Chris Jankowski

Email: cjankows [at] math.upenn.edu
Office: DRL, Room 3C9
Office Phone: 8-2947




Teaching

Spring 2012: Math 104
Fall 2011: Math 240 and Math 320 .


Research

I work in Operator Algebras. With Bob Powers as my advisor, I received my Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. My main research interest lies in constructing and classifying E_0-semigroups (up to cocycle conjugacy), particularly those of type II and index zero, using the theory of CP-flows and boundary weight maps. The comparison theory of a particular class of completely positive maps has been central to this research so far. In joint work, I have been working to compute a fundamental invariant (the gauge group) for a family of E_0-semigroups, and I have recently become interested in various notions of subordination for CP-flows and E_0-semigroups.

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Papers

(with Daniel Markiewicz and Robert T. Powers) E_0-semigroups and q-purity: boundary weight maps of range rank one and two, J. Funct. Anal., to appear.

Unital q-positive maps on M_2(C) and cocycle conjugacy of E_0-semigroups, Houston J. Math., to appear.

A family of non-cocycle conjugate E_0-semigroups obtained from boundary weight doubles, J. Operator Theory, to appear.

(with Daniel Markiewicz) Gauge groups of E_0-semigroups obtained from Powers weights, Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN (2011), doi: 10.1093/imrn/rnr142, in press.

On type II_0 E_0-semigroups induced by boundary weight doubles, J. Funct. Anal. 258 (2010), no. 10, 3413-3451.

(with Daniel Isaksen and Stephanie Proctor) On K_*-ultrahomogeneous graphs, Ars. Combin. 82 (2007), 83-96.

Preprints

(with Daniel Markiewicz and Robert T. Powers) Aligned CP-semigroups, submitted.

About Me

Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, I have been a sports fan my entire coherent life. Aside of my oldest brother, who is an environmental engineer, I am the only member of my family who does not dislike math. Most of my family currently resides in Louisville, including five nephews (from whom I expect big things) and a noble dog.

Slides of recent talks

Gauge groups of E_0-semigroups

A family of non-cocycle conjugate E_0-semigroups obtained from boundary weight doubles

Properties of q-positive maps and their relation to E_0-semigroups