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'''David Marius Bressoud''' (born March 27, 1950 in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]]) is an American [[mathematician]] who works in [[number theory]], [[combinatorics]], and [[special functions]]. As of 2009 he is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at [[Macalester College]] and is President of the [[Mathematical Association of America]]. |
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==Life and education== |
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Bressoud was born March 27, 1950 in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="AMS bio"> |
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{{cite journal |year=2002 |month=September |title=Biographies of Candidates 2002 |journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society |volume=49 |issue=8 |pages=970–981 |publisher=American Mathematical Society |location=Providence, RI |url=http://www.ams.org/notices/200208/bios02.pdf |format=PDF}}</ref> |
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He got interested in [[mathematics]] in the seventh grade, where he had a teacher who encouraged him and gave him challenging problems. He attended [[Albert Wilansky]]'s [[National Science Foundation]] summer program at [[Lehigh University]] between his junior and senior years in high school, where he also spent most of his time working on problems.<ref name="MAA FOCUS"> |
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{{cite journal |last=Peterson |first=Ivars |authorlink=Ivars Peterson |year=2009 |month=January |title=An Interview with David Bressoud, MAA President |journal=MAA FOCUS |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=6–8 |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |location=Washington, D.C. |url=http://www.maa.org/pubs/jan09web.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2009-02-01 }}</ref> |
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He graduated from [[Swarthmore College]] in 1971.<ref name="MAA bio"> |
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{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/aboutmaa/bressoudbio.html |title=David Bressoud biography |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date=January 12, 2009 }}</ref> When he started at Swarthmore he had not yet decided on a major, but after his first year he decided to get out of college as quickly as possibly and had no interest in graduate school, and the quickest way out was to major in mathematics.<ref name="MAA FOCUS" /> |
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After graduating Bressoud became a [[Peace Corps]] volunteer in [[Antigua]] from 1971 to 1973, teaching math and science at Clare Hall School. While in Antigua he realized he missed mathematics, and kept working on it as a hobby.<ref name="MAA FOCUS" /> After the Peace Corps he went to graduate school at [[Temple University]],<ref name="MAA FOCUS" /> and received his [[PhD]] in 1977 under [[Emil Grosswald]].<ref name="WPI bio"> |
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{{cite web |url=http://users.wpi.edu/~sweekes/NESMAA/speakersbio.html |title=Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America; Fall 2004 Meeting - WPI; Biographies of Invited Speakers |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Worcester Polytechnic Institute |date= }}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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After receiving his [[PhD]], Bressoud taught at [[Pennsylvania State University]] from 1977 to 1994, reaching the rank of full professor in 1986. During this period he held visiting positions at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] (1979–1980), the [[University of Wisconsin]] (1980–81 and 1982), the [[University of Minnesota]] (1983 and 1998), and the [[University of Strasbourg]] (1984–85).<ref name="WPI bio" /> |
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His focus at Penn State was mathematics research, but in the late 1980s he became more interested in teaching and writing textbooks, and he decided to make a move. He said in a 2008 interview, "I needed to be in a place that had a strong focus on teaching and a community of people for whom |
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teaching was what they were most interested in." He decided on a move to [[Macalester College]] in 1994, where he is now DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics.<ref name="MAA FOCUS" /> Since 2005 he has been writing a monthly online column for MAA titled "Launchings" that focuses on the CUPM (Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics) Curriculum Guide.<ref> |
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{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/columns/launchings/launchings.html |title=David Bressoud's Launchings |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date=January 5, 2009 }}</ref> |
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Bressoud received several of the [[Mathematical Association of America]]'s awards: the Distinguished Teaching Award for the Allegheny Mountain section in 1994,<ref name="MAA elections"> |
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{{cite web |url=http://enterprise.maa.org/news/nat_elec_bio_statements_07.pdf |title=The Mathematical Association of America 2007 National Elections |accessdate=2009-02-01 |author=Martha J. Siegel |year=2007 |month=April |format=PDF|publisher=Mathematical Association of America }}</ref> |
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the Beckenbach Book Prize in 1999,<ref name="Beckenbach"> |
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{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/awards/beckenbach.html |title=The Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date=December 16, 2008 }}</ref> |
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and he was the [[George Pólya]] Lecturer from 2002 to 2004.<ref name="Polya"> |
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{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/awards/polyalecturers.html |title=The Mathematical Association of America's George Pólya Lecturers |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date=September 20, 2007 }}</ref> |
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Bressoud was elected president of the [[Mathematical Association of America]] in the 2007 elections, and served as President-Elect in 2008 and is serving as President in 2009 and 2010.<ref> |
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{{cite web |url=http://enterprise.maa.org/news/060107electionresults.html |title=MAA Officers' Election |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date= June 1, 2007 }}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
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* {{cite book | last = Bressoud | first = David | title = Factorization and Primality Testing | publisher = Springer-Verlag | location = Berlin | year = 1989 | isbn = 9780387970400 }} |
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* {{cite book | last = Bressoud | first = David | title = Second Year Calculus: From Celestial Mechanics to Special Relativity | publisher = Springer-Verlag | location = Berlin | year = 1991 | isbn = 9780387976068 }} |
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* {{cite book | last = Bressoud | first = David | title = Proofs and Confirmations | publisher = Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge | year = 1999 | isbn = 9780521666466 }} |
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* {{cite book | last1 = Bressoud | first1 = David |last2=Wagon |first2=Stan | title = A Course in Computational Number Theory | publisher = Key College Publishing in cooperation with Springer | location = New York | year = 2000 | isbn = 9781930190108 }} |
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* {{cite book | last = Bressoud | first = David | title = A Radical Approach to Real Analysis | edition = 2nd | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | location = Washington | year = 2007 | isbn = 9780883857472 }} |
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* {{cite book | last = Bressoud | first = David | title = A Radical Approach to Lebesgue's Theory of Integration | publisher = Cambridge University Press/Mathematical Association of America | location = Cambridge | year = 2008 | isbn = 9780521711838 }} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Zeilberger–Bressoud theorem]] |
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==Notes== |
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<references /> |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/news/010209bressoud.html |last=Peterson |first=Ivars |authorlink=Ivars Peterson |title=An Interview with David Bressoud, MAA President |accessdate=2009-02-01 |work= |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |date=December 22, 2008 }} A longer version of the ''MAA FOCUS'' interview referenced above. |
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==External links== |
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* {{MathGenealogy|26962}} |
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* [http://www.macalester.edu/~bressoud/ David Bressoud's home page] |
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Revision as of 23:49, 1 February 2009
David Bressoud | |
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| Born | March 27, 1950 |
| Alma mater | Temple University |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Grosswald |
David Marius Bressoud (born March 27, 1950 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American mathematician who works in number theory, combinatorics, and special functions. As of 2009 he is DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics at Macalester College and is President of the Mathematical Association of America.
