algebra 305 (2006), 1037--1054. Preprint
- Standard bases for affine SL(n)-modules, with V. Kreiman, V. Lakshmibai, and J. Weyman, International Mathematics Research Notices 2005, No. 21.
- Bruhat order for two flags and a line, P. Magyar, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 21 (2005).
- Standard monomial theory for Bott-Samelson varieties, V. Lakshmibai, P. Littelmann and P. Magyar, Compositio Mathematica 130 (2002), 293-318.
- Symplectic multiple flag varieties of finite type, P. Magyar, J. Weyman and A. Zelevinsky, Journal of Algebra 230 (Buchsbaum Festschrift, 2000), 245-265.
- Multiple flag varieties of finite type, P. Magyar, J. Weyman and A. Zelevinsky, Advances in Mathematics 141 (1999), 97-118.
- The Space of triangles, vanishing theorems, and combinatorics, W. van der Kallen and P. Magyar, Journal of Algebra 222 (1999), 17-50.
- Standard monomial theory and applications, V. Lakshmibai, P. Littelmann and P. Magyar, in Representation Theories and Algebraic Geometry, A. Broer (ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston (1998).
- Degeneracy Schemes and Schubert varieties, V. Lakshmibai and P. Magyar, International Mathematics Research Notices 12 (1998), 627-640.
- Standard monomial theory for Bott-Samelson varieties of GL(n), V. Lakshmibai and P. Magyar, Publications of RIMS Kyoto 34 (1998), 229-248.
- Standard monomial theory for Bott-Samelson varieties, V. Lakshmibai and P. Magyar, Comptes Rendues Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser I 324 (1997), 1211-1215.
- Schubert polynomials and Bott-Samelson varieties, P. Magyar, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 73 (1998), 603-636.
- Borel-Weil theorem for configuration varieties and Schur modules, P. Magyar, Advances in Mathematics 38 (1998), 328-366.
- Random walk in a Weyl chamber and the decomposition of tensor powers, D. Grabiner and P. Magyar, Algebraic Combinatorics 2 (1993), 239-260.
- Formulas for Generalized Kazhdan-Lusztig Polynomials, doctoral thesis, 50pp, Harvard University, 1993.
My papers on the Math ArXiv. Manuscripts and Notes
Collaborators
Education
Employment
- University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1993-95
- Université de Paris VII, Visiting Scholar, April-May 1995
- Northeastern University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1995-98
- Brandeis University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1998-2000
- Michigan State University
Assistant Professor, 2000-2006
Associate Professor, 2006-present
Honors
Personal
I was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated with my family at age 4. I speak Hungarian and have visited the country many times, including Junior year abroad in the Budapest Semesters in Mathematics program (1985). Family.
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Pictures: Real projective plane, Whitney umbrella, triangular lattice graph paper.
