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 11am, Tuesdays at 2pm. 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, Sarada Rajeev, 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.

Previous

• 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