University of Minnesota
School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics         The diagram illustrates the local accuracy of the tangent line approximation to a smooth curve, or--otherwise stated--the closeness of the differential of a function to the difference of function values due to a small increment of the independent variable.   Yamabe Memorial Symposium on Geometry and Low-Dimensional Topology
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Victor Reiner
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D. in Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990

256 Vincent Hall
206 Church St. SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: +1 (612) 625-6682 voicemail
Fax: +1 612 626-2017
Victor Reiner's primary research interests are in combinatorics and its connections with fields such as algebra, geometry, and topology.