Rashid Zaare-Nahandi

Professor of Mathematics

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan

Birth: 1964, Tabriz, IRAN

Family: Parvaneh (spouse), Kourosh and Arash (sons)

Education

Ph.D.: University‌ ‌of Tehran (Tehran, Iran), 1999.

M. Sc.: University of Tea‌cher Education (Tehran, Iran), 1993.

Bachelor: Sharif University of Technology (Tehran, Iran), 1990.

Ph.D. Thesis Supervisor

Professor Rahim Zaare-Nahandi

Thesis Title

Grobner basis and free resolution of the ideal of 2-minors of a 2 by n matrix of linear forms

Area of Research

Algebraic Geometry, Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Combinatorics

Specific Topics of Interests

Computational methods in Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Free resolution of ideals of polynomial rings, Grobner basis

Positions

Professor, IASBS, 2021-present.

Associate Professor, IASBS, 2011-2021.

Assistant Professor, IASBS, 1999-2011.

 

Vice President on Administration, Finance, Education and Research, IASBS, 2018-present.

Director of International Relations, IASBS, 2016-2018.

Vice President on Administration and Finance, IASBS, 2013.

Director of Research Affairs, IASBS, 2010-2012.

Chairman of Department of Mathematics, IASBS, 2002-2004 and 2006-2009.

 

Member of Executive Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 2021-2024.

Member of editorial board, Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 2019-present.

Editor-in-chief, Newsletter of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 1998-2000 and 2004-2006.

Member of editorial board of Farhang va Andishe Riazi, 2010-2016.

Chairman of Scientific Committee of the Iranian Mathematics Competitions for University Students, 2003-2006.

Inspector of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 2012-2014.

Member of Executive Committee of the Iranian Mathematical Society, 1998-2000, 2003-2006, 2006-2009.

Member of the National and State Councils of World Mathematical Year 2000.

Chair of Scientific Committee of the Mathematics House of Zanjan, 2002-2017.

Head of Secretariat, Iranian Mathematical Society, 1987-1999. 

Chairman of the Board of Trustee, Sobouti-Khajehpour Prize, 2012-2017.

 

Organizer of CIMPA-UNESCO-IRAN School on Groebner Bases and Applications, 19-30 July 2005, IASBS, Iran.

Organizer of Workshop on Computational Commutative Algebra, 2-7 July 2011, IPM, Iran (joint with Hossein Sabzrou).

Organizer of Workshop on Mathematical Writing, 3-5 November 2003, IASBS.

Organizer of Workshop on Computational Differential Algebras, 21-25 June 2014, IPM, (joint with Amir Hashemi).

Organizer of First Festival on Mind Toys, 27-30 June 2011, Mathematics House of Zanjan.

Organizer of Second Festival on Mind Toys, 1-4 September 2015, Mathematics House of Zanjan.

Organizer of Mathematical Summer Schools for Undergraduate University Students (two weeks each), IASBS, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

Organizer of CIMPA-WAMS Summer Research School on Topics in Analytic and Transcendental Number Theory, IASBS, 2017. 

Organizer of CIMPA-WAMS Summer Research Schools on Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra (two weeks each), IASBS, 2017, 2018, 2019, (joint with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad and Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour).

Publications

·       (with Reza Abdolmaleki, Jurgen Herzog), On the initial behavior of the number of generators of powers of monomial ideals, to appear in Bulletin Mathematique.

·       (with Reza Jafarpour-Golzari), Unmixed d-uniform r-partite hypergraphs, to appear in Ars Combinatoria.

·       (with Mina Bigdeli, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Decomposable clutters and a generalization of Simon's conjecture, Journal of Algebra 531, (2019) 102-124.

·       (with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad, Ashkan Nikseresht, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), On the blowup of affine spaces along monomial ideals: Tameness, Journal of Symbolic Computation 93, (2019) 85-99.

·       (with Mina Bigdeli, Jurgen Herzog), On the index of powers of edge ideals, Communications in Algebra 46 (3), (2018) 1080-1095.

·       (with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad, Zahra Shahidi), Torsion-free Aluffi algebras, Journal of Algebra 513, (2018) 190-207.

·       (with Ashkan Nikseresht), On generalization of cycles and chordality to clutters from an algebraic viewpoint, Algebra colloquium 24 (04), (2017) 611-624.

