John Colin Stillwell (born 1942) is an Australian mathematician on the faculties of the University of San Francisco and Monash University.[1]
John Stillwell | |
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| Born | 12 August 1942 |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D, 1970) |
| Awards | Chauvenet Prize (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | 1970 until 2001: Monash University 2002 to date: University of San Francisco |
| Doctoral advisor | Hartley Rogers, Jr |
Biography
editHe was born in Melbourne, Australia and lived there until he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate.[1] He received his PhD from MIT in 1970, working under Hartley Rogers, Jr,[2] who had himself worked under Alonzo Church.[3] From 1970 until 2001, he taught at Monash University back in Australia and in 2002 began teaching in San Francisco.[1]
Honors
editIn 2005, Stillwell was the recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's prestigious Chauvenet Prize for his article "The Story of the 120-Cell,"[4] Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17–24.[5] In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
Works
editBooks
editStillwell is the author of many textbooks and other books on mathematics including:
- Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory, 1980, ISBN 0-387-97970-0
- Mathematics and Its History, 1989, pbk reprint of 2nd edition 2002; 3rd edition 2010, ISBN 0-387-95336-1[7]
- Geometry of Surfaces, 1992, ISBN 0-387-97743-0; [8] 2012 pbk reprint of 1st edition
- Elements of Algebra: Geometry, Numbers, Equations, 1994,[9] ISBN 0-387-94290-4
- Numbers and Geometry, 1998, ISBN 0-387-98289-2
- Elements of Number Theory, 2003, ISBN 0-387-95587-9
- The Four Pillars of Geometry, 2005,[10] ISBN 0-387-25530-3
- Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics, 2006, ISBN 1-56881-254-X[11]
- Naive Lie Theory, 2008, ISBN 0-387-98289-2[12]
- Roads to Infinity, 2010, ISBN 978-1-56881-466-7
- The Real Numbers: An Introduction to Set Theory and Analysis, 2013, ISBN 978-3319015767[13]
- Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel, 2016, ISBN 978-0691171685[14]
- Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out, 2018, ISBN 978-0691177175
- A Concise History of Mathematics for Philosophers, 2019, ISBN 978-1108610124
- The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics, 2022, ISBN 978-0691234366
Selected articles
edit- Stillwell, John (1982). "The word problem and the isomorphism problem for groups". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. (N.S.). 6 (1): 33–56. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1982-14963-1. MR 0634433.
- Stillwell, John (1983). "Efficient computations in groups and simplicial complexes". Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 276 (2): 715–727. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1983-0688973-8. MR 0688973.
- Lenard, Andrew; Stillwell, John (1983). "An algorithmically unsolvable problem in analysis". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 88 (1): 129–130. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1983-0691292-2. MR 0691292.
- Stillwell, John (1987). "The occurrence problem for mapping class groups". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 101 (3): 411–416. doi:10.1090/s0002-9939-1987-0908639-5. MR 0908639.
- Stillwell, John (January 2001). "The Story of the 120-Cell" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 48 (1): 17–25.
- Stillwell, John (2012). "Poincaré and the early history of 3-manifolds" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. (N.S.). 49 (4): 555–576. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-2012-01385-x.
References
edit- ^ a b c "John Stillwell | University of San Francisco". www.usfca.edu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010.
- ^ "John Stillwell - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org.
- ^ "Hartley Rogers, Jr. - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org.
- ^ "Story of the 120-Cell" (PDF).
- ^ "MAA awards page". Archived from the original on 31 May 2000. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ Wilders, Richard J. (16 August 2010). "Review of Mathematics and Its History by John Stillwell". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ "Geometry of Surfaces by John Stillwell (Review by Choice Review, J. McCleary)". Library Catalog, University of Chicago.
- ^ Freudenburg, Gene (1 January 1996). "Review of Elements of Algebra". The American Mathematical Monthly. 103 (2): 186–189. doi:10.2307/2975124. JSTOR 2975124.
- ^ Hunacek, Mark (1 January 2007). "Review of The Four Pillars of Geometry". The Mathematical Gazette. 91 (521): 375–378. doi:10.1017/S0025557200181951. JSTOR 40378384. S2CID 164895282.
- ^ Biss, Daniel (June–July 2007). "Review: Yearning for the Impossible, by John Stillwell" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 54 (6): 722–723.
- ^ Stenger, Allen (6 October 2008). "Review of Naive Lie Theory by John Stillwell". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ Stenger, Allen (5 February 2014). "Review of The Real Numbers: An Introduction to Set Theory and Analysis by John Stillwell". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ Hunacek, Mark (12 May 2016). "Review of Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel by John Stillwell". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.