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- ↑ The Association of Mathematics Educators (AME) Office Bearers
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- ↑ Celebrating mathematics,the 3rd Lee Peng Yee Symposium
- ↑ "International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) Executive Committees 1908-2009". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
- ↑ The Association of Mathematics Educators (AME) Office Bearers
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- ↑ The Mathematics Genealogy Project – Peng Yee Lee
