Kai Behrend
German mathematician
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Kai A. Behrend is a German mathematician. He is a professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Born
Hamburg, Germany
AwardsCoxeter–James Prize, 2001
Jeffery–Williams Prize, 2011
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, 2015
Jeffery–Williams Prize, 2011
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, 2015
Kai Behrend | |
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Behrend in 2006 | |
| Born | Hamburg, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley Harvard University |
| Known for | Behrend function Behrend's trace formula Perfect obstruction theory |
| Awards | Coxeter–James Prize, 2001 Jeffery–Williams Prize, 2011 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, 2015 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of British Columbia |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Ogus |
| Other academic advisors | Günter Harder |
His work is in algebraic geometry and he has made important contributions in the theory of algebraic stacks, Gromov–Witten invariants and Donaldson–Thomas theory (cf. Behrend function). He is also known for Behrend's formula, the generalization of the Grothendieck–Lefschetz trace formula to algebraic stacks.
He is the recipient of the 2001 Coxeter–James Prize,[1] the 2011 Jeffery–Williams Prize,[2] and the 2015 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize.[3] He was elected to the 2018 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[4]
Selected publications
- Behrend, K. (1997). "Gromov-Witten invariants in algebraic geometry". Inventiones Mathematicae. 127 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 601–617. arXiv:alg-geom/9601011. Bibcode:1997InMat.127..601B. doi:10.1007/s002220050132. ISSN 0020-9910. S2CID 9929474.
- Behrend, K.; Fantechi, B. (19 March 1997). "The intrinsic normal cone". Inventiones Mathematicae. 128 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 45–88. arXiv:alg-geom/9601010. Bibcode:1997InMat.128...45B. doi:10.1007/s002220050136. ISSN 0020-9910. S2CID 18533009.
- Behrend, K.; Manin, Yu. (1 October 1996). "Stacks of stable maps and Gromov-Witten invariants". Duke Mathematical Journal. 85 (1). Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/s0012-7094-96-08501-4. ISSN 0012-7094. S2CID 16512308.
- Behrend, Kai A. (2003). "Derived 𝑙-adic categories for algebraic stacks". Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 163 (774). American Mathematical Society (AMS): 0. doi:10.1090/memo/0774. ISSN 0065-9266. MR 1963494