Benjamin Friedman

A rendition of a Calabi–Yau threefold.

Left: A rendition of a Calabi–Yau threefold, a six-dimensional space used in certain models of string theory.
Right: A soap film will naturally produce a minimal surface, meaning that its area is critical with respect to normal variations of the surface.

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  • Generic special Lagrangian moduli spaces of a non-Kähler Calabi–Yau threefold
    Accepted to Communications in Analysis and Geometry (2026) [arXiv]

  • Existence of equivariant minimal surfaces in CAT(1) spaces (with A. Fraser)
    Preprint (2026)

  • Gromov–Hausdorff continuity of non-Kähler Calabi–Yau conifold transitions (with S. Picard and C. Suan)
    Compositio Mathematica 162, 2 (2026) [journal, arXiv]

  • Girth conditions and Rota's basis conjecture (with S. McGuinness)
    Graphs Combin. 39, 51 (2023). [journal, arXiv]

  • The Alon–Tarsi conjecture: A perspective on the main results (with S. McGuinness)
    Discrete Math. 342 #8 (2019), 2234-2253. [journal]

  • Use of a varying turn-density coil (VTDC) to generate a constant gradient magnetic field and to demonstrate the magnetic force on a permanent magnet (with M. G. Abraham, M. Paetkau, S. R. Taylor, and C. M. Ross Friedman)
    Can. J. Phys. 91(3) (2013), 226-230. [journal]
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