University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Barry Walker

Research Assistant
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1409 W. Green Street (MC-382)
Urbana, Illinois 61801-2975

Office: 223 Illini Hall
Phone: (217) 265 1898
FAX:  (217) 333-9576
e-mail: bjwalker@math.uiuc.edu

Area of Specialization:
I like homotopy, number, and category theory. My thesis work considers orientations for complex vector bundles for K-Theory and how
these ideas are connected to local class field theory. The main result classifies communtative S-algebra orientations.

Notes:
Abstract for NT Talk on 16 Nov 2004 : abstract16Nov.pdf

Notes from MIT stacks talk Spirng 06  :  StacksTalk.pdf

Notes for Topology Seminar Talk : uiuctop.pdf

Slides for Graduate Student Topology Conference in Indiana :  IndinaSlides.pdf

Publications:

Here is my thesis :   uiucthesisstyle.pdf

Here is a link to a review of a paper I wrote with Dan Grayson and some other graduate students. K-Theory paper

Courses:

234 BL1 Fall 06

225 N1

C&M 220 A8 Fall 05

Seminars:

Graduate Student Geometry and Topology Seminar

Non-Math Stuff:

BBLean:  It's a cool shell for windows.  BBLean

Pandora:   A great site for music loves of any kind.  Pandora