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Matt Clay
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Faculty Researcher
8 h-index
60 pubs
280 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Matt Clay's research focuses on abstract algebra, specifically group theory and topology. His work investigates the properties of Artin groups, mapping class groups, and projection complexes. Recent publications explore concepts such as minimal volume entropy, chain flaring, and pseudo-isometric surgery within these mathematical frameworks. Clay also has recent publications related to cytokine administration during nuclear incident response and bounded projections to the Z-factor graph.
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- h-index: 8
- Publications: 60
- Citations: 280
Selected Publications
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Subgraph entropy (2026)
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Bounded projections to the Z$\mathcal {Z}$‐factor graph (2025)
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Chain flaring and L2-torsion of free-by-cyclic groups (2023)
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Geometric Group Theory (2022)
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Hyperbolic quotients of projection complexes (2022)
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Right-angled Artin groups as normal subgroups of mapping class groups (2021)
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Minimal volume entropy of free-by-cyclic groups and 2-dimensional right-angled Artin groups (2021)
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Right-angled Artin groups as normal subgroups of mapping class groups (2020)
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Atoroidal dynamics of subgroups of Out(FN) (2020)
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Uniform fellow traveling between surgery paths in the sphere graph (2017)
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4 STABLE COMMUTATOR LENGTH IN BAUMSLAG–SOLITAR GROUPS AND QUASIMORPHISMS FOR TREE ACTIONS (2016)12 citations OpenAlex
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<i>ℓ</i><sup>2</sup>-TORSION OF FREE-BY-CYCLIC GROUPS (2016)
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<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si6.gif" display="inline" overflow="scroll"><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>ℓ</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:math>-homology of the free group (2016)
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$\ell^{2}$-torsion of free-by-cyclic groups (2015)
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An algorithm to detect full irreducibility by bounding the volume of periodic free factors (2015)
Federal Grants 1 $29,664 total
NSF
PI
Jan 2025 - Dec 2025
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Top Collaborators
Johanna Mangahas
2 shared publications
- Right-angled Artin groups as normal subgroups of mapping class groups
- Hyperbolic quotients of projection complexes
Corey Bregman
University of Southern Maine (US)
1 shared publication
- Minimal volume entropy of free-by-cyclic groups and 2-dimensional right-angled Artin groups
Dan Margalit
Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
1 shared publication
- Right-angled Artin groups as normal subgroups of mapping class groups
Caglar Uyanik
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
1 shared publication
- Bounded projections to the Z$\mathcal {Z}$‐factor graph
Tawfiq Hamed
Birzeit University (PS)
1 shared publication
- Subgraph entropy
Tarik Aougab
Haverford College (US)
1 shared publication
- Subgraph entropy
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