Karola Meszaros

H. C. Wang Assistant Professor of Mathematics
440 Malott Hall
(607) 255-8262

Ph.D. (2010) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Area

algebraic combinatorics

I am fascinated by the interplay between algebra and combinatorics. Most recently, I have been investigating divisibility properties and special values of the Kostant partition function through flows on graphs and subdivisions of polytopes.

Selected Publications

Root polytopes, triangulations, and the subdivision algebra I, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 363 (2011,) 4359–4382.

Root polytopes, triangulations, and the subdivision algebra II, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 363 (2011), 6111–6141.

Demystifying a divisibility property of the Kostant partition function, Pacific Journal of Mathematics 260 no. 1 (2012), 215–225.

Product formulas for volumes of flow polytopes, Proceedings of the AMS (to appear).

Flow polytopes of signed graphs and the Kostant partition function (with A. H. Morales), International Mathematical Research Notices (to appear).