·       (with Mina Bigdeli, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Stability of Betti numbers under reduction processes: Towards chordality of clutters, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 145, (2017) 129-149.

·       (with Mina Bigdeli, Jurgen Herzog, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Simplicial orders and chordality, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics 45 (4), (2017) 1021-1039.

·       (with Reza Jafarpour-Golzari) Unmixed r-partite graphs, Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society 43 (3), (2017) 781-787.

·       (with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad, Aron Simis) The Aluffi algebra of the Jacobian of points in projective space: torsion-freeness, Journal of Algebra 467, (2016) 268-283.

·        (with Marcel Morales, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Regularity and free resolution of ideals which are minimal to $d$-linearity, Mathematica Scandinavica 118 (2), (2016) 161-182.

·       Pure simplicial complexes and well-covered graphs, to appear in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 45 (2), (2015) 695-702.

·       Cohen-Macaulayness of bipartite graphs, revisited, Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society 38 (4), (2015) 1601-1607.

·       (with Asghar Madadi), Perfect Matching of 3-uniform Hypergraphs, Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 45 (2014) 63-66.

·       (with Marcel Morales, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity under reduction processes on Graphs and Hypergraphs, Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 45 (2014) 57-62.

·       (with Marcel Morales, Abbas Nasrollah Nejad, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour), Monomial ideals with 3-linear resolution, Annals de Mathematiques de Tolouse, Series 6, 23 (4), (2014) 877-891.

·        (with Asghar Madadi) Cohen-Macaulay $r$-partite graphs with minimal clique cover, Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society 40 (3) (2014) 609-617.

·       Universally Koszul algebras defined by graphs, Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography 15 (6) (2012) 349-352.

·       Invariance of the barycentric subdivision of a simplicial complex, Bull. Iranian Math. Soc. 38 (2) (2012) 423-432.

·       (with Marcel Morales and Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour) The regularity of edge ideals of graphs, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 216 (2012) 2714-2719.

·       (with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad) Aluffi torsion-free ideals, Journal of Algebra 346 (2011) 284-298.

·       (with L. Sharifan) Minimal free resolution of associated graded ring of monomial curves of generalized arithmetic sequences, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 213 (2009) 360-369.

·       On isomorphism of simplicial complexes and their related algebras, Bull. Iranian Math. Soc. 35 (1) (2009) 41-48.

·       Some infinite classes of Fullerene graphs, International Mathematical Forum 1 (40) (2006) 1997-2002. 

·       Perfect matchings in graphs, an approach via Grobner basis, Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics 30 (2006) 341-345.

·       (with Rahim Zaare-Nahandi) The minimal free resolution of a class of square-free monomial ideals, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 189 (2004) 264-278.

·       (with Hamid Usefi) A note on minors of a generalized Hankel matrix, International Mathematical Journal, 3 (11) (2003) 1197-1201.

·       (with Rahim Zaare-Nahandi) Grobner basis and free resolution of the ideal of 2-minors of a 2 x n matrix of linear forms, Communications in Algebra, 28 (9) (2000) 4433-4453.

Publications in Persian

·       Grobner bases of determinantal ideals, To appear in Journal of Mathematical Researches (Kharazmi).

·       History of Iranian mathematics competitions for university students, a chapter in the book "Iranian Mathematics Competitions for University Students", by B. Yahaghi, Iranian Math. Soc. and Iran University Press, Tehran, 2009. (English version is published by Hindustan Publishing Co. 2009).

·       Buchberger and Grobner bases (an expository and review article on history of Grobner bases and role of Buchberger in improving the theory), Farhang va Andishe Riazi, 44 (2010) 55-80.

 

Talks in International Conferences

 

·       Free resolution of the ideal of 2-minors of a (2 x n) matrix of linear forms, 11th Seminar on Algebra, Isfahan Univ. of Tech., Isfahan, Iran, 27-29 October 1999.

