Sven Bachmann

Professor of Mathematics


Department of Mathematics
228-1984 Mathematics Road
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2,
Canada

Email: sbach@math.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-4605

Differential Geometry, Mathematical Physics, PDE (DG-MP-PDE)

I am also an associate member of the Department of Physics & Astronomy


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Research

Mathematical Physics; Here is a list of my publications

Here are three talks I gave that have been published on Youtube, all intended for a rather broad audience of mathematical physics:
on tensor categories and quantization in the quantum Hall effect (in the seminar of the International Association of Mathematical Physics)
on the classification of quantum phases (in the Global Noncommutative Geometry Seminar),
on topological quantum transport (in the seminar of the International Association of Mathematical Physics)

A slightly more technical one on a topological index for time-reversal invariant phases (at a summer school at CU Boulder)

I am a editor of Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry and Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Here is a list of upcoming seminars inclulding those of the DG-MP-PDE group

Teaching

"Call to mind from whence we sprang:
Ye were not form'd to live the life of brutes
But virtue to pursue and knowledge high."

Ulysses in Dante's Divine Comedy

2024 WT2: MATH 305 Applied Complex Analysis
Past at UBC:Math 609E, Topics in Mathematical Physics
Math 512, Quantum Theory
Math 421/510, Functional Analysis
Math 320, Real Variables 1
MATH 215/255, Elementary Differential Equations 1
Math 223, Linear Algebra (Honours)
Math 100, Differential Calculus
22 courses in mathematics and mathematical physics at LMU Munich and UC Davis

Service to the community

Since January 2024, I am an officer of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Mathematical Physics

Short CV

I was born in the shadow of these mountains, studied next to those, got my doctorate facing more mountains, explored those for a few years, moved closer the original ones, and am currently enjoying other wild peaks. Needless to say, I have been very lucky.

Here is a more complete version.