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
editChartier 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
editChartier 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]