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Charles H. Conley

Title: Professor

Department: Mathematics

College: College of Science

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 1991
    Major: Mathematics
    Dissertation: Representations of Finite Length of Semidirect Product Lie Groups
  • MS, California Institute of Technology, 1987
    Major: Physics
  • SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
    Major: Mathematics

Current Scheduled Teaching

MATH 3410.001Differential Equations ISpring 2025
MATH 4450.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2025
MATH 6510.001Topics in AlgebraFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MATH 3410.001Differential Equations ISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 4450.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 5500.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2024 SPOT
MATH 4520.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 5400.002Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2023 SPOT
MATH 6510.001Topics in AlgebraFall 2023 SPOT
MATH 3410.001Differential Equations ISpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 6950.711Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
MATH 4450.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 5500.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2023 SPOT
MATH 3410.003Differential Equations IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2022 SPOT
MATH 4900.703Special ProblemsFall 2022
MATH 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2022
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
MATH 5530.001Modern AlgebraSpring 2022 SPOT
MATH 6950.702Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
MATH 4520.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 5400.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2021 SPOT
MATH 6700.001Selected Topics in Advanced MathematicsFall 2021 SPOT
MATH 3510.001Abstract Algebra ISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 3510.002Abstract Algebra ISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 4450.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2021 Syllabus
MATH 5500.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2021
MATH 5900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2021
MATH 6900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2021
MATH 3510.001Abstract Algebra IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 3510.002Abstract Algebra IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 6900.708Special ProblemsFall 2020
MATH 5900.702Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2020
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2019 SPOT
MATH 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
MATH 6510.001Topics in AlgebraFall 2018 SPOT
MATH 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
MATH 6950.710Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
MATH 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
MATH 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2017
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2016 SPOT
MATH 6900.708Special ProblemsFall 2016
MATH 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
MATH 4500.001Introduction to TopologySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
MATH 5600.001Introduction to TopologySpring 2016 SPOT
MATH 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2016
MATH 6900.708Special ProblemsFall 2015
MATH 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2015
MATH 6510.001Topics in AlgebraSpring 2015
MATH 4520.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2014 Syllabus
MATH 5400.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2014
MATH 5900.718Special ProblemsFall 2014
MATH 5530.001Selected Topics in Modern AlgebraSpring 2014
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2013
MATH 6950.702Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2013
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
MATH 5530.001Selected Topics in Modern AlgebraSpring 2013
MATH 4910.701Special ProblemsSpring 2013
MATH 6950.724Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2012
MATH 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2012
MATH 6950.716Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2012
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
MATH 6950.724Doctoral DissertationFall 2011
MATH 1650.622Pre CalculusFall 2011 Syllabus
MATH 5900.718Special ProblemsFall 2011
MATH 3410.001Differential Equations ISpring 2011 Syllabus
MATH 3410.003Differential Equations ISpring 2011 Syllabus
MATH 3410.500Differential Equations ISpring 2011 Syllabus
MATH 6950.708Doctoral DissertationSpring 2011
MATH 4900.703Special ProblemsSpring 2011
MATH 4910.701Special ProblemsSpring 2011
MATH 5900.702Special ProblemsSpring 2011
MATH 5900.718Special ProblemsFall 2010
MATH 6900.755Special ProblemsFall 2010
MATH 3740.001Vector CalculusFall 2010
MATH 3400.001Number TheorySpring 2010
MATH 6900.724Special ProblemsSpring 2010
MATH 6510.002Topics in AlgebraSpring 2010
MATH 6950.724Doctoral DissertationFall 2009
MATH 4520.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2009
MATH 5400.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2009
MATH 6510.001Topics in AlgebraFall 2009
MATH 1710.623Calculus ISpring 2009
MATH 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2009
MATH 6950.724Doctoral DissertationFall 2008
MATH 5000.002Instructional Issues for the Professional MathematicianFall 2008
MATH 1650.623Pre CalculusFall 2008
MATH 1710.624Calculus ISpring 2008
MATH 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2008
MATH 5900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2008
MATH 3410.001Differential Equations IFall 2007
MATH 6950.724Doctoral DissertationFall 2007
MATH 1650.622Pre CalculusFall 2007
MATH 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2007
MATH 2700.001Linear Algebra and Vector GeometrySpring 2007
MATH 5530.001Selected Topics in Modern AlgebraSpring 2007
MATH 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2007
MATH 5900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2007
MATH 6900.724Special ProblemsSpring 2007
MATH 4520.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2006
MATH 5400.001Introduction to Functions of a Complex VariableFall 2006
MATH 5950.718Master's ThesisFall 2006
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2006
MATH 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2006
MATH 4900.713Special ProblemsFall 2006
MATH 6900.755Special ProblemsFall 2006
MATH 1720.620Calculus IISpring 2006
MATH 4450.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2006
MATH 5500.001Introduction to the Theory of MatricesSpring 2006
MATH 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2006
MATH 5900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2006
MATH 3510.001Introduction to Abstract AlgebraFall 2005
MATH 1650.625Pre CalculusFall 2005
MATH 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2005
MATH 1190.004Business CalculusFall 2004
MATH 5520.001Modern AlgebraFall 2004
MATH 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • C. Conley. (1994). Extensions of the mass 0 helicity 0 representation of the Poincaré group. Other. Non‑compact Lie Groups and Some of Their Applications. 429 315-324. Dordrecht, Kluwer.
  • Journal Article

  • Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. (2023). Counting quiddities of polygon dissections. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 45 (3) 256-262.
  • Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. (2023). Quiddities of polygon dissections and the Conway-Coxeter frieze equation. Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. 24 2125-2170.
  • Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. (2023). Shadows of rationals and irrationals: supersymmetric continued fractions and the super modular group. Journal of Geometry and Physics. 190 paper 104866, 18 pages.
  • Conley, C.H., Erickson, J. (2022). The vibrational modes of simplicial molecules. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 44 (4) 364-370.
  • Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. (2019). Lagrangian configurations and symplectic cross-ratios. Mathematische Annalen. 375 (3-4) 1105-1145. arXiv:1812.04271
  • Conley, C.H., Ovsienko, V. (2018). Rotundus: triangulations, Chebyshev polynomials, and Pfaffians. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 40 (3) 45-50.
  • C. Conley, D. Grantcharov. (2017). Quantization and injective submodules of differential operator modules. Advances in Mathematics. 316 216-254.
  • C. Conley, M. Raum. (2016). Harmonic Maaß-Jacobi forms of degree 1 with higher rank indices. International Journal of Number Theory. 12 (7) 1871-1897.
  • C. Conley, V. Ovsienko. (2016). Linear differential operators on contact manifolds. International Mathematics Research Notices. 2016 (22) 6884-6920.
  • C. Conley, R. Dahal. (2015). Centers and characters of Jacobi group-invariant differential operator algebras. Journal of Number Theory. 148 40-61.
  • C. Conley, J. Larsen. (2015). Equivalence classes of subquotients of pseudodifferential operator modules. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 367 (12) 8809-8842.
  • C. Conley. (2015). Equivalence classes of subquotients of supersymmetric pseudodifferential operator modules. Algebras and Representation Theory. 18 (3) 665-692.
  • C. Conley, M. Sepanski. (2015). Factorizations of relative extremal projectors. P-Adic Numbers, Ultrametric Analysis, and Applications. 7 (4) 276-290.
  • Bringmann, K., Conley, C.H., Richter, O.K. (2012). Jacobi forms over complex quadratic fields via the cubic Casimir operators. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 87 (4) 825-859.
  • C. Conley. (2009). Conformal symbols and the action of contact vector fields over the superline. Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik. 633 115-163.
  • C. Conley. (2009). Quantizations of modules of differential operators. Contemporary Mathematics. 490 61-81.
  • C. Conley, C. Martin. (2007). Annihilators of tensor density modules. Journal of Algebra. 312 (1) 495-526.
  • Bringmann, K., Conley, C.H., Richter, O.K. (2007). Maass-Jacobi forms over complex quadratic fields. Mathematical Research Letters. 14 (1) 137-156.
  • C. Conley. (2005). Bounded subquotients of pseudodifferential operator modules. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 257 (3) 641-657.
  • C. Conley, P. Pucci, J. Serrin. (2005). Elliptic equations and products of positive definite matrices. Mathematische Nachrichten. 278 (12-13) 1490-1508.
  • C. Conley, M. Sepanski. (2005). Infinite commutative product formulas for relative extremal projectors. Advances in Mathematics. 196 (1) 52-77.
  • C. Conley, M. Sepanski. (2004). Singular projective bases and the affine Bol operator. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 33 (1) 158-191.
  • C. Conley, M. Sepanski. (2003). Relative extremal projectors. Advances in Mathematics. 174 (2) 155-166.
  • C. Conley, C. Martin. (2001). A family of irreducible representations of the Witt Lie algebra with infinite dimensional weight spaces. Compositio Mathematica. 128 (2) 153-175.
  • C. Conley. (2001). Bounded length 3 representations of the Virasoro Lie algebra. International Mathematics Research Notices. 2001 (12) 609-628.
  • C. Conley. (1999). Super multiplicative integrals. Letters in Mathematical Physics. 47 (1) 63-74.
  • C. Conley. (1998). Geometric realizations of representations of finite length II. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 183 (2) 201-211.
  • C. Conley. (1997). Geometric realizations of representations of finite length. Reviews in Mathematical Physics. 9 (7) 821-851.
  • C. Conley. (1995). Little group method for smooth representations of finite length. Duke Mathematical Journal. 79 (3) 619-666.
  • C. Conley. (1993). Representations of finite length of semidirect product Lie groups. Journal of Functional Analysis. 114 (2) 421-457.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), "Gauge supergroups," sponsored by NSF International Research Fellowship, Federal, $40628 Funded. (1998 - 1999).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), "Semidirect product Lie groups," sponsored by NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, Federal, $75000 Funded. (1991 - 1994).
  • Grant - Research

