61. EEVL | Full Record The african Mathematical Union was created in 1976 at the first PanafricanConference of mathematicians, held in Rabat, Morocco and sponsored by King http://www.eevl.ac.uk/show_full.htm?rec=greig.1028039244

62. Prof. Attia A Ashour He is a former President of the Arab Union of mathematicians and Physics, 19751977;Vice –President of the african Mathematical Union, 1976-1986; http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof82.htm

Prof. Attia A Ashour

63. Boletim Do NESA | Novembro 2004 Translate this page The book contains a Preface by the President of the african Mathematical Union (Prof The following appendices are included On mathematicians of african http://www.cidehus.uevora.pt/nesa/bnesa/bsanov04.htm

NESA Boletim Africanista Ano V, n.º11, Novembro 2004 Editado pelo Núcleo de Estudos Sobre África – do Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades (CIDEHUS) - Universidade de Évora (UE) Palácio do Vimioso, Apartado 94 - 7002-554 Évora. E-mail: nesa@uevora.pt Sumário: Agenda africanista Notícia Publicações Livros ... Revistas 1. Agenda africanista - 11 a 14 de Novembro 2004 - Congresso anual da African Studies Association www.africanstudies.org - 17 a 19 de Novembro de 2004 - , no ISCSP, em Lisboa. Contacto: Luis Batalha [ lbatalha@iscsp.utl.pt - 17 a 20 de Novembro 2004 - . Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Tel. 22-5506713, www.ufp.pt - 26 e 27 de Novembro de 2004 - rajaonah@ccr.jussieu.fr e dnativel@club-internet.fr - 26 a 28 de Novembro de 2004 - African Renewal, African Renaissance: New Perspectives on Africa's Past and Africa's Present jmartens@arts.uwa.edu.au - 6 a 9 de Janeiro de 2005 - africa@cultural.ohch.cu

64. AAAS - International Programs The South african Mathematical Society PO Box 395, Pretoria 0001 Tel 2712-869211 Society of african Physicists and mathematicians Faculty of Science http://www.aaas.org/international/africa/soclist.shtml

Log In Join Search Site Map ... Advanced search Events AAAS Board AAAS Book Store AAAS Council AAAS Statements Annual Meeting Archives Awards Development Education Employment Experts Governance International Make a Gift Media Relations Membership Organization Press Releases Science African Scientific Societies and Associations This directory was compiled primarily by means of a survey conducted in 1997 and 1998 by the AAAS Africa Program, and supplemented by the 6th Edition of the World Guide to Scientific Associations and Learned Societies (1994, Michael Zils, ed.). It is by no means comprehensive, although efforts will be made to update the list as new information becomes available. We hope that the list will be useful in facilitating partnerships and cooperation among scientific societies around the world. Index: Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya ... African Scientific Societies by Discipline I. NATIONAL SOCIETIES 08 B.P. 2030 Tel: 225-445886 Egypt Alexandria Medical Association 4 Sharia G. Carducci, Alexandria, Egypt Egyptian Botanical Society 1 Ozoris Street, Garden City

65. African American Mathematicians Pioneering african American mathematicians . 16 February 1999. I am PatriciaVickers, Manager of the University Records Center, and I am pleased to speak http://www.math.upenn.edu/History/bh/text99.html

