Josh Barnard		I'm the one on the right...
Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of South Alabama Mobile, AL 36688	jbarnard...jaguar1 usouthal edu ILB 426 (251) 460-6264, ext. 2617

Course Information (Spring 2008) Math 227-101   Calculus III Math 335-501   Advanced Calculus II Past Courses Summer 2008 (tentative) Math 125-101 Calc I   (M-F 9:10-10:25) Math 227-101 Calc III   (M-F 10:40-11:55) Fall 2008 (tentative) Math 125-111 Calc I   (MWF 10:15-11:05; R 9:30-10:20) Math/Stat 150-101 Seminar   (W 1:25-2:15) Math 434/542-101 Topology I   (MW 3:00-4:15)

Professional Information CV (web version)

Publications and Preprints Super-exponential 2-dimensional Dehn functions, in preparation (with Noel Brady and Pallavi Dani) Geometrically infinite surface actions on delta-hyperbolic 3-manifolds are tame, preprint (revised 9/2007) Bounding surface actions on hyperbolic spaces, preprint (submitted 1/2008) Super-exponential distortion of subgroups of CAT(-1) groups, Algebraic & Geometric Topology, 7 (2007), 301-308. (with Noel Brady and Pallavi Dani) Distortion of surface groups in CAT(0) free-by-cyclic groups, Geometriae Dedicata, 120 (2006), no. 1, 119-139. (with Noel Brady) Ends of word-hyperbolic three-manifolds, PhD thesis (2004) A loop theorem/Dehn's lemma for (some) orbifolds, preprint (2001)

Local Mathematical Activities Colloquia Topology Seminar Algebra Seminar Math In Action Student Seminar Geometric Groups on the Gulf

Miscellaneous Math Links: Geometric group theory Low-dimensional topology Mathematics genealogy project MacTutor history of mathematics archive Powers of 10 Other Links: Events Calendar (and on campus) Hunger site Human rights watch Mobile weather Space weather Some places I've been: St. John's College George Washington University University of Alabama University of California, Santa Barbara University of Oklahoma

This is why philosophers should never do mathematics. (E contrario...)