Moira Chas

Professor of Mathematics | Stony Brook University

Moira Chas

Welcome!

In these pages you can explore my mathematical art, writing, teaching and research in Low Dimensional Geometry and Math History.

Mathematical Tools & Applications

Goldman Bracket Calculator

Intersection and self-intersection of curves on surfaces - Originally developed in Java, translated to JavaScript by Minh Nguyen

Fricke Polynomial Tool

Calculate Fricke polynomials in the free group of two generators - By Minh Nguyen

Hyperbolic Geometry Visualizer

Draw hyperbolic pair of pants with geodesic boundaries - By Matt Genkin

"Love of learning is the most necessary passion... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure."
β€” Madame du ChΓ’telet

Mathematical Poetry

"Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Topological Cat

THE CAT THAT TURNS HIS PANTS INSIDE OUT WITHOUT LIFTING HIS FEET FROM THE FLOOR

Following an idea of Tara Holm and Lila Greco

Click here for more topological delights β†’