Life and education
Bressoud was born March 27, 1950 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[1] He got interested in mathematics in the seventh grade, where he had a teacher who encouraged him and gave him challenging problems. He attended Albert Wilansky's National Science Foundation summer program at Lehigh University between his junior and senior years in high school, where he also spent most of his time working on problems.[2]
He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1971.[3] When he started at Swarthmore he had not yet decided on a major, but after his first year he decided to get out of college as quickly as possibly and had no interest in graduate school, and the quickest way out was to major in mathematics.[2]
After graduating Bressoud became a Peace Corps volunteer in Antigua from 1971 to 1973, teaching math and science at Clare Hall School. While in Antigua he realized he missed mathematics, and kept working on it as a hobby.[2] After the Peace Corps he went to graduate school at Temple University,[2] and received his PhD in 1977 under Emil Grosswald.[4]
Career
After receiving his PhD, Bressoud taught at Pennsylvania State University from 1977 to 1994, reaching the rank of full professor in 1986. During this period he held visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study (1979–1980), the University of Wisconsin (1980–81 and 1982), the University of Minnesota (1983 and 1998), and the University of Strasbourg (1984–85).[4]
His focus at Penn State was mathematics research, but in the late 1980s he became more interested in teaching and writing textbooks, and he decided to make a move. He said in a 2008 interview, "I needed to be in a place that had a strong focus on teaching and a community of people for whom teaching was what they were most interested in." He decided on a move to Macalester College in 1994, where he is now DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics.[2] Since 2005 he has been writing a monthly online column for MAA titled "Launchings" that focuses on the CUPM (Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics) Curriculum Guide.[5]
Bressoud received several of the Mathematical Association of America's awards: the Distinguished Teaching Award for the Allegheny Mountain section in 1994,[6] the Beckenbach Book Prize in 1999,[7] and he was the George Pólya Lecturer from 2002 to 2004.[8]
Bressoud was elected president of the Mathematical Association of America in the 2007 elections, and served as President-Elect in 2008 and is serving as President in 2009 and 2010.[9]
Selected publications
- Bressoud, David (1989). Factorization and Primality Testing. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9780387970400.
- Bressoud, David (1991). Second Year Calculus: From Celestial Mechanics to Special Relativity. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9780387976068.
- Bressoud, David (1999). Proofs and Confirmations. Cambridge: Mathematical Association of America/Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521666466.
- Bressoud, David; Wagon, Stan (2000). A Course in Computational Number Theory. New York: Key College Publishing in cooperation with Springer. ISBN 9781930190108.
- Bressoud, David (2007). A Radical Approach to Real Analysis (2nd ed.). Washington: Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 9780883857472.
- Bressoud, David (2008). A Radical Approach to Lebesgue's Theory of Integration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press/Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 9780521711838.
See also
Notes
- ^
"Biographies of Candidates 2002" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 49 (8). Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society: 970–981. 2002.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e
Peterson, Ivars (2009). "An Interview with David Bressoud, MAA President" (PDF). MAA FOCUS. 29 (1). Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America: 6–8. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "David Bressoud biography". Mathematical Association of America. January 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ a b "Northeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America; Fall 2004 Meeting - WPI; Biographies of Invited Speakers". Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "David Bressoud's Launchings". Mathematical Association of America. January 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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Martha J. Siegel (2007). "The Mathematical Association of America 2007 National Elections" (PDF). Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "The Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize". Mathematical Association of America. December 16, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "The Mathematical Association of America's George Pólya Lecturers". Mathematical Association of America. September 20, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "MAA Officers' Election". Mathematical Association of America. June 1, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
Further reading
- Peterson, Ivars (December 22, 2008). "An Interview with David Bressoud, MAA President". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 2009-02-01. A longer version of the MAA FOCUS interview referenced above.