Bart Snapp

Bareis Lecturer

Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University
100 Math Tower
231 West 18th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1174

Email: snapp@math.ohio-state.edu
Office: Math Building, MA 220
Office Phone: (614) 292-9414

Research Interests

I have many interests. I am most interested in commutative algebra, but I am also interested in number theory and algebraic geometry. I earned my PhD from the University of Illinois and my thesis adviser was Sankar Dutta. Here is some professional information about myself:

Links and Downloads Relating to Mathematics

Commutative Algebra Notes A set of course notes that Jason McCullough and I have compiled and typeset from Prof. Dutta's commutative algebra course. It is our hope that they will help students. We ask that you please reserve them for personal use. Also, there are likely to be typos that we have made, so if you do read through them and find issues, let us know! We're both happy to discuss the notes (or commutative algebra in general) and any comments you have about them.
commalg.org
Mathworld
A biography of Alexander Grothendieck as published in the Notices of the AMS: Part 1 and Part 2
Unofficial Math 501 Problems (PDF)
A bunch of Texy examples in LaTeX, including several commutative diagrams

Teaching

Math 105
Math 108
IMMERSE 2008
Previous courses taught
Ideas in Geometry -- a class that I helped develop at the University of Illinois
LaTeX template for a course-information handout
LaTeX template for quizzes
LaTeX template for exams

Math Parody Songs

I sing and record noise which sometimes I call music. Here are some math parody songs. I did not write the lyrics for either of these. If you have a song that you want recorded, tell me and I might do it!

Nonabelian (MP3) The lyrics of this song were written by Mary Pat Campbell and Christopher Tuffley.
Punk Rock Noetherian Girl (MP3) The lyrics of this song were written by Richard Green.

Mathematics and Art

I am also interested in the synthesis of mathematics and art. If you are as well, check out these links:

Publications

Research

Research with Undergraduates

The Collatz problem and analogues (with M. Tracy). J. Integer Seq. 11 (2008), no. 4, Article 08.4.7, 10 pp. 11T55 (11B25).
Pari/GP code mentioned in the above paper.

Popular Mathematics

Automotive Number Theory (with C. Snapp). Math Horizons. September (2009), 26--27.

Non-Math Interests

Astonish Yourself! 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, a book by Roger-Pol Droit that everyone should probably read and experience.
The Flaming Lips
Kafka's "Before the Law"
Guitar tabs
Lisa and me
Star Trek
Robobart!