·       Generalized Hankel matrices and their applications in algebraic geometry, 3rd Joint Seminar on Applied Math, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 6-8 September 2002,

·       (with Rahim Zaare-Nahandi) Minimal free resolution of some monomial ideals, a survey, 15th Seminar on Algebra, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran, 19-20 July 2003. (Main Invited Speaker)

·       Domination ideal of a graph, 2nd Seminar on Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehranm Iran, 16-17 November 2005. (Invited Speaker)

·       On isomorphism of simplicial complexes and their related rings, 3rd Seminar on Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 10-11 January 2007. (Invited Speaker)

·       Minimal free resolution of the associated graded ring of monomial affine curves, International Conference on Commutative Algebra, IIT Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 8-12 January 2008. (Invited Speaker)

·       Some infinite classes of Fullerene graphs, The first Conference and Workshop on Mathematical Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 29-31 January 2008.

·       Betti numbers of the associated graded ring of certain monomial curves, 5th International Fez Conference on Commutative Algebra and Applications, King Mohammad II University, Fez, Morocco, 23-28 June 2008,. (Invited Speaker)

·       (with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad) Hilbert Series of monomial algebras, 39th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran, 24-27 August 2008.

·       Homomorphism of simplicial complexes, 4th Seminar on Commutative Algebra, 5th Seminar on Commutative Algebra, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 10-11 December 2008. (Invited Speaker)

·       Minimal free resolution of associated graded rings, 40th Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 16-19 August 2009. (Invited Speaker)

·       Universally Koszul graphs, 21th Seminar on Algebra, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 10-11 November 2010.

·       Barycentric subdivision of simplicial complexes, 7th Seminar on Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 1-2 December 2010. (Main Speaker)

·       Pure simplicial complexes and well-covered graphs, 3rd Algebraic Combinatorics Conference of Iran, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, 24-25 February 2011.

·       Aluffi torsion-free ideals, 42nd Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, Valiasr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran, 5-8 September 2011. (Invited Speaker)

·       A new method for checking Cohen-Macaulayness of bipartite graphs, 8th Seminar on Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 30 November - 1 December 2011.

·       A classification of monomial ideals with 3-linear minimal free resolution, 22nd Iranian Algebra Seminar, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran, 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2012. (Keynote speaker)

·       (with L. Sharifan) A class of monomial curves of homogeneous type, 22nd Iranian Algebra Seminar, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran, 31 Jan - 2 Feb 2012.

·       Regularity of monomial ideals generated in degree 2 and 3, 2nd Seminar on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, February 2012.

·       (with M. Morales, A. Yazdan Pour) Resolution of Ideals which are Minimal to d-linearity, The 43rd Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 27-30 August 2012.

·       (with S. Faghfouri, J. Hossein Pour) Hilbert series of zero-dimensional ideals with 2 and 3 variables, The 43rd Annual Iranian Mathematics Conference, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, 27-30 August 2012.

·       (with M. Morales , A. Yazdan Pour) Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity under reduction processes on graphs and hypergraphs, 5th Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Graph Theory, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, July 2012.

·       (with A. Madadi) Perfect matching of 3-uniform hypergraphs, 5th Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Graph Theory, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, July 2012.

·       Constructive algebra: a method for teaching higher algebra, Challenges of Mathematical Education, University of California, Irvine, USA, 27-29 January 2014. (Invited Speaker)

·       Steps on classification of monomial ideals with linear resolution, Workshop on Computational Differential Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 21-25 June 2014. (Invited Lecturer)

·       (with A. Nikseresht) On generalizations of cycles and chordal graphs to clutters of higher dimensions, The 7-th SEAMS-UGM, 2015 International Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications, Indonesia, August 18-21, 2015.

·       (with A. Nikseresht) Linear resolution, chordality and ascent of clutters, 12th Seminar on Commutative Algebra, IPM, Tehran, Iran, 11-12 November 2015.

·      Linearity of resolution of monomial ideals and the role of characteristic of the base field, Frontiers in Mathematics, IPM, Tehran, Iran, February 2016 (Invited Speaker).

·       Linearity of resolution of monomials and the role of characteristic of the base field, Conference on Combinatirial Structures in Geometry, Osnabrueck University, Osnabrueck, Germany, 8-12 August 2016.

·       Computing in Algebraic Geometry, International Workshop on Mathematics and Physics, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq, 25- 26 April 2017. (Invited Speaker)

·       Extendable shellability and Simon's conjecture, CIMPA School on Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, COMSETS, Lahore, Pakistan, 5 -14 March 2018. (Invited Lecturer) 

·       Shellable Simplicial Complexes, Second International Conference of Mathematics, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq, 3-5 February 2019. (Main Speaker)

Scientific Fellowships

Research fellowship of ICTP, Abdus-salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2000-2006.

