Home Page of Artur Elezi

Associate Professor of Mathematics

Mailing address
Department of Mathematics
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016, USA
How to reach me
Office: 228 Gray
Phone: (202) 885-3119
Fax: (202) 885-3155
E-mail: aelezi at american dot edu
Links
Math and Stat Department
Teaching
Math 150 Finite Mathematics
Research
Research area
Algebraic geometry with emphasis on Gromov-Witten Theory, Quantum Cohomology and Interactions with High Energy Physics.
Papers
1. The Aspinwall-Morrison Calculation and Gromov-Witten Theory, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 205 No.1 (2002), 99-109.
2. Mirror Symmetry for Concavex Vector Bundles on Projective Spaces, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences No. 3 (2003), 159-197.
3. Virtual Fundamental Class of Zero Loci and Mirror Theorems, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics No 6 (2004) 1101-1116.
4. A Mirror Conjecture for Projective Bundles, International Mathematical Research Notices No 55 (2005) 3445-3458.
5. Teaching Mathematics with Entertainment, submitted.
6. An Absolute and Relative View of Mirror Symmetry for Toric Varieties, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, January 17-19 2007, ISSN 1550-3747, pp 302-324.
7. The Value of Entertainment in a Mathematics Course, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, January 17-19 2007, ISSN 1550-3747, pp 291-301.
8. Mirror Symmetry and Quantum Cohomology for Projective Bundles, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 36 No. 1 (2007) 75-86.
9. Toric Fibrations and Mirror Symmetry, Computational Algebraic Geometry, Special Issue of Albanian Journal of Mathematics, Vol 1 Nr 4, 2007.
10. Enumerative Geometry and String Theory, to appear in New Challenges in digital Communications, IOS Press 2009.
Conference Organizer
Newton Mathematic Competition.
Vlora Conference Series.
Nato Advance Study Institute.
Computational Algebraic Geometry - ACA 2007.
Editorial Work
Albanian Journal of Mathematics.
Teaching
I am currently on sabbatical until August 2009. Previously I have taught these courses
Complex Variables for Applications (Graduate/Senior Course)
Riemannian Geometry (Graduate Course)
Differential Geometry (Graduate Course)
Euclidean and Non Euclidean Geometries (Graduate/Senior Course)
Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Course)
Topology (Graduate Course)
Lie Groups (Graduate Course)
Finite Mathematics
Applied Calculus
Math for Engineering
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
Calculus I,II and III.
College Algebra
Calculus for Technology
Other Stuff
Math-Algebraic Geometry
Math Institutes MSRI IAS IHES AMS Oberwolfach Mittag-Leffler Institute
European Algebraic Geometry
Journal Storage
Upcoming conferences in algebraic geometry (courtesy of Ravi Vakil)
Online math textbooks and math course notes
Eprint archive
Fun Math Facts
Summer Math Programs and Camps for High School Students
About Albania
Albanian Culture
University of Vlora
News
Albanian books, movies etc.
Soccer
Team Partizani (Albania)
Team AC Milan (Serie A - Italy)
Team Arsenal (Premier League - England)
Team Barcelona (Primera League - Spain)
Dutch National Team
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Pictures
My Trips to Albania
From a vintage point near the city of Gjirokastra
A magnificient view of the Old City of Gjirokaster
A characteristic street in the Old City of Gjirokaster
In the extremely cold running waters of the Blue Eye
A view from above of the 150 yard dep Blue Eye
Negotiating with street vendors
With my family in the cold springs of Tepelena
My son, Mateo, in the hills of the village of Kute - Mallakaster
Here is a picture of me churning butter at the farm of my uncle.
Downtown Tirana at night.