Alexander Soifer
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Alexander Soifer is a Russian-born American mathematician and mathematics author. His works include over 200 articles, and a number of books, listed below.
Soifer received his Ph.D. in 1973.[1]
Every spring, Soifer, along with other mathematics colleagues, sponsor the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Soifer compiles (and writes some of) the problems for the contest. On April 18, 2008 CMO will turn 25.
In 1991 Soifer founded the research quarterly "Geombinatorics," and publishes it with the Editorial Board, which includes Ronald L. Graham, Branko Grunbaum, Heiko Harborth, Peter D. Johnson Jr., and János Pach. Paul Erdos was also an editor.
Soifer has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Colorado since 1979. He was visiting fellow at Princeton University 2002–2004, and again 2006–2007. Soifer also teaches courses on European cinema.
Soifer's Erdős number is 1.
In July 2006 at the University of Cambridge, Alexander Soifer was presented with "The Paul Erdos" Award" by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.
Dr. Soifer is currently the Senior Vice President of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.
Soifer's current projects include new publications and new expanded editions through renouned scientific publisher, Springer of previously published books, "Mathematics as Problem Solving," "How does one cut a triangle?," "Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics," and "Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations." The latter aforementioned title is expected to be expanded to cover twenty years of the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, which is currently in its 26th year running.
Selected Books
- Mathematics as Problem Solving
- How does one cut a triangle?
- Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics
- Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations
- The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators, has been in the works for 18 years. It has appeared in Springer on the Election Day, November 4, 2008 (yes-we-can):"The Mathematical Coloring Book"
- "Life and Fate: In Search of Van der Waerden," to appear in November 2008 in Russian, this book is the report of a 12-year historical investigation into the life of the great XX century algebraist Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, the author of one of the most popular mathematical books of all time, "Modern Algebra." The expanded English edition is to appear in Springer in 2009.
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