Javid Validashti Visiting Assistant Professor University of Kansas Department of Mathematics Research Interest Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry Algebra Group at KU Publications Uniform Equivalence of Symbolic and Adic Topologies, with Craig Huneke and Dan Katz, submitted A Criterion for Integral Dependence of Modules, with B. Ulrich, Math. Res. Lett. 15, no. 1, 149-162, 2008 (pdf) Multiplicities of Graded Algebras, Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue University, 2007 Geometry, Mathematics Olympiad Series, 201 Pages, Fatemi Publication, Tehran, 2006 (cover) Contact Information E-mail: jvalidas at math dot ku dot edu Office:  Snow Hall 615 Phone: (785) 864-4762 Mailing Address Department of Mathematics University of Kansas 405 Snow Hall 1460 Jayhawk Blvd Lawrence, KS 66045-7523 Teaching  Math 116 - Calculus II