Bart Snapp

Department of Mathematics
Coastal Carolina University
P.O. Box 261954
Conway, SC 29528-6054

Email: snapp@coastal.edu
Office: 101H Wall Building
Office Phone: (843) 349-2167

Research Interests

I have many interests. I am most interested in commutative algebra, but I am also interested in number theory and algebraic geometry. My thesis adviser was Sankar Dutta. Here is some professional information about myself:

Here is my recent paper:

Generalized local cohomology and the canonical element conjecture. J. Pure Appl. Algebra 212 (2008), no. 4, 941--954.

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 still be errors so if you do read through it and find some problems, 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

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) While the lyrics of this song were not written by me, I do not know who wrote them. If you know, send me an email so I can give credit where credit is due.

Teaching

Math 330
Math 331
IMMERSE 2008
Previous courses taught at Coastal Carolina University
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

Mathematics and Art

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

The graph named "Fred"
Mathematical images by John M. Sullivan
Scott Kim's inversions
Graphica
Commutative Diagrams as Art (PDF)
Art by Harry Calkins
Ambigram O-Matic
Tessellations by Makoto Nakamura are amazing, but I cannot find a good link at the moment.

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!