Izzet Coskun

Associate Professor

Research Interests

I am an algebraic geometer. Algebraic geometry studies properties of solutions of polynomial equations and has applications to many other fields including number theory, representation theory and string theory. Some of the basic questions I think about include: How many solutions does this equation have? What does the set of solutions look like?
An undergraduate student working with me would compute the dimensions of the spaces of polynomials satisfying various constraints. For example, if we fix finitely many points in the plane, what is the dimension of the space of polynomials whose Taylor expansions vanish to given orders at those points?

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