  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), Shepler, A.V. (Co-Principal), "Southwest Local Algebra Meeting 2023, DMS 2302498," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $16000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), "Contact Schwarzians, extremal projectors, and infinitesimal characters," sponsored by Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant, Private, $42000 Funded. (2017 - 2022).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), "Lie algebra cohomology and invariant differential operators," sponsored by Simons Foundation Collaboration Grant, Private, $35000 Funded. (2011 - 2016).
  • Richter, O.K. (Principal), Conley, C.H. (Co-Principal), Shepler, A.V. (Co-Principal), "NSF grant DMS 1302770," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $12000 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Richter, O.K. (Principal), Conley, C.H. (Co-Principal), Shepler, A.V. (Co-Principal), "NSF grant DMS 1132586," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $8000 Funded. (2011 - 2012).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), "Representations of Lie algebras," sponsored by NSA Young Investigator Award, Federal, $36000 Funded. (2003 - 2005).
  • Urbanski, M. (Principal), Schmidt, R. (Principal), "Random and Conformal Dynamical Systems," sponsored by Simons Foundation, FOND, Funded. (2018 - 2023).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), Schmidt, R. (Principal), "Contact Schwarzians, Extremal Projectors, and Infinitesimal Characters," sponsored by Simons Foundation, FOND, Funded. (2017 - 2022).
  • Shepler, A.V. (Principal), Schmidt, R. (Principal), "Deformations," sponsored by Simons Foundation, FOND, Funded. (2016 - 2022).
  • Richter, O.K. (Principal), Schmidt, R. (Principal), "Real-Analytic Automorphic Forms and Applications," sponsored by Simons Foundation, FOND, Funded. (2016 - 2022).
  • Conley, C.H. (Principal), Gao, S. (Principal), "Lie Algebra Cohomology and Invariant Differential Operators," sponsored by Simons Foundation, FOND, Funded. (2011 - 2017).
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