$Case Western Reserve University$

Stanislaw Szarek

What's Happening (2006-2007, 2007-2008,...)

I am on the CWRU campus, back from the Equipe d'Analyse Fonctionnelle at the Université Pierre et Marie CURIE in Paris, France. While there, I was involved in the trimester on Phenomena in High Dimensions at the Institut Henri Poincare.
I will be again in residence at UPMC starting September 2009.

In August 2006 I took part in the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid, Spain. Here are the slides from my lecture on Convexity, Complexity, and High Dimensions.

Since June 2007 I am involved in the NSF Focused Research Group project: Fourier analytic and probabilistic methods in geometric functional analysis and convexity which - in addition to CWRU - involves Kent State University, University of Michigan and University of Missouri. The project provides numerous research opportunities, particularly for graduate students and postdocs.

Since January 2009 I am Levi Kerr Professor of Mathematics.

Courses and Such

Spring 2009

MATH 322/422, Fundamentals of Analysis II

Some other courses I taught at Case in the not-too-distant past

You should direct any questions concerning CWRU Math Competition and the Putnam Competition (which were my charges in some of the past years) to Dr. Contenza

And here are my Fall 2002, Spring 2003 and Spring 2006 graduate courses taught in Paris ...

My Research Interests

My primary field is Functional Analysis, more specifically Geometry of Banach Spaces, Convexity and, particularly, their combinatorial and probabilistic aspects. I am also interested in those aspects of other fields such as, e.g., Operator Theory, Approximation Theory, Mathematical Physics, Computer Science or Operation Research that appeal to convexity and/or exhibit probabilistic or geometric flavor (including, but not limited to, Random Matrices and Quantum Information Theory).

Have a pet problem that could fit there? Drop me a line at szarek at cwru.edu

Here is my CV and selected publications with links to preprints.

Links: Banach Space Bulletin Board (Oklahoma State), Functional Analysis archive at UC Davis, arXiv.org

Other Interests

Other than that, I like travel, sailing (Navigare Necesse Est, CNIF), diving, skiing, tennis, table tennis, bridge ...

And here are my daughters, Martina and Natalie (as seen by an Ukrainian artist in Kraków in 1997) and Emily (testing a certain body of water in 2005).