41. Press Release: South Africa Wins Pan-African Maths Olympiad As a member of the Jury nominated by the african Mathematical Union, To mathematicians from african countries who are attending PACOM but were not http://uzweb.uz.ac.zw/science/maths/zimaths/42/pamo.htm

Press Release: South Africa Wins Pan-African Maths Olympiad South Africa took top honours in the Tenth Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) held over the week 17-24 January 2000, winning Gold Medals in both the individuals and team categories. The Olympiad was hosted by the University of Cape Town and the University of the Western Cape. The South African team: Lisa Alberti, grade 12, Fairbairn College, Cape Town, Theo Mokgatlhe, grade 10, St Dominic's College, Welkom, Shen Tian, St David's Marist College, Johannesburg, Koos van Zyl, Hoerskool Overkruin, Pretoria. was ranked first among the seven competing teams, with Koos van Zyl winning overall first place and a Gold Medal. Shen Tian was ranked 4th and won a Silver Medal, while Lisa Alberti took 11th place and was awarded a Bronze Medal. The South African Team Leader was Professor Dirk Laurie, of the University of Potchefstroom. The seven competing countries were: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda. The ``obvious question" we should all ask, answer, and try do something about for the future, is: Why didn't Zimbabwe take part?

42. POME 11 The african Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa See also Williams web page mathematicians of the african diaspora http://www.ex.ac.uk/~PErnest/pome11/art14.htm

PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION JOURNAL 11 (1999) AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER-20 Chairman: Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) Secretary: Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria) Treasurer: Salimata Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire) Members: Kgomotso Garegae-Garekwe (Botswana), Maassouma Kazim (Egypt), Cornelio Abungu (Kenya), Ahmedou Haouba (Mauritania), Mohamed Aballagh (Morocco), Ruben Ayeni (Nigeria), Abdoulaye Kane (Senegal), David Mosimege (South Africa), Mohamed Souissi (Tunisia), David Mtwetwa (Zimbabwe) Universidade Pedagógica (UP), Maputo (Mozambique), 25.08.1998 1. OBJECTIVES The African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA), formed in 1986, has the following objectives: a. to improve communication among those interested in the history of mathematics in Africa; b. to promote active cooperation between historians, mathematicians, archaeologists, ethnographers, sociologists, etc., doing research in, or related to, the history of mathematics in Africa; c. to promote research in the history of mathematics in Africa, and the publication of its results, in order to contribute to the demystification of the still-dominant Eurocentric bias in the historiography of mathematics;

43. Pan African Congress Of Mathematicians Subject Pan african Congress of mathematicians; From SizweMabizela sizwe@maths.uct.ac.za ; Date Wed, 28 Jul 1999 093548 SAST2 http://www.csc.fi/math_topics/Mail/NANET99-3/msg00058.html

Message Prev Message Next Message Index Pan African Congress of Mathematicians Subject : Pan African Congress of Mathematicians From sizwe@maths.uct.ac.za Date : Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:35:48 SAST-2 Dear NA- editor I would like to use na-digest to announce the Fifth Pan African Congress of Mathematicians (PACOM'2000) and Pan African Mathematics Olypiad (PAMO'2000). These will be held between 24th and 31st January 2000 at the University of Western Cape in South Africa. This congress is organised by the African Mathematical Union (AMU), the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), and the Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA). I am coordinating a Special Session on Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, and Approximation Theory. Those interested in participating in this special session are requested to submit abstracts of their talks to sizwe@maths.uct.ac.za. Sizwe Mabizela Prev by Message: Workshop on Structures and Heterogeneous Media Next by Message: Symposium on Computing, Arithmetic, and Validated Numerics Index(es): Message

44. Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math I am trying to compile a list of african American mathematicians. Scott Williams series of pages, mathematicians of the african Diaspora, created to http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/52461.html

Associated Topics Dr. Math Home Search Dr. Math African-American Mathematicians Date: 11/07/96 at 19:43:59 From: Anonymous Subject: African American mathematicians I am trying to compile a list of African American mathematicians. Do you have any suggestions or Internet URLs where I can find some info? Thanks. Mrs. J. Dean Date: 11/07/96 at 22:08:59 From: Doctor Sarah Subject: Re: African American mathematicians Hello! Usually the first place we look for biographical information about individual mathematicians is the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive: http://turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/ Also, see Prof. Scott Williams' series of pages, "Mathematicians of the African Diaspora," created to exhibit the accomplishments of the peoples of Africa and the African Diaspora within the Mathematical Sciences. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/ Next, see "The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences": http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html I hope this will give you a good start on your project. -Doctor Sarah, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

45. IMU Bulletin No. 42, Special Issue Ties with the South african mathematical community would also be sought. MUSA willfocus on regional development of a vigorous community of mathematicians, http://www.mathunion.org/Publications/Bulletins/42/CDEreport.html

