Kristin Shaw


I am a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and I work in tropical geometry.
I received my Ph.D. from Université de Genève under the direction of Grigory Mikhalkin.
Here is a copy of my thesis.

Here is my cv

Here's how to find me:

Departement of Mathematics
University of Toronto
Bahen Centre
40 St. George St., Room 6290
Toronto, Ontario
CANADA
M5S 2E4

shawkm(at)math(dot)toronto(dot)edu

Teaching
In spring 2013 I am teaching Classical Geometries - MAT402 Click here for the course website

Linear Algebra I - MAT223 (Fall 2012)
Introduction to Number Theory - MAT315HS (Spring 2012) Click here for the course website

Publications
A translation I did of a beautiful introductory text by Erwan Brugallé
A Bit of Tropical Geometry.


Obstructions to approximating tropical curves in surfaces via intersection theory. (with E. Brugallé).
A tropical intersection product on matroidal fans (submitted).
Local obstructions to approximating tropical curves in surfaces. (To appear in Oberwolfach Reports Vol. 20).
Multiplicity free expansions of Schur P-functions (with Stephanie Van Willigenburg), Ann. Comb. 11:69--77 (2007).
Coincidences among skew Schur functions (with Victor Reiner and Stephanie Van Willigenburg), Adv. Math. 216:118--152 (2007).