Lily S. Khadjavi

"The universe... is written... in the language of mathematics." - Galileo
Office: University Hall 2718. Also known as 1000e, give or take. Not sure that's what Galileo had in mind.
Postal Address: Telephone: 310-338-5969 Fax: 310-338-3768
Email: lkhadjavi at lmu dot edu. If it bounces back, try khadjavi at post dot harvard dot edu.

You can find me, or at least a better likeness, in the Loyola Marymount University math department.

Academic year 2007-2008
Spring Semester:
Math 261/490T/598 Women and Mathematics (team taught with Dr. Jackie Dewar), MW@3
Math 331 Group Theory, MWF @1
Math 491/598 Senior Seminar in Cryptography, MW@4:30

Fall Semester:
Math 234 (Multivariable Calculus), MWF@10 & Th@9:15 and MWF@11 & Th@10:50.

Academic year 2005-2006
Associate Professor, LMU Department of Mathematics.
On sabbatical. Time spent down under (Oz), back East, the Big Apple, the Bay Area, and elsewhere.

Visiting scholar, 30th ACCMCC (plenary speaker), University of Queensland, Australia. December '05-January '06.
Visiting scholar, University of California, Berkeley. April '06-April '07. In residence March, late June, and sporadically.

Academic year 2004-2005
Assistant professor, Fairfield University Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Connecticut.

Spring 2004
Assistant professor, LMU Department of Mathematics.
Office hours: Mondays 10-11, 4-5; Wednesdays 4-5; Thursdays 1-3; and by appointment. In general, if you have a question, you should simply come by and see me!


Education:
Ph.D. U.C. Berkeley
A.B. (same as a B.A.) Harvard University
curriculum vitae in pdf format


Research in number theory: attacking the ABC Conjecture!
Co-conspirator: Victor Scharaschkin
  • Elliptic curves and the ABC Conjecture (preliminary version)

    And some other papers:
  • Belyi maps and elliptic curves with V. Scharaschkin.
  • An effective version of Belyi's Theorem.

    Useful links:
    Number Theory Web maintained by Keith Matthews
    Math ArXiv mirror site at UC Davis
    Summer research programs (REUs) for students in mathematics


    Other interests include cryptography, dessins d'enfants, complexity theory, and quantitative methods & social justice.

    Racial profiling in Los Angeles: A paper concerning motor vehicle stop and search data has appeared in Chance. See the American Statistical Association Pressroom and click on "Driving while black in the city of angels."
    Current research project: in collaboration with Kaaryn Gustafson, presenting at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting and LatCrit XII.
    Undergraduate student research supervised: the Applied Mathematical Sciences Summer Math Institute (AMSSI) ; click on technical reports.

    Useful links:
  • The LAPD Consent Decree: overview and public reports.
  • Northeastern University's Racial Profiling Data Collection Resource Center.

    Alene for deg Tove Ditlevsen (orig. Danish) (fra Pigesind, dikter utkom i 1939)
    Some words to live by, from my family in Norway:
  • Det finnes ikke daarlig vaer, bare daarlig klaer.
    And finally, once you've tasted raw herring in the Netherlands, you really can't ask for anything more (except maybe a fresh stroopwafel for dessert):
  • Alleen gekken en dwazen schrijven hun naam op de deuren en glazen.