Pioneer African American Mathematicians Elbert Frank Cox (1895-1969). A.B., Indiana University, 1918; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1924. First African American to earn a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Member of the Mathematics faculty at Howard University, 1929-1961. While at Howard, a professional colleague of Dudley Weldon Woodard and William W.S. Claytor. Photograph courtesy of James A. Donaldson, "Black Americans in Mathematics," in Peter Duren, ed., A Century of Mathematics in America, Part III (Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society, 1989), at page 452. Introduction In 1882 the University of Pennsylvania established its Ph.D. program in arts and sciences and ten years later awarded its first doctorate in mathematics. The modern Department of Mathematics at Penn dates from 1899 when mathematics at Penn became fully distinguished from cognate disciplines. Like other departments in the Graduate School, Mathematics admitted women and people of color from its inception. Roxana Hayward Vivian was the first woman to earn the Ph.D., taking her degree in 1901 and later becoming Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Wellesley College. In the years before 1927 four women earned the Ph.D. in Mathematics at Penn. In 1896 Lewis Baxter Moore was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. at Penn, taking his degree in Classics. Other talented African Americans had preceded him in earning degrees in the College and in Penn's several professional schools. Their contributions to University history were celebrated in A Century of Black Presence, an exhibition opened in 1980 and still on display in the lobby of the DuBois College House. Penn's first African American Ph.D.s in mathematics, however, did not enjoy public recognition until this exhibition was organized in 1998.

66. IPAM - 11th Annual Conference For African American Researchers In The Mathematic africanAmerican researchers and graduate students in the mathematical The conference will spotlight the accomplishments of mathematicians from http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/caarms2005/

11th Annual Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences June 21 - 24, 2005 Schedule and Presentations Pictures Organizing Committee: Mark Green (IPAM) William Massey (Princeton University) Scientific Background This organization became known as the Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS). The 2005 CAARMS program will include invited speakers, tutorials, and a graduate student poster session. The conference will spotlight the accomplishments of mathematicians from underrepresented minority backgrounds, and is open to all. Registration instructions follow below. Please contact IPAM staff at , or call (310) 825-4755, if you wish to attend the Banquet Dinner only. There will be a fee of $35 for the Banquet Dinner. Some funding is available to support graduate students who wish to make poster presentations. All interested graduate students should submit their titles and abstracts to before the funding deadline of May 24, 2005, and also indicate on the electronic application form (see the registration link below) that funding is sought. Students requesting funding for the poster presentation do not need to submit the extra materials (additional e-mail to IPAM, letter from a faculty advisor) mentioned below under Application.

67. AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION - UNION MATHEMATIQUE AFRICAINE african equivalent of the International Mathematical Union. Interim site withdetails of the Union s activities. http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/AMU-index.html

The African Mathematical Union ( AMU ) or Union Mathematique Africaine ( UMA ) is the African equivalent of the International Mathematical Union. The official webpage of the AMU is in preparation and will be operated from the Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco (www.alakhawayn.ma). Until that time we operate this website. HISTORY of the AMU EXECUTIVE BOARD Among the activities of the AMU is the organisation of commissions: AMUCHMA - the Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa whose newsletter is available online AMUCME , the Commission on Mathematics Education in Africa. AMUCWMA , the Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa. AMUCMO , The Commission for the African Mathematics Olympiads. 5. The AMU Mathematical Sciences Network The AMU also publishes the journal Afrika Matematica , The First Pan-African Mathematical Journal. This web page was constructed with help from past AMU President, Professor Aderemi Kuku and Professor Paulus Gerdes of Mozambique. SEARCH this website Since 5/27/97, vistors to this site. This web page is the property of the African Mathematical Union. It was created by, and is maintained within the website of

68. The South African Mathematical Society The South african Mathematical Society was founded in 1957 and has the advancementof mathematics in South Africa as its main objective. http://www.cam.wits.ac.za/sams/

69. Pan African Mathematics Olympiad PAMO is an annual event organised by the african Mathematical Union (AMU) The 15th Pan african Mathematics Olympiads of the african Mathematical Union http://www.saasta.ac.za/pamo/

Your browser does not support script PAMO is an annual event organised by the African Mathematical Union (AMU) to encourage youthful talent in Mathematics and to exchange information on curricula and teaching methods in mathematics across the African continent. Africa needs to reclaim its position at the forefront of the world's mathematics stage, particularly because mathematics was born in Africa! A notched calendar stick over 35 000 years old, discovered recently in the Lebombo mountains, is the oldest mathematical artefact known. Written mathematics is first found in Africa, in the papyri of the pyramid-builders of ancient Egypt between four and five thousand years ago! THE NEXT PAMO The 15th Pan African Mathematics Olympiads of the African Mathematical Union ( PAMO 2005 ) will take place in Alger, Algeria from 29 July to 4 August 2005. Olympic medals for South African maths team 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. [ Read the press release Announcement of South African teams for the International and Pan African Mathematics Olympiads The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual problem-solving competition for teams of six high school students. The Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) has the same format as the IMO, but is for teams of four only, from African countries. The teams to represent South Africa at these two events have been announced. [

