David E. Joyce
David E. Joyce | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Known for | Introducing quandles in knot theory Online edition of Euclid's Elements |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Topology |
| Institutions | Clark University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter J. Freyd |
David Edward Joyce is an American mathematician known for introducing quandles in knot theory,[1] and for his online interactive edition of Euclid's Elements.[2][3] He is a professor emeritus of mathematics at Clark University.[4]
Joyce completed his Ph.D. in 1979 at the University of Pennsylvania, with the dissertation An Algebraic Approach to Symmetry with Applications to Knot Theory supervised by Peter J. Freyd.[5] His doctoral dissertation introduced quandles, and his work in this area was published in 1982, the same year as the independent publication of these structures under another name by Sergei Matveev.[1]
He created his online edition of Euclid's Elements in 1996, using Java applets to create interactive diagrams, with the dual purpose of creating more interest in Euclid's work and of showing off the capabilities of the Java programming language for mathematical illustration.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Elhamdadi, Mohamed; Nelson, Sam (2015), Quandles, Student Mathematical Library, vol. 74, American Mathematical Society, p. vii, ISBN 9781470422134
- ^ Barrow-Green, June (May 2006), "'Much necessary for all sortes of men': 450 years of Euclid's Elements in English", BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, 21 (1): 2–25, doi:10.1080/17498430600566527
- ^ Kiernan, Jim (July 2007), "David Joyce's Website", Convergence, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2025-01-05
- ^ "Emeriti Faculty", Mathematics People, Clark University, retrieved 2025-01-05
- ^ David E. Joyce at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Stupel, Moshe; Farhat, Mtanes; Jahangiri, Jay (June 2023), "Revisiting proof without words using color coding" (PDF), Resonance, 28 (6), Indian Academy of Sciences: 975–983, doi:10.1007/s12045-023-1626-0
External links
[edit]- Home page
- Joyce's online edition of Euclid's Elements (interactive only if Java is enabled)
