Alexander Soifer
Alexander Soifer | |
|---|---|
 Alexander Soifer, October, 2007, Colorado | |
| Born | Alexander Soifer August 14, 1948 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Pedagogical University |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonid Kulikov; Paul Erdős |
Alexander Soifer is a Russian-born American mathematician and mathematics author.[1] His works include over 400 articles and 13 books.
Soifer obtained his Ph.D. in 1973[2] and has been a professor of mathematics at the University of Colorado since 1979. He was visiting fellow at Princeton University from 2002 to 2004, and again in 2006–2007. Soifer also teaches courses on art history and European cinema. His publications include 13 books and over 400 articles.
Every spring, Soifer, along with other mathematician colleagues, sponsors the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Soifer compiles and writes most of the problems for the contest. The CMO was founded by Soifer on April 18, 1983.[3]
For the Olympiad's 30th anniversary, the university produced a film about it.[4] In May 2018, in recognition of 35 years of leadership, the judges and winners decided in 2018 to rename the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad to the Soifer Mathematical Olympiad.
In 1991 Soifer founded the research quarterly Geombinatorics, and publishes it with the Geombinatorics editorial board.[5]
In July 2006 at the University of Cambridge, Soifer was presented with the Paul Erdős Award by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions.
Soifer was the President of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions[6] from 2012 to 2018. His Erdős number is 1.[7]
Selected books
[edit]- The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden Springer, New York, 2015 (publisher: Birkhauser-Springer, Basel)[8]
- Mathematics as Problem Solving Center for Excellence in Mathematical Education, Colorado Springs, 1987
- How does one cut a triangle? Center for Excellence in Mathematical Education, Colorado Springs, 1990
- Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: The First Ten Years and Further Explorations Center for Excellence in Mathematical Education, Colorado Springs, 1991
- Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics Center for Excellence in Mathematical Education, Colorado Springs, 1994
- The Mathematical Coloring Book Springer, New York 2009[9]
- Mathematics as Problem Solving 2nd ed. Springer, New York 2009[10]
- How Does One Cut a Triangle? 2nd ed. Springer, New York 2009[11]
- The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics Springer, New York 2011[12]
- The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad; The Third Decade and Further Explorations: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics Springer, New York 2017 [13]
- Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics 2nd ed. Springer, New York 2010[14]
- Ramsey Theory: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, (editor and contributor) Birkhäuser-Springer 2011[15]
- Life and Fate: In Search of Van der Waerden, appeared in November 2008 in Russian. The expanded English edition, The Scholar and the State: In Search of Van der Waerden, was published by Birkhäuser-Springer in 2017.
Geombinatorics
[edit]Geombinatorics[16] is a quarterly scientific journal of mathematics. It was established by editor-in-chief Alexander Soifer in 1991 and is published by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The journal covers problems in discrete, convex, and combinatorial geometry, as well as related areas. The journal is indexed in Zentralblatt MATH,[17] Excellence in Research for Australia, and MathSciNet.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Pasquale, Cynthia (2015-05-07). "Five questions for Alexander Soifer". CU Connections. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- ^ Alexander Soifer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "The Soifer Mathematical Olympiad". The Soifer Mathematical Olympiad. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad with Dr. Alex Soifer, UCCS professor". YouTube.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Geombinatorics Quarterly. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions Home Page". WFNMC Home Page. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ Erdős, Paul; Soifer, Alexander - Squares in a square. Geombinatorics 4 (1995), no. 4, 110–114
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2015). The scholar and the state : in search of Van der Waerden. Basel. ISBN 978-3-0348-0712-8. OCLC 895254746.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Soifer, Alexander (2009). The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-74642-5. OCLC 310352147.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2009). Mathematics as problem solving. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-74647-0. OCLC 405547110.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2009). How does one cut a triangle?. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-74652-4. OCLC 434508637.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2011). Colorado Mathematical Olympiad : the first twenty years and further explorations. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-75472-7. OCLC 728100145.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2017). The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad : the third decade and further explorations : from the mountains of Colorado to the peaks of mathematics. Cham: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-52861-8. OCLC 985909262.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander (2010). Geometric etudes in combinatorial mathematics. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-75470-3. OCLC 643102260.
- ^ Soifer, Alexander, ed. (2011). Ramsey theory : yesterday, today, and tomorrow. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-8176-8092-3. OCLC 682907435.
- ^ "Geombinatorics Quarterly". Geombinatorics Quarterly. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "Serials Database". Zentralblatt MATH. Springer Science+Business Media. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ "Geombinatorics". JournalGuide. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