IMU Bulletin no. 42, Special Issue, July 1998 Commission On Development And Exchanges (CDE) Report 1994 - 1997 by During the period 19941997, the Commission on Development and Exchanges has proposed two programs to support Mathematics and mathematicians in the developing countries. The CDE has also supported research teams (see lines TM in the tables 1994 and 1995). In 1997, it has initiated a new action aiming at supporting Mathematics in Southern Africa-MUSA project (see below) . Finally, the CDE has set up cooperation schemes with CIMPA/ICPAM (Nice, France) and ICTP (Trieste, Italy) to support workshops (CIMPA) or research visits (ICTP). As in the past years, the CDE received many applications and had to make a strict selection before awarding funding. As a general rule, the secretary received the applications, summarized them and circulated the summaries to the members of the CDE for evaluation and discussion before decision making. The CDE has been deeply involved in the MUSA project in the Southern Africa Region (a description of the project has been published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society in May 1997, and is described below). This project, introduced by the secretary of CDE some time ago, has been set up thanks to an extensive work by Professor Clemens on behalf of the CDE. A planning meeting was held in Botswana (late December 1997) and it is expected that the MUSA project will evolve very positively in a near future. The following article was submitted to the Notices by Herbert Clemens of the University of Utah. Clemens is a member of the Commission on Development and Exchange of the International Mathematical

46. "Olympic" Medals For South African Maths Team In the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which ended in Athens on the most promising young mathematicians to represent South Africa in 2005. http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/july/mathsteam.htm

August 2004 Budding Scientist Home Events Jobs Funding ... Archives "Olympic" medals for South African Maths Team From left, back: John Smit, Dirk Basson, Gerhard du Toit, Tamara von Glehn, Gayle Sher, Ingrid von Glehn. Gayle is holding the team mascot, Chebyshev, named after a famous Russian mathematician Although the Olympic Games have not yet begun, South Africa is already bringing home Olympic medals from Greece. In the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), which ended in Athens on July 18, the South African team of six high school students won three silver medals and one bronze medal. The IMO forms part of the Hellenic Cultural Olympiad, being held in Greece in conjunction with the Olympic games. A total of 486 high school students from 85 countries took part in the IMO, competing with each other over two days in solving a series of challenging mathematical problems. South Africa's silver medals were won by: Dirk Basson (grade 12, HS Diamantveld, Kimberley), Jon Smit (grade 12, Grey High School, Bloemfontein) and

47. Index Of Women Scientists The Faces Of Science African First african Americans who earned doctoral degrees in Inventors mathematicians Computer Scientists Meteorologists Medical http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/women.html

48. Mathematicians, Meterologists, Microbiologists The Faces Of mathematicians african Americans in the Sciences. Return to The Faces of Scienceafrican Other mathematicians mathematicians of the african Diaspora http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/profession/m2.html

49. COLOR: African Female Mathematicians african Female mathematicians. Margaret Alic (1986) in her book, Hypatia sHeritage, discusses women in science. Alic asserts that women were the first http://www.saxakali.com/COLOR_ASP/africanmfem.htm

African Female Mathematicians Margaret Alic (1986) in her book, Hypatia's Heritage , discusses women in science. Alic asserts that women were the first botanists. Women are given credit for inventing weaving and spinning. Alic bases her claims on the assumption that "...evidence from the early scientific work of women can be traced..." from "oral traditions." Alic goes on to say that Neolithic women were often thought to be possessed of magical powers, not only because of their ability to give birth, but also because of their skills in the domestic sciences - manufacturing, pottery, agriculture, the domestication of animals and healing. It was these achievements that early cultures personified in their goddesses. (See Women in Egypt Alic relates that in the Kahun medical papyrus, women "...diagnosed pregnancy, guessed at the sex of the unborn child (if the mother's face was green it would be a boy), tested for sterility and treated dysmenorrhoea (irregular menstruation). Women surgeons performed caesarian sections, removed cancerous breasts, and set bones with splints." She attributes the following accomplishments to the women of prehistory, many of whom were undoubtedly African: methods of gathering, preparing and preserving food

50. DHS Mathematics in african History and Cultures. An Annotated Bibliography On mathematicians of african descent / Diaspora (pp.259263), http://ppp.unipv.it/dhs/AfrMat.htm

Mathematics in African History and Cultures. An Annotated Bibliography ANNOUNCEMENT At the 6th Pan-African Congress of mathematicians, held in Tunis (September 1-6, 2004) the African Mathematical Union launched the English language edition of the book "MATHEMATICS IN AFRICAN HISTORY AND CULTURES. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY" (372 pp.) by Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) and Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria). The book contains a Preface by the President of the African Mathematical Union (Prof. Jan Persens), a presentation, the main bibliography (pp. 1-258). The following appendices are included: On mathematicians of African descent / Diaspora (pp.259-263), Publications by Africans on the History of Mathematics outside Africa (pp. 264-267), On Time-reckoning and Astronomy in African History and Cultures (pp. 268-287), String figures in Africa (pp. 288-293), Examples of other Mathematical Books and Booklets published by African Mathematicians (pp. 294-304), Board Games in Africa (pp. 305-318), Some African mathematical pioneers in the 20th century (pp. 319-320)

