Tim Chartier
Timothy P. Chartier (born 1969)[1] is an American mathematician known for his expertise in sports analytics and bracketology,[2][3][4] for his popular mathematics books, and for the "mime-matics" shows combining mime and mathematics that he and his wife Tanya have staged.[5]
He is Joseph R. Morton Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Davidson College.[6] The National Museum of Mathematics announced him as 2022-23 Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics, in June 2021.
Education and career
[edit]Chartier majored in applied mathematics at Western Michigan University, graduating in 1993, and stayed at Western Michigan for a master's degree in computational mathematics in 1996.[7] He completed a PhD at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2001, with the dissertation Algebraic Multigrid Based on Element Interpolation (AMGe) and Spectral AMGe supervised by Steve McCormick.[8] He has also studied mime, at the Centre du Silence in Colorado, at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California, and with Marcel Marceau.[9]
After postdoctoral research at the University of Washington, he joined the Davidson College faculty in 2003.[7] As well as his academic work, he is also a frequent consultant on sports analytics for ESPN, NASCAR, the National Basketball Association, and other groups.[10]
Books
[edit]Chartier is the author of Math Bytes: Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing (2014),[11] which won the Euler Book Prize in 2020,[12] and of When Life is Linear: From Computer Graphics to Bracketology (2015),[13] which won the Beckenbach Book Prize in 2017.[14]
He is also the author of X Games In Mathematics: Sports Training That Counts! (2020) and the coauthor, with Anne Greenbaum, of Numerical Methods: Design, Analysis, and Computer Implementation of Algorithms (2012).[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Birth year from WorldCat Identities, retrieved 2021-10-16
- ^ Drape, Joe (31 March 2014), "Mathematician and Matildas Humbled by Coin Flips", The New York Times, archived from the original on 2014-04-01
- ^ Strauss, Robert (1 March 2016), "March Math-ness: Tim Chartier shines during the NCAA Division I College Basketball Tournament, AKA March Madness: He's one of the nation's top bracketologists", Coloradan Alumni Magazine, University of Colorado Boulder Alumni Magazine
- ^ Bennett, Jay (21 March 2019), "The Mathematical Madness Behind a Perfect N.C.A.A. Basketball Bracket", Smithsonian
- ^ Strauss, Robert (15 April 2015), "Performing Math and Mime, for Fun and Profit", The New York Times, archived from the original on 2021-10-01
- ^ Tim Chartier, Davidson College, retrieved 2021-04-16
- ^ a b "Mime-Matics", Stories & News, WMU Alumni Association, retrieved 2021-10-14
- ^ Tim Chartier at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Publica, Liz (4 December 2020), "Interview With the Mathematical Mime Tim Chartier: Proof that math and performance art add up", Art Publika Magazine
- ^ "Tim Chartier", Governance, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2021-10-15
- ^ Reviews of Math Bytes: John Tucker Bane , SIGACT News, doi:10.1145/2852040.2852045; Alexander Bogomolny, Cut the knot, [1]; Adhemar Bultheel, EMS Reviews, [2]; Brie Finegold, Math Horizons, [3]; Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews, [4]; Martin Jones, Mathematics in School, JSTOR 24767733; Alasdair McAndrew, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, [5]; Ilia Nouretdinov, MR3183704; Anne Quinn, The Mathematics Teacher, doi:10.5951/mathteacher.109.3.0236, JSTOR 10.5951/mathteacher.109.3.0236; Robert Schaefer, New York Journal of Books, [6]; Rachael Skyner, Science, JSTOR 24917414; Vincent Ting, The Mathematical Gazette, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.158
- ^ "Euler Book Prize", MAA Awards, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Reviews of When Life is Linear: Christopher S. Brownell, The Mathematics Teacher, doi:10.5951/mathteacher.109.9.0717, JSTOR 10.5951/mathteacher.109.9.0717 Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews, [7]; Dieter Riebesehl, Zbl 1309.15003
- ^ "Beckenbach Book Prize", MAA Awards, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Reviews of Numerical Methods: Octavian Pastravanu, Zbl 1247.65001; William J. Satzer, MAA Reviews, [8]
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