Role Mathematician Name John Stillwell | ||
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Alma mater University of MelbourneMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D,1970) Books Mathematics and its history, The Four Pillars of Geometry, Elements of Number Theory, Naive Lie Theory, Numbers and Geometry Similar People Peter Congdon, Tom M Apostol, John L Kelley, Saunders Mac Lane, Marty Golubitsky | ||
Doctoral advisor Hartley Rogers, Jr. |
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John Colin Stillwell (born 1942) is an Australian mathematician on the faculties of the University of San Francisco and Monash University.
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- John stillwell what does depth mean in mathematics
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- Biography
- Honors
- Works
- Selected articles
- References
Et math how different could it be john stillwell seti talks
Biography
He was born in Melbourne, Australia and lived there until he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate. He received his PhD from MIT in 1970, working under Hartley Rogers, Jr who had himself worked under Alonzo Church From 1970 until 2001 he taught at Monash University back in Australia and in 2002 began teaching in San Francisco.
Honors
In 2005, Stillwell was the recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's prestigious Chauvenet Prize for his article “The Story of the 120-Cell,” Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17–24. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Works
Stillwell is the author of many textbooks and other books on mathematics including: