Toby Bartels

I am Toby Bartels. As far as I can tell, I'm the only "Toby Bartels" on the Internet; you can check my identity for yourself. Look at some pictures of me if you want to recognise me in real life, or send me email to contact me. If you're a close friend or relative, then you may be interested in my gift list.

I currently make a living tutoring at Southeast Community College (SCC) in Lincoln NE; I've taught algebra there, from 2006 to 2008 and again this Spring, and I plan to teach there again in Fall. I've also tought algebra at the University of La Verne in California in 2008. Before that, I taught Discrete Mathematics in the summers at the University of California, Riverside. You may want to look at the web pages for these and other courses.

In 2006, I got my PhD working under John Baez. My doctoral dissertation is Higher Gauge Theory I: 2-Bundles, which categorifies the concept of fibre bundle to the (algebraically) higher-dimensional concept of 2bundle and proves the equivalence (in appropriate cases) of 2bundles and gerbes. This is part of John's work on higher gauge theory.

I also have some short expository notes on other subjects in mathematics and mathematical physics. In a different style, there's Oz's crib sheet. Most of my mathematical work that has been published (made available to the public) is unreviewed work on the English Wikipedia, which needs no introduction here, and the n-Category Lab, a specialist wiki for higher-dimensional mathematics. You can join in too!

I'm a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You should be too!

Revenge is not justice. Read the Statement of Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation on the Execution of Timothy McVeigh. (Not very timely anymore, but it still applies.)

This web page was written between 1997 and 2010 by Toby Bartels, last edited on 2010 July 24. Toby reserves no legal rights to it.

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