
Assitant Professor
Department of
Mathematics
University of the Pacific
Office:
Phone: 209-946-3087
Email: smarotta@pacific.edu
Research Interests: Dynamical Systems
PhD Thesis [pdf]: The Complex Dynamics of Singularly Perturbed Rational Maps
Boston University, 2008.
Advisor: Professor Bob Devaney
Evolution of the McMullen Domain
(animations)
Mathematica notebooks for Iterated Function Systems
(This work received Honorable Mention in the SIAM DSWeb Tutorial Contest for Graduate Students in 2005)
Mathematica notebooks
for chaos, fractals and complex dynamics.
These notebooks are
used in the course MATH 193A Chaos and Dynamics at University of the Pacific. They
are also used by students taking MA 471/671 with Professor Bob Devaney at
Boston Universtiy.
Teaching at the College of the Pacific:
Fall 2009:
MATH 057 Applied Differential Equations I
Spring 2009:
Fall 2008:
Courses taught at Boston University:
Creation Date: May 14, 2004