Curriculum Vitae
Scott Crass

Department of Mathematics & Statistics

CSU, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA  90840 sorry

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
Professor of Mathematics
CSULB
2010-
Associate Professor of Mathematics CSULB 2005-2010
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

work
expository
Polynomials, Dynamics, and Choice: The Price We Pay for Symmetry
CRC Press, 2022
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)
Polynomials, symmetry, and dynamics:  An undertaking in aesthetics
Visual Mathematics 4, No. 1, 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
research
Completely solving the quintic by iteration
La Matematica, 2022
Critically-finite dynamics on the icosahedron
Symmetry, 2020, 12(1), 177
(open access)
Dynamics of a soccer ball
Experimental Mathematics 23, No. 3, 2014, 261-270
New light on solving the sextic by iteration: An algorithm using reliable dynamics
Journal of Modern Dynamics 5, No. 2, 2011, 397-408
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/1106.3304
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 Matematiques 49, No. 1, 2005, 127-157
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/0307057
Solving the octic by iteration in six dimensions
Dynamical Systems: An International Journal 17, No. 2, June 2002
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: 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: arxiv.org/abs/math.DS/9903106

talks
Dynamics of a soccer ball
Geometry Seminar
Brown University     March 2015
Math as exploration
Educating for Intellectual Virtues
Loyola Marymount     June 2013
Making a soccer ball by iteration
Mathematics Colloquium
Fullerton College     November 2012
Dynamics with 168-fold symmetry
Dynamics semniar
Univ of North Texas     March 2011
The nature of fractal geometry
Math Day at the Beach
CSULB     March 2011
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