Abigail Thompson

e-mail: thompson@math.ucdavis.edu

Knots generated by KnotPlot .

General Area of Interest: Knot Theory; 3-Manifolds

Year Joining the Davis Faculty: 1988

Degree: Ph.D. 1986, Rutgers University

Teaching Winter 2025:
Calculus, Math 21D
Combinatorics, Math 145
All information for these classes is available on Canvas.

Click here to see some of my papers on Math. Reviews.

The ``thompscharbyfest'' was excellent, thanks to all the organizers.

An occasionally updated CV is here.

I am one of the founders of the Association for Mathematical Research.

Here is a pdf of my paper Thin position and the recognition problem for S^3.

Here's information about the COSMOS program at UC Davis. This is a 4-week residential
summer program in mathematics and science for talented high school students.

Pictures of nudibranchs taken at Dillon Beach are here.

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