51. African-American Contributions To Mathematics And Science Biographies of some africanAmerican mathematicians. Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Etta Z. Falconer Evelyn Boyd Granville http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/minority.html

CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND OTHER MINORITY AND ETHNIC GROUPS TO MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE This page was established in connection with Race Unity Week in Lexington, Kentucky, June 7-14, 1997. It consists of links to sites providing information on contributions by African Americans and other ethnic and minority groups to mathematics and science. Please note that the Department of Mathematics is not responsible for the content of any website listed here. Minorities in Mathematics Mathematicians of the African Diaspora (S.U.N.Y. Buffalo) African-American Mathematicians (The Math Forum) Minorities and Math (Math Forum) Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematics Sciences at MSRI ... Ethnomathematics (Yahoo) Publication: African Americans in Mathematics, Nathaniel Dean, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, editor. Features: research articles by distinguished African-American mathematicians; accomplishments of African-American researchers in the mathematical sciences; articles that explore issues important to the African-American community and to the mathematics community as a whole; inspiration for African-American students who wish to pursue advancement in the mathematical sciences. It is published in the DIMACS series: Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 34; 1997; 205 pp.; ISBN 0-8218-0678-5; List $49; Individual Members $29; Order Code DIMACS/34G97. Biographies of some African-American Mathematicians Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker Etta Z. Falconer

52. AT-NET Bulletin 89 2) Fifth Pan african Congress of mathematicians (PACOM 2000) and Pan african This congress is organised by the african Mathematical Union (AMU), http://www.uni-giessen.de/www-Numerische-Mathematik/at-net/BULL/bull89.html

AT-Net's Bulletin 89 - August 1999 (1. 9. 99) Contributions to: at-net@mi.uni-erlangen.de or approx@mi.uni-erlangen.de Contents Calendar of Events Fifth Pan African Congress of Mathematicians (PACOM'2000) and Pan African Mathematics Call for papers Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 98, Number 2, June 1999 Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 99, Number 1, July 1999 Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 99, Number 2, August 1999 Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Vol. 294, 1-3, 28-Jul-1999 Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Vol. 295, 1-3, 25-Aug-1999 Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Vol. 296, 1-3, 14-Sep-1999 Table of Contents: East J. Approx., Vol. 5, Number 2, June 1999 Approximation Problem Some papers in nonlinear computations and analysis Calendar of Events: Nov 2-5, 1999, Sixth SIAM Conference on Geometric Design, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bulletin 77, #3) and (Bulletin 85, #2) Nov 8-12, 1999, Workshop on Minimum Energy Problems, City University of Hong Kong

53. Ìàòåìàòèêà íà ñòðàíèöàõ WWW The Association invites mathematicians and physicists (including students) ÞÀÐ The South african Mathematical Society was founded in 1957 and has the http://www-sbras.nsc.ru/win/elbib/data/show_page.dhtml?2 191

54. African Studies: African Diaspora Biography Profiles of Contemporary mathematicians of the african Diaspora (Dr. Scott W.Williams, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/afroambiog.html

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55. The Painful Path Toward Inclusiveness And so in 1969 the National Association of mathematicians (NAM) came into 1972 of a reciprocity agreement with the South african Mathematical Society. http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rlj/Lorch.html

From Talk by Lee Lorch, AMS Special Session, Cincinnati, January 1994 In AMS Volume "A Century of Mathematical Meetings" edited by Dr. Bettye Anne Case If you would like to read an abstract of this article first, click here Dr. Lee Lorch Department of Mathematics York University North York, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada Office Telephone Number: Fax Number: Electronic Mail Address: lorch@mathstat.yorku.ca I am delighted to have been invited to reminisce on our meetings. In a way this is an appropriate place for me to do so. I went to my first AMS meetings while a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati. During Thanksgiving 1935 I hitchhiked from Cincinnati to Lexington, Kentucky, for this purpose. There I encountered Fritz John and his wife, recent refugees from Nazi Germany. They invited me to sleep on the couch in their living room, which I was glad to do. Leon Cohen was also then at the University of Kentucky, and also very friendly to a beginning graduate student. Their friendship, which was to become long-standing, still evokes a warm glow. That Christmas the AMS winter meeting was in St. Louis. Again I hit the highways, now to make my first visit to the city where my parents had met and married. En route, J. L. Doob (whom I had come to know while using the Columbia University mathematics library) picked me up. As you know, he later became President of the AMS. In this capacity, he designated me as his representative to the Mathematical Sciences Conference Board on the occasion when another commitment prevented his personal participation. This was the only time any AMS President has appointed me to any committee or function. The membership has twice elected me to serve as a member-at-large of the Council, following my nomination by petition, so I don't feel neglected by my colleagues.

56. Female African-American Mathematicians Bibliography Female africanAmerican mathematicians Bibliography I have a student who hasidentified some of the first female african American mathematicians. http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~women/bibs/bibl-aframermath.html

Female African-American Mathematicians Bibliography Query From Kriste Lindenmeyer 22 Jan 1998 Dear H-Women subscribers: I have a student who has identified some of the first female African American mathematicians. But she has found few sources. She has used some of the most obvious encyclopedias (for example the 100 Black Women in American History).I thought that H-Women subscribers might be able to help her find more detail about these women. Keyona has included a brief biography of each woman at least what she has found so far) in the paragraphs below. Any further advice about researching this topic would be very much appreciated. From TTU::KNS7090 "Key Stewart" Tenn. Tech. U.20-JAN-1998 I would like to work on the level of how these women made/or did not make a difference for African American women,and the impact they had on the math profession. ***Evelyn Boyd Granville**- born on May 1,1924 in Washington, D.C.; She was encouraged by Ulysses Basset and Mary Cromwell, who were at sometime her math teachers.She graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1945 and elected to Phi Beta Kappa; Obtained her Ph.D from Yale Univ.; Spent a year at New York Institute as a research assistant then a part time instructor at NY; Later appointed to a associate professor at Fisk Univ.; Two former students-Vivienne Malone Meyers and Etta Zuber Falconer received their Ph.D's as well.; Dr. Granville worked at IBM involving herself in several of their projects, later becomes a research specialist (1956-1960). In 1963, she returned to IBM as a mathematician,four years went by and she took a teaching job at California State Univ, got married, retired at Cal State and then moved to Texas taking a job at Texas College (Tyler,Texas).In 1989, Dr. Granville earned an honorary doctorate from Smith College.

57. Department Of Mathematics And Applied Mathematics: Research Output For 2000 5th Pan african Congress of mathematicians. University of the Western Cape, 2328January 2000. Bowie, L. 2000. An analysis of students’ misconceptions in http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/ResearchOutput/ResearchRep2000.html

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58. African Institute For Mathematical Sciences We are developing a list of scientists and mathematicians across Africa who arewilling to act as The african Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, http://www.aims.ac.za/english/people.php

People AIMS is a project whose success depends on many people. The lecturers who come from all over the planet, and above all, our wonderful students who make it all worthwhile. Click below for individual photos of the 2005/6 AIMS students individual photos of the 2005 winter school participants individual photos of the 2004/5 AIMS students individual photos of the 2005 AMSP students ... a list of registered lecturers AIMS Council The AIMS Council includes representatives from each of the participating Universities: Jan van Bever Donker, University of the Western Cape, Hendrik Geyer, University of Stellenbosch, Fritz Hahne, AIMS Institute Director, Keith Moffatt, University of Cambridge, Daya Reddy, University of Cape Town, Graham Richards, University of Oxford, Neil Turok, University of Cambridge (Chair), Vincent Rivasseau, University of Paris-Sud-XI. A subset of the AIMS Directors are also the Trustees of the AIMS Trust, a registered tax-exempt charitable trust in South Africa. AIMS Advisory Board The Advisory Board advises on all aspects of the AIMS programme, especially its integration with existing courses and research projects in South African and other African universities. The members of the Advisory board are: Chris Brink, University of Stellenbosch (Chair)

59. African Indigenous Science And Knowledge Systems History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) b. mathematicians of the AfricanDiaspora/Ancient and Contemporary Africana mathematicians (Williams) http://www.africahistory.net/

African Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems Dr. Gloria T. Emeagwali Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University MAIN SITE: www.africahistory.net AFRICAN TIMELINE Clarification: Professor Gloria Emeagwali does not share the same gender or profession with the computer scientist/mathematician and winner of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize - but I congratulate him for his magnificent achievements. In this site we present various perspectives on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems(AIK) from a wide range of scholars. We publish brief extracts from scholarly works on the subject and focus on several areas. We are proud to say that this site has been listed by the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of the top 50 of African websites. History Courses Taught by Dr. Gloria Emeagwali at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain Table of Contents(non-clickable) A. Indigenous African Science and Technology A1. African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the African Diaspora B. Relevant Indigenous Knowledge Organizations

60. EEVL | Mathematics Section | Browse Council for african and Americans in the Mathematical Sciences mathematicians ofthe african Diaspora (MAD) is maintained by Dr. Scott W. Williams at http://www.eevl.ac.uk/mathematics/math-browse-page.htm?searchst=&method=&locat=&

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