Nancy C. Wrinkle
College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics
Professor, Associate Chair
Office:
BBH 212H
Phone:
(773) 442-5765
Email:
n-wrinkle@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Tuesdays 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., and by appointment
Country:
United States
Math 421: Modern Geometry
Math 340: Computing for Mathematicians
Math 338: Introduction to Real Analysis
Math 331: Abstract Algebra
Math 321: History of Mathematics
Math 312: Foundations of Geometry
Math 251/311: Introduction to Advanced Mathematics
Math 253: Linear Algebra I
Math 203: Calculus III
Math 202: Calculus II
Math 187: Calculus I
Math 186: Precalculus
Math 113: Quantitative Reasoning
Research Interests
Low-dimensional topology and geometry
Education
1995, B.A., Mathematics, Barnard College
2002, Ph.D., Mathematics, Columbia University
Selected Publications
Distance and intersection number in the curve graph of a surface, with Joan S. Birman and Matt Morse, Geom Dedicata 215, 161–189 (2021). .
Criticality for the Gehring link problem, with Jason Cantarella, Joseph H.G. Fu, Rob Kusner, and John M. Sullivan. Geometry & Topology, 10 (2006), pp 1-61.
Some ropelength critical clasps, with John M. Sullivan, Physical and Numerical Models in Knot Theory and Their Application to the Life Sciences, (J. Calvo, K. Millett, E. Rawdon, and A. Stasiak, editors). Series on Knots and Everything, World Scientific, Volume 36, 2005.
On transversally simple knots, with Joan S. Birman, Journal of Differential Geometry, 55 (2000), pp 325-354.
Parametrizations of holonomic and Legendrian knots with Joan S. Birman, Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications 9 No. 3 (2000), p. 293-309.