Robert Tang


Research interests

My research interests lie broadly under geometric group theory and low-dimensional topology. I am particularly interested in questions regarding the curve complex, mapping class groups, Teichmüller space, singular Euclidean surfaces and cubical complexes.

Papers

My papers on the arXiv can be found here.

Publications

  • The curve complex and covers via hyperbolic 3-manifolds
    Geometriae Dedicata, December 2012, Volume 161, Issue 1, pp 233-237, DOI: 10.1007/s10711-012-9703-7.
    April 2011 preprint (PDF).

Preprints

  • Projections in the curve complex arising from covering maps
    October 2013 preprint (PDF).

PhD Thesis

  • Covering maps and hulls in the curve complex
    Contains material from the above two papers.
    June 2013 (PDF).





Part of my "In-Shufflin' Feet" puzzle from the 2010 ΣUMS Puzzle Hunt.