Ben Webster

Charlottesville, VA

http://people.virginia.edu/~btw4e/

I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. My interests are geometric representation theory, knot homology and categorification.

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What's the "best" proof of quadratic reciprocity?

nt.number-theory big-list quadratic-reciprocity asked Oct 20, 2009 at 13:00

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105 votes

"Too many math alphabets" error

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79 votes

How does an academic mathematician educate him/herself about job opportunities outside academia?

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75 votes

Are there examples of (successful) NSF mathematics proposals available anywhere online?

career online-resources grants asked Sep 17, 2010 at 23:47

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70 votes

What is the insight of Quillen's proof that all projective modules over a polynomial ring are free?

ac.commutative-algebra ag.algebraic-geometry projective-module asked Mar 28, 2010 at 4:30

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70 votes

Is there a slick proof of the classification of finitely generated abelian groups?

gr.group-theory abelian-groups asked Jan 16, 2010 at 19:54

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51 votes

D-modules, deRham spaces and microlocalization

d-modules ag.algebraic-geometry differential-equations stacks asked Jan 3, 2010 at 1:56

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50 votes

Can one "manually override" BibTeX's choice of citation keys by adding a field to the entry?

bibtex bibliographies asked Jul 26, 2010 at 20:06

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33 votes

Has anything precise been written about the Fukaya category and Lagrangian skeletons?

fukaya-category sg.symplectic-geometry dg.differential-geometry asked Jan 10, 2010 at 0:53

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28 votes

How does one handle two-body job searches?

career soft-question asked Nov 13, 2009 at 19:23

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Using nonstandard gender-neutral pronouns to refer to myself in academic writing

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I violated academic integrity unknowingly by sharing assignment resources with fellow student. What should I do?

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Galois groups vs. fundamental groups

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Is there a high-concept explanation for why characteristic 2 is special?

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What is Koszul duality?

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Would it be rude to ask a famous professor who doesn't know me personally for a recommendation letter if I have published in a high ranking journal?

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Two PhD's in different UK universities, simultaneously, part-time: absurd idea?

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Which are the best mathematics journals, and what are the differences between them?

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Should I remind someone of a previous invitation to give a talk?

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Should I host my academic website under my institution domain or under a domain of my own ?

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How to escape the inclination to be a universalist or: How to learn to stop worrying and do some research.

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Why is the exterior algebra so ubiquitous?

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Is it worthwhile to give off-topic talks?

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What are good non-English languages for mathematicians to know?

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How to find an arXiv endorser

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Where are mathematics jobs advertised if not on mathjobs (e.g. in Europe and elsewhere)?

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When should you, and should you not, share your mathematical ideas?

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Why do researchers in areas requiring minimal resources apply for grants?

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Would you resubmit a research paper after it has been superseded by another as yet unpublished paper?

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Who to address on the cover letter?

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How does one address a tenure-track offer that is below expectations

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How important are publications for undergrads?

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What are the negative effects to the first author when adding coauthors?

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Is a free alternative to MathSciNet possible?

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Why would one expect a derived equivalence of categories to hold?

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Clarifications on American graduate school for an European student

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Applying for postdocs: mention two-body problem in cover letter?

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A learning roadmap for Representation Theory

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Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)?

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does a line bundle always have a degree

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