jaco

Professional information

Research Interests

B.A., Fairmont State College; M.A., Penn State; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1968. Low-dimensional topology, Geometric and Combinatorial Group Theory. His primary interest is in the study, understanding, and classification of three-manifolds. The mathematical questions and techniques in low-dimensional topology are very similar to those in geometric and combinatorial group theory. Much of this work involves decision problems, algorithms, and computational complexity. Recent work has been the connection of combinatorial structures to the geometry and topology of three-manifolds.

Research Areas

Low-dimensional Topology/Geometry

Rank

Full Professor

Office

502 B MS/ 402 MS

Phone

405-744-6293/744-8225

Additional information

Head of the Department

Regents professor

Grayce B Kerr Chair

Personal information

Last Name

Jaco

First name

William

Homepage

http://www.math.okstate.edu/~jaco/

History

Member for

5 years 5 weeks