Welcome to T. J. Ford's Homepage
Biographical Sketch
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Ph.D. in Mathematics, Department
of Mathematics, Colorado State
University, 1980.
Thesis advisor: Professor Frank DeMeyer.
Thesis title: Every Finite Abelian Group is the Brauer Group of
a Ring
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Instructor of Mathematics, Colorado
State University, 1980--81.
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Florida
Atlantic University, 1981--87.
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Lecturer, University of Texas,
Austin, 1987--88.
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Visitor, Forshungsinstitut für
Mathematik, ETH, Zürich,
May -- July, 1990.
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Associate Professor of Mathematics, Florida
Atlantic University, 1987--1993.
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Professor of Mathematics, Florida Atlantic
University 1993--present.
Research Interests
Mathematics Subject Classification 14F22, 16K50, 16H05, 14F20.
The Brauer group of a commutative ring,
the Brauer group of a variety, Azumaya algebras
defined over the function field of a variety, étale cohomology,
commutative algebra and algebraic geometry.
Material for the classes that I am teaching this semester (Fall 2008):
Address
Department of Mathematics
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida
33431-0991
USA
Office: Room 216, Science & Engineering
Phone: (561) 297-3348
Fax: (561) 297-2436
Email: ford@fau.edu
URL: http://www.math.fau.edu/ford/
