Mohammad Javad Latifi

Mohammad Javad Latifi

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College

Kemeny Hall 316

Applied analysis and operator theory at the interface of dynamical systems and the mathematics of machine learning. Lately, I have been looking at the dynamics of transformers (LLMs) as an interactive particle system.

Teaching

Courses taught at Dartmouth College, most recent first. Linked titles open the course page.

Mathematics of AI and LLMs [Math 76] | Course Page

Summer 2026

Functional Analysis (reading course) [Math 87]

Summer 2026

Real Analysis [Math 35]

Summer 2025

Differential Equations [Math 23] | Course Page

Spring 2025

Linear Algebra [Math 22] | Course Page

Fall 2023

Differential Equations [Math 23] | Course Page

Spring 2022

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles and preprints, most recent first.

2026

M. J. Latifi.

On transformer dynamics

arXiv preprint (2026). Under review.

Dimitrios Giannakis, M. J. Latifi, Michael Montgomery.

On algebras of functions over infinite dimensions

arXiv preprint (2026). Under review.

2025

Jiayi Chen, M. J. Latifi, Daniel N. Rockmore.

Curvature of high-dimensional data

arXiv preprint (2025). Under review.

Gaik Ambartsoumian, Asher Auel, M. J. Latifi.

Symmetric star transforms and the algebraic geometry of their dual differential operators

arXiv preprint (2025).

Dimitrios Giannakis, M. J. Latifi, Michael Montgomery, Philipp Pfeffer, Jörg Schumacher, Joanna Slawinska.

Second quantization for classical nonlinear dynamics

arXiv preprint (2025). Under review.

Harrison F. Stropkay, Jiayi Chen, M. J. Latifi, Daniel N. Rockmore, Jeremy R. Manning.

A stylometric application of large language models

arXiv preprint (2025). Under review.

Daniel N. Rockmore, Jiayi Chen, M. J. Latifi, Allen Riddell, Harrison F. Stropkay.

On the literary landscapes of vector embeddings

Computational Humanities Research, 1 (2025).

2024

Dimitrios Giannakis, M. J. Latifi, Michael Montgomery, Philipp Pfeffer, Jörg Schumacher, Joanna Slawinska.

Tensor network approximation of Koopman operators

arXiv preprint (2024). Revision in preparation, Communications of the AMS.

M. J. Latifi, Dimitrios Giannakis.

Kernel smoothing operators on thick open domains

Analysis Mathematica (2024). Accepted.

Gaik Ambartsoumian, M. J. Latifi, Rohit K. Mishra.

Numerical implementation of generalized V-line transforms on 2D vector fields and their inversions

SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 17(1):595–631 (2024).

2023

M. J. Latifi, Douglas Pickrell.

Conversations with Flaschka: Kac–Moody groups and Verblunsky coefficients

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 445 (2023).

Reyan Ahmed, Keaton Hamm, Stephen Kobourov, M. J. Latifi, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Richard Spence.

Multi-priority graph sparsification

Combinatorial Algorithms (IWOCA 2023), Springer (2023).

2022

M. J. Latifi, Douglas Pickrell.

Exponential of the S1 trace of the free field and Verblunsky coefficients

Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics, 52(3) (2022).

Hamid Khajehei, Alireza Ahmadi, Iman Soleimanmeigouni, Mohammad Haddadzade, Arne Nissen, M. J. Latifi.

Prediction of track geometry degradation using artificial neural network: a case study

International Journal of Rail Transportation, 10(1):24–43 (2022).

2021

M. J. Latifi.

Lattice models and super telescoping formula

arXiv preprint (2021).

Gaik Ambartsoumian, M. J. Latifi.

Inversion and symmetries of the star transform

The Journal of Geometric Analysis, 31(11):11270–11291 (2021).

2020

Gaik Ambartsoumian, M. J. Latifi, Rohit K. Mishra.

Generalized V-line transforms in 2D vector tomography

Inverse Problems, 36(10):104002 (2020).

Reyan Ahmed, Greg Bodwin, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Keaton Hamm, M. J. Latifi, Stephen Kobourov, Richard Spence.

Graph spanners: a tutorial review

Computer Science Review, 37:100253 (2020).

2019

Gaik Ambartsoumian, M. J. Latifi.

The V-line transform with some generalizations and cone differentiation

Inverse Problems, 35(3):034003 (2019).

Reyan Ahmed, Keaton Hamm, M. J. Latifi, Stephen Kobourov, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Richard Spence.

Approximation algorithms and an integer program for multi-level graph spanners

Analysis of Experimental Algorithms (SEA 2019), Springer (2019).

Reyan Ahmed, Keaton Hamm, M. J. Latifi, Stephen Kobourov, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Richard Spence.

A general framework for multi-level subsetwise graph sparsifiers

arXiv preprint (2019).