Simon Felten
I am a researcher in algebraic geometry, currently based at the University of Oxford. I have also been at Columbia University, and I did my doctoral studies in Mainz, Germany. Most of my work is in logarithmic deformation theory and applications to mirror symmetry.
The degeneration of the smooth quartic surface
Education
PhD studies
Mathematics, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
January 2017 - January 2021
Title: Log toroidal families
Advisor: Helge Ruddat
Master Studies
Mathematics with minor subject Theoretical Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
October 2015 - July 2018
Degree: Master of Science
Thesis: Good differential forms for a family of schemes
Advisor: Helge Ruddat
Bachelor Studies
Mathematics with minor subject Theoretical Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
April 2013 - January 2016
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Thesis: Normal structures, cohomology with supports, and logarithmic differential forms
Advisor: Helge Ruddat
Mathematics, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
October 2011 - March 2012
Early Education
Secondary School, Gymnasium Saarburg
2005 - 2013
Primary School, Grundschule Irsch
2001 - 2005
Irsch is a quiet village at the Saar river near the German-Luxemburg border.
Awards and Scholarships
PhD Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
(Promotionsstipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
April 2017 - March 2020
PhD Scholarship of the Carl-Zeiss Foundation
(Promotionsstipendium der Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
January 2017 - March 2020
Award for Excellent Master Theses of JGU Mainz
(Preis des Gutenberg-Lehrkollegs für herausragende Abschlussarbeiten)
February 2019
Leadership Team Award of JGU Mainz
January 2018
Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation
(Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
April 2013 - December 2016
Cowinner of the German National Mathematics Competition
(Bundessieger des Bundeswettbewerbs Mathematik)
January 2013
Thomas-Morus Award for excellent achievement in Latin and Greek
(Thomas-Morus-Preis für herausragende Leistungen in Latein und Griechisch)
2011
Publications / Preprints
You can find my articles also on the arXiv and on Google Scholar .
- Global logarithmic deformation theory
Preprint
- Deformations of log Calabi-Yau pairs can be obstructed (with Andrea Petracci and Sharon Robins)
Preprint
- Log toroidal families
PhD thesis available at Gutenberg Open Science
- The logarithmic Bogomolov-Tian-Todorov theorem (with Andrea Petracci)
Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 54 (2022), no. 3, 1051 - 1066.
- Log smooth deformation theory via Gerstenhaber algebras
manuscripta math. (2020)
- Smoothing toroidal crossing spaces (with Matej Filip, Helge Ruddat)
Forum of Mathematics, Pi (2021) Vol. 9, e7
- Good differential forms for a family of schemes
Master Thesis
- A Diophantine equation for sums of consecutive like powers (with Stefan Müller-Stach)
Elem. Math. 70 (2015), no. 3, 117–124
Posters
- Good differential forms for a singular family of schemes
This is a poster from 2018 explaining my master thesis.
- Almost log smooth families in the Gross-Siebert program and beyond
This is a poster from 2017 explaining my PhD project in an early stage.
Others
- Aus dem Leben eines Mathematikers
This is a Science Slam Talk in German. I describe the life of a PhD student in Mathematics.
- Wie man neue Begriffe einführt ...
This article in German is directed at a general scientific audience and explains my PhD project. It has been written in 2017 when I just begun my PhD.
Miscellanea
- I did my PhD in Helge Ruddat's Emmy Noether Research Group, based at JGU Mainz.
- This is my profile on MathSciNet.
Contact
Simon Felten
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter (550)
Woodstock Road
Oxford, OX2 6GG
United Kingdom
felten[dot]math[at]posteo[dot]net