Darren Tapp's Home Page

NEW: On Mitigating Scaling Issues of a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System

Information for homeschoolers and young learners:

Algebra and Trigonometry

• Dr. Tapp's Algebra and Trigonometry September 1st 2016
• Dr. Tapp's Algebra and Trigonometry September 2nd 2015

Playground Series (Overview and Objectives)

Events/Classes

• Dr. Tapp's Factor Playground(September/October 2015)
• Dr. Tapp's Arithmetical Playground with Conic Sections (July 14th through Aug 2015)
• Dr. Tapp's Imagination Playground (May/June 2015)
• Dr. Tapp's Measurement Playground (March/April 2015)
• Dr. Tapp's Geometric Playground (Jan/Feb 2015)
• Dr. Tapp's Arithmetical Playground (Nov/Dec 2014)

Published information

• Base Independent Addition for Parents of Young People (pdf)
• Base Four Addition for Young People (pdf)
• Base Ten Multiplication for Young People (pdf)
• Slides from presentation explaining what I'm doing and some results after four months (pdf)

Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics Purdue University (August 2007) Advisor: Uli Walther
• M.A. Mathematics University of Kentucky (July 2001)
• B.S. Physics/Mathematics University of Kentucky (May 2000)

Experience

• New Hampshire Technical Institute, Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics (Sept 2014-Present)
• SnoopWall, Senior Researcher and Team Lead (October 2013-August 2014)
• Mount Washington College, Assistant Professor (September 2009-October 2013)
• University of Kentucky, Full-time instructor (January 2008-August 2009)

Links of relevance to Darren Tapp

• A result about Picard-Lefchetz monodromy (a version is published in JPAA)
• Neocash Radio
• Darren's Linkedin page
• Darren Tapp's PGP key

Resources

• Macaulay 2
• Algebraic Geometry E-Print Archive
• American Math Society
• Boston Swing Central