Dr. Michael Kapovich

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Biography

Michael Kapovich is a Distinguished Professor specializing in hyperbolic geometry, geometric topology, and geometric group theory. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1988 from the Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, in Novosibirsk. His research interests include low-dimensional geometry and topology, Kleinian groups, hyperbolic manifolds, configuration spaces, arrangements of mechanical linkages, and geometric representation theory of Lie groups. He has contributed significantly to the field with various publications and is known for his work on the representation varieties of finitely generated groups. His honors include receiving a gold medal from the Soviet Ministry of Higher Education for his master thesis in 1986 and numerous NSF grants awarded over several years.

Research Interests

Hyperbolic Geometry Geometric Topology Geometric Group Theory Low Dimensional Geometry Kleinian Groups Hyperbolic Manifolds

Awards

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Gold Medal

1986-01-01

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
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Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.