70. African Mathematical Union - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The african Mathematical Union (AMU) or Union Mathematique Africaine (UMA) is anafrican organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Mathematical_Union

71. Euclid's Elements, Leonardo Fibonacci, Chemistry, Black African Mathematicians, The african mathematician, Euclid, influenced my work more than any other person.Geometrical figure I use various geometrical figures such as this http://emeagwali.com/interviews/Guardian/5.html

Euclid is regarded as the world's greatest mathematician and his book, The Elements , is the second most reprinted book in history. It is second only to the Bible. Philip Emeagwali interviewed by Reuben Abati for The Nigerian Guardian What are the major influences on your work? The African mathematician, Euclid, influenced my work more than any other person. I use various geometrical figures such as this compound of the small hexagonal hexecontahedron and its dual small snub icosicosidodecahedron to design algorithms and computers such as the hyperball. I used Euclidean geometry to formulate my theory of tessellated models for parallel computing and to introduce the concepts of parallel data spaces. My theory of tessellated models demonstrated that sphere packing and fast calculations needed to recover and discover more oil are related subjects. Philip Emeagwali discovered that sphere packing and fast computing are related fields. The African mathematician Fibonnaci also influenced my work. I used his discovery of the breeding patterns, called the Fibonacci series, to design the Emeagwali-Fibonnaci hypertree computer networks. I used ideas from the field of chemistry to design algorithms, software and computers that are enantiomeric - that is, have left- and right-handed versions like shoes.

72. African Mathematical Union (AMU) Contemporary Africa Database record for african Mathematical Union. http://institutions.africadatabase.org/data/i16265.html

Contemporary Africa Database ::: Institutions Home About Contact CAD Help ... Countries Institutions: A B C D ... Z African Mathematical Union (AMU) Africa-wide union of mathematicians Name: African Mathematical Union Acronym: AMU HQ Country: Morocco Date Founded: Past and present personnel listed in our People database People are listed alphabetically. This list includes people who are currently in the stated positions or who have formerly held these positions. Dates are given wherever possible. The list is not necessarily exhaustive for this institution. Ezin, Jean-Pierre Secretary General (2000 -) Gerdes, Professor Paulus Executive Committee Member (1986 - 1995) Chairman - Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (1996 -) Treasurer (2000 -) Executive Committee Member (2000 - 2004) Hogbe Nlend, Professor Henri President (1975 - 1986) Kerkour, Professor Ahmed President (1995 - 2000) Kuku, Professor Aderemi President (1986 - 1995) Masanja, Professor Verdiana Grace Vice President (2001 - 2004) Persens, Professor Jan President (2000 -) Internet Resources African Mathematical Union A Profile Categories Other educational institutions You may know more than us about the African Mathematical Union Is our information accurate, relevant, up to date? Is there anything missing? We welcome whatever you can tell us. Please fill in the

73. African Origins Of Science Math [Sadiki] It details the early african mathematical practices found almost throughout Africa.A must reading for those interested in the african origins of http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Bibliography/African_Origins_Math.html

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS: A NEW PARADIGM FOR SCIENTIFIC THINKING; AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY This annotated bibliography is a compilation of books, papers and articles that can provide some insight into the accomplishments of early Africans and African-Americans in science and mathematics. It can be utilized for research purposes or just to expand the general reader's consciousness on the subject matter. It is by no means exhaustive or all inclusive. It merely reflects some of the materials that I have utilized in my own research. 1. Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern, ed. by Ivan VanSