| Scott Crass | Curriculum Vitae | |
| Mathematics Department | ||
| CSU, Long Beach | 562 985 4758 | |
| Long Beach, CA 90840 | |
| Studies | ||
| University of California, San
Diego Thesis: Solving the Sextic by Iteration: A Complex Dynamical Approach Advisor: Peter Doyle |
1991-1996 | Ph.D. Mathematics |
| California State University, Long Beach | 1988-1991 | B.A. Mathematics |
| University of Notre Dame | 1982-1984 | M.A. History and Philosophy of Science |
| Positions | ||
| Associate Professor of Mathematics | CSULB | 2005- |
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics | CSULB | 2001-2005 |
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics | SUNY College at Buffalo | 1997-2001 |
| Research Fellow | University of Warwick | 1999-2000 |
| Assistant Professor of Mathematics | Denison University | 1996-1997 |
| Writing |
| An experimental approach to equation-solving: Symmetry and dynamics In T. Ambdeberhan and V. Moll, eds., Tapas in Experimental Mathematics Contemporary Mathematics 458 (American Mathematical Society, 2008) |
| Solving the heptic by
iteration in two dimensions: Geometry and dynamics under Klein's group of order 168 Journal of Modern Dynamics 1, No. 2, 2007, 175-203 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/0601394 |
| A family of critically finite maps with
symmetry Publicacions Matemàtiques 49, No. 1, 2005, 127-157 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/0307057 |
| Polynomials, symmetry, and dynamics: An
undertaking in aesthetics Visual Mathematics 4, No. 1, 2002 |
| Solving the octic by iteration in six
dimensions Dynamical Systems: An International Journal 17, No. 2, June 2002 |
| Solving polynomial equations by
iteration: An
aesthetic
approach In C. Bruter, ed., Mathematics and Art (Springer-Verlag, 2002) Preprint: arpam.free.fr/colloque.html |
| Solving the quintic by iteration in
three dimensions Experimental Mathematics 10, No. 1, 2001, 1-24 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/9903054 |
| Solving the sextic by iteration: A
study in complex
geometry and dynamics Experimental Mathematics 8, No. 3, 1999 , 209-240 Preprint at arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/9903111 |
| With Peter Doyle. Solving the
sextic by iteration: A
complex dynamical approach International Mathematics Research Notices, No. 2, 1997, 83-99 Preprint at arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/9903106 |
| Speaking |
| Math as exploration AMS-MAA-MER Special session, Mathematics and Education Reform AMS national meeting Washinton, DC January 2009 |
| Images of dynamics and symmetry Miami University Symposium on Computational Research Dynamical Systems in Arts, Science, and Engineering Miami Univ of Ohio March 2008 |
| A family of
critically finite maps with
symmetry Special session, Complex Dynamics and Complex Function Theory AMS regional meeting Miami Univ of Ohio March 2007 |
| A family of
critically finite maps with
symmetry Dynamics seminar Univ of Southern California January 2007 |
| Rational maps with the
symmetries of
complex reflection groups Special session, Arrangements and Related Topics AMS national meeting New Orleans January 2007 |
| The quintic is
to the icosahedron as the
sextic is to what? Claremont Topology-Geometry Seminar Pomona College March 2005 |
| The Tao of
bicycle tracks Math Day at the Beach CSULB March 2005 |
| A family of
critically finite maps with
symmetry Special session, Applications of algebraic methods in dynamical systems Fifth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations American Institute of Mathematical Sciences California State Polytechnic Univ, Pomona June 2004 |
| Drawing in
Mathematical Light Contributed paper session, Mathematics across the curriculum Mathematical Association of America, Southern California section meeting California State Polytechnic Univ, Pomona October 2003 |
| The octic
equation and beyond Mathematics colloquium Tulane Univ March 2003 |
| Solving the
quintic by iteration in three
dimensions Special Session, The Quintic Equation: Algebra and Geometry AMS regional meeting Portland State Univ June 2002 |
| Maps on CP3 with the symmetries of the symmetric group
S5 LA Dynamics Seminar CSULB January 2002 |
| Solving
the octic by iteration in six dimensions Mathematics colloquium Wake Forest Univ November 2000 |
| Solving polynomial equations by
iteration: An aesthetic
approach Arts et Mathématiques Colloque Maubeuge, France September 2000 |
| Symmetry-based solutions to
polynomials Session on Symmetry Alhambra 2000 Granada, Spain July 2000 |
| Solving the quintic by iteration in three
dimensions Spring lecture series, Complex Dynamics Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville April 1999 |
| Solving the quintic by iteration in three
dimensions Geometry and topology seminar SUNY, Buffalo December 1998 |
| Maps on CP3 with the symmetries of the symmetric group
S5 Special session, Complex Dynamics AMS regional meeting Chicago, Illinois September 1998 |
| Solving the sextic by iteration Geometry and topology seminar SUNY, Buffalo February 1998 |
| Valentiner's group: The action of the alternating group A 6 on the complex projective plane Special session, Groups and Geometry AMS regional meeting Manhattan, Kansas March 1998 |
| The price we pay for symmetry UCSD May 1997 |
| Solving the sextic by iteration Dynamics seminar SUNY, Stony Brook March 1997 |
| Solving the Sextic by Iteration: A study in complex geometry and dynamics Special session, Dynamical Systems and Fractal Geometry AMS regional meeting Memphis, Tennessee March 1997 |
| Molien series for complex
reflection groups Session, Combinatorics AMS national meeting San Diego, CA January 1997 |
| Projective geometry with the game of
SET Oberlin College November 1996 |