Donovan Snyder

Currently a graduate student in the Math Departement of the University of Rochester.

Contact

E-mail: dsnyd15(at)ur.rochester.edu
Office: Hylan 710
Pronouns: he/him
Office Hours: Mondays at 12pm, Thursdays at 9:30am. Also by appointment.

Teaching: Spring 2025

Math 143

Calculus III, Sequences and Series
Instructor
See blackboard for course details

Research

Ongoing

Jon Pakianathan, Arjun Krishnan, Hopf Algebras in statistical mechanics

Applications of algebraic structures to statistical mechanical models, like Ising model or Asymmetric Simple Exclusion Process.
In progress (old draft) detailing Hopf Algebras and their an application to statistical mechanics systems, including a one-dimensional model with a phase transition.
Donald M. and Janet C. Barnard Fellowship, awarded to UR graduate students for leadership, outreach, mentoring, and research.
Edward Peck Curtis Award for graduate student teaching.

Alex Iosevich, Emmett Wyman, VC-Dimension and Witness Sets

Using VC-Dimension theory to construct witness sets in fractal settings.
Expository paper going through a simple example of constructing fractal witness sets.

Sarada Rajeev, Quantum Probability
- Spring 2021
- Examining probability in a two state quantum random walk, satisfying a different probabilistic axiom
- Honors Math, Physics Thesis
Chen Ding, Systems Group of Computer Science Department, Examining Cache Complexity
- Summer 2020
- Creating a theory of data movement distance, another measure of algorithmic complexity.
- Published Measuring Cache Complexity Using Data Movement Distance (DMD) in IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops, 2021
Alex Iosevich, the polynomial method over finite fields
- Summer 2019

Mentoring

I am currently directing the graduate student association's reading program for undergraduates. I run my own program based on the research I am doing. Feel free to send me an email if you are interested in participating.

Education

University of Rochester, 2021-2023
- Master of Arts in Mathematics
University of Rochester, 2017-2021
- Honors B.S. in Mathematics with highest distinction
- B.S. in Physics
- Minor in Music

Previous Teaching and Examples

As an Instructor at University of Rochester

Math 140 - Foundations of Calculus, Fall 2024
- Course coordinator and instructor
- College Algebra and Trigonometry for calculus
Math 120 - Precalculus Module - ECO Program, Summer 2024
- Instructor, course designer
- College Algebra and Trigonometry for calculus
Math 143 - Calculus III, Summer 2024
- Instructor
- Four weekly lectures on sequences, series, and polar calculus
Math 143 - Calculus III, Spring 2024
- Instructor
- Two weekly lectures on sequences, series, and polar calculus
Math 120 - Precalculus Module - ECO Program, Summer 2023
- Instructor, course designer
- College Algebra and Trigonometry for calculus
- See sample class notes
Math 143 - Calculus III, Summer 2023
- Instructor
- Four weekly lectures on sequences, series, and polar calculus
Math 143 - Calculus III, Summer 2022
- Instructor
- Four weekly lectures on sequences, series, and polar calculus
- See sample lecture notes
Precalculus - ECO Program, Summer 2022
- Instructor, course designer
- College Algebra and Trigonometry for calculus
- See sample workshop lesson
Math for Engineering - ECO Program, Summer 2021
- Instructor, course designer
- College Algebra and Trigonometry for calculus and engineering courses

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Rochester

Math 218 - Math Modeling of the Life Sciences, Spring 2023
- Grading, substitute lectures
Math 263 - Qualitative Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, Spring 2023
- Grading
Math 436 - Graduate Algebra 1, Fall 2023
- Grading
Math 173 - Honors Linear Algebra, Fall 2022
- Three weekly recitations, grading exams
- Substitute lectures, see sample lecture notes
Math 143 - Calculus III, Spring 2022
- Three weekly workshops, grading
Math 141 - Calculus I, Fall 2021
- Three weekly workshops, grading