Alexander Soifer

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Alexander Soifer, October, 2007, Colorado
Born
Alexander Soifer

(1948-08-14) August 14, 1948 (age 76)
Moscow, Russian SFSR
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]

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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 Soifer Mathematical Olympiad (formerly known as 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

Geombinatorics

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

  1. ↑ Pasquale, Cynthia (2015-05-07). "Five questions for Alexander Soifer". CU Connections. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  2. ↑ Alexander Soifer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ↑ "The Soifer Mathematical Olympiad". The Soifer Mathematical Olympiad. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. ↑ "The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad with Dr. Alex Soifer, UCCS professor". YouTube . 13 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Editorial Board". Geombinatorics Quarterly. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  6. ↑ "World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions Home Page". WFNMC Home Page. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  7. ↑ Erdős, Paul; Soifer, Alexander - Squares in a square. Geombinatorics 4 (1995), no. 4, 110–114
  8. ↑ Soifer, Alexander (2015). The scholar and the state : in search of Van der Waerden. Basel: Birkhauser-Springer. ISBN   978-3-0348-0712-8. OCLC   895254746.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Soifer, Alexander (2009). Mathematics as problem solving. New York: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-74647-0. OCLC   405547110.
  11. ↑ Soifer, Alexander (2009). How does one cut a triangle?. Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-74652-4. OCLC   434508637.
  12. ↑ Soifer, Alexander (2011). Colorado Mathematical Olympiad : the first twenty years and further explorations. New York: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-75472-7. OCLC   728100145.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ Soifer, Alexander (2010). Geometric etudes in combinatorial mathematics. New York: Springer. ISBN   978-0-387-75470-3. OCLC   643102260.
  15. ↑ Soifer, Alexander, ed. (2011). Ramsey theory : yesterday, today, and tomorrow. New York: Springer. ISBN   978-0-8176-8092-3. OCLC   682907435.
  16. ↑ "Geombinatorics Quarterly". Geombinatorics Quarterly. 2021-10-01. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  17. ↑ "Serials Database". Zentralblatt MATH . Springer Science+Business Media. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  18. ↑ "Geombinatorics". JournalGuide. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
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