American mathematician
Jean J. Pedersen Jean J. Pedersen (Sep 17, 1934–Jan 1, 2016)[1] [2] was an American mathematician and author particularly known for her works on the mathematics of paper folding .
Education and career Pedersen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah , the daughter of an ophthalmologist and a teacher. She studied home economics changing to a double major in mathematics and physics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University , before becoming a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Utah under the supervision of E. Allen Davis.[2]
After completing her master's degree , she moved to San Jose, California , following her husband who worked for IBM. She joined the faculty at the Santa Clara University on a part-time basis in 1966, but shifted to full-time and was promoted to full professor in 1996. She was the first woman to teach mathematics at the university, and the first to be tenured as a mathematics professor.[2]
Her discovery that the platonic solids could be braided from strips of paper led to Martin Gardner writing about it in the September, 1971 Mathematical Games column in Scientific American .[3]
Books Pedersen's books include:
Geometric Playthings (With Kent Pedersen, Dale Seymour Publications Secondary, 1973, ISBN 978-0866513517 )Fear No More: An Adult Approach to Mathematics (with Peter Hilton , Dale Seymour Publications, 1982 ISBN 978-0201057133 )Build Your Own Polyhedra (with Peter Hilton , Addison-Wesley, 1988)[4] Mathematical Reflections: In a Room with Many Windows (with Peter Hilton and Derek Holton, Springer, 1996)[5] [6] Mathematical Vistas: From a Room with Many Windows (with Peter Hilton and Derek Holton, Springerl 2002)[5] [7] 99 Points of Intersection: Examples—Pictures—Proofs (by Hans Walser, translated with Peter Hilton, Mathematical Association of America, 2006)[8] A Mathematical Tapestry: Demonstrating the Beautiful Unity of Mathematics (with Peter Hilton , illustrated by Sylvie Donmoyer, Cambridge University Press, 2010)[9] She and Peter Hilton also translated The Golden Section and Symmetry by Hans Walser from German into English. Both translations were published by the Mathematical Association of America in 2001.[10]
References ^ "Jean Pedersen (1934–2016)", News, Events & Announcements , American Mathematical Society , February 5, 2016 ^ a b c "Jean Pedersen", Santa Clara Magazine , June 6, 2016, retrieved 2018-10-29 ^ "Plaited Platonic Puzzles" by Jean J. Pedersen,
The Two-Year College Mathematics Journal , vol. 4, no. 3, 1973, pp 22-37 ^ Reviews of Build Your Own Polyhedra :Schmidt, Don (February 1989), The Mathematics Teacher , 82 (2): 145, JSTOR 27966155 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)Leiva, Miriam A. (April 1989), The Arithmetic Teacher , 36 (8): 58–59, JSTOR 41193678 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)Jacob, Wiliam (October 1994), The Mathematics Teacher , 87 (7): 572, JSTOR 27969009 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)Provost, Mary D. (September–October 1995), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School , 1 (6): 497–498, JSTOR 41181482 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) ^ a b Review of Mathematical Reflections and Mathematical Vistas :Leversha, Gerry (July 2003), The Mathematical Gazette , 87 (509): 376–379, doi:10.1017/S002555720017319X, JSTOR 3621090 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) ^ Review of Mathematical Reflections :Anthony, Joby Milo (August–September 1998), The American Mathematical Monthly , 105 (7): 682–686, doi:10.2307/2589274, JSTOR 2589274 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) ^ Reviews of Mathematical Vistas :Schaefer, Marvin (June 2002), "Review", MAA Reviews Cohen, Marion (May 2003), The American Mathematical Monthly , 110 (5): 455–458, doi:10.2307/3647846, JSTOR 3647846 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) ^ Reviews of 99 Points of Intersection :Ashbacher, Charles (2004–2005), "Review", Journal of Recreational Mathematics , 33 (3): 215–216 Poplicher, Mihaela (September 2006), "Review", MAA Reviews Coupland, Mary (2006), "Review", Australian Mathematics Teacher , 62 (3): 32 Jensen, John (March 2007), The Mathematics Teacher , 100 (7): 511–512, JSTOR 27972312 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)Leversha, Gerry (November 2008), The Mathematical Gazette , 92 (525): 588–589, doi:10.1017/S0025557200184074, JSTOR 27821873, S2CID 185487968 {{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) ^ Reviews of A Mathematical Tapestry :The Mathematics Teacher , 106 (2): 157–158, September 2012, doi:10.5951/mathteacher.106.2.0157{{citation }}
: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)Bultheel, A. (2015), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society , 22 (5): 843–844 ^ Review of The Golden Section and Symmetry :Winteridge, Bud (July 2003), The Mathematical Gazette , 87 (509): 386–387, doi:10.1017/S0025557200173279, JSTOR 3621098 {{citation }}
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