Research fellowship of Austrian Academy of Science, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, University of Johan Kepler, Linz, Austria, March, July-August 2006.

Sabbatical Leave, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, September 2009-June 2010.

Mathematics Education Program, World Learning & USA Academy of Sciences, 10 January – 2 February 2014, USA.

Courses Taught

Calculus (undergraduate); Algebra I & II (undergraduate); Projective Geometry (undergraduate); Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (undergraduate); Complex Variables (undergraduate); Linear Algebra (undergraduate); Commutative Algebra I & II (graduate); Algebraic Geometry I & II (graduate); Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry I & II (graduate);  Advanced Algebra I & II (graduate); Algebraic Graph Theory (graduate); Algebraic Topology (graduate); Combinatorial Commutative Algebra (graduate).

Evaluation of teaching by students: 19.70 (out of 20)

Graduated Ph. D. Students

Leila Sharifan (Joint with F. Rahmati) 2009, Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour (Joint with M. Morales) 2012, Abolfazl Tarizadeh 2013, Asghar Madadi (Joint with M. Ariannejad) 2014, Mina Bigdeli (Joint with Jurgen Herzog) 2015, Reza Jafarpour Golzari 2018, Zahra Shahidi (Joint with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad) 2019, Somayeh Vosoughian (Joint with R. Naghipour), 2021, Amirbehzad Farrahi (Joit with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad), 2020, Reza Abdolmaleki (Joint with Jurgen Herzog), 2020, Shekoufeh Gherekhlou (Joint with Aliakbar Yazdanpour, Volkmar Welker), 2022.

Current Ph. D. Students

Roghieh Ghorbani (Joint with Sara Faridi), Belal Sefatpanah (Joint with Giorgio Ottaviani).

Graduated M. Sc. Students

Ali Moharrami (2000), Rasoul Moghaddam (2002), Hamid Usefi (2002), Firouz Alipour (2002), Mojtaba Zamani (2003), Vajiheh Tarviji (2003), Seyyed Mohammad Ajdani (2004), Abbas Nasrollah Nejad (2006), Pouya Nikoo (2006), Saeed Alirezazadeh (2007), Abolghasem Dashtban (2007), Aliakbar Yazdanpour (2007), Saeed Shaabani (2007), Mohammad Pirhayati (2007), Ehsan Hesamifard (2008), Zeinab Kodaee (joint with M. Zaker) (2008), Leila Tajdoust (joint with A. Rahnama) (2008), Neda Mohammadzadeh (2009), Masoud Mohammadpour (2009), Asghar Madadi (2009), Zabihollah Fallah (2009), Farzad Elmi (joint with S. Salehi) (2010), Hossein Kheyri (2011), Zahra Shahidi (2011), Sahar Faghfori (2012), Jamal Hossein Pour (2012), Javad Tavakoli (2012), Mohammad Bagher Safari (2012), Mohsen Shekari (join with Aliakbar Yazdanpour) (2013), Masoumeh Danesfahani (2013), Kobra Khanahmadlou (Joint with Abbas BasrollahNejad) (2014), Iman Bahmani (2014), Marjan Amirian (2014), Narges Akbarisafa (jont with Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour) (2014), Sepehr Jafari (2015), Maryam Zamani (2015), Fatemeh Yarmohammadi (2015), Mahmoud Ejazi (2017), Yousef Ashegh Bonabi (2017), Alireza Shamsian (jont with Ali Akbar Yazdan Pour) (2018), Maryam Moumivand (jont with Abbas Nasrollah Nejad) (2018), Roghieh Dameshghi (2019), Jafar Madadi (2021), Mina Hashemi (2021), Nasrin Sadeghi (2022).

 

Current M. Sc. Students

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Visited Countries

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Belorussia, Georgia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, India, Morocco, Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Greece, United States of America.   

Contact me

e-mail: rashidzn at sign iasbs dot ac dot ir

Mailing address: IASBS , P.O. Box 45195-1159, Zanjan, Iran

Tel: (+98)(241) 4155109

Fax: (+98)(241) 415142

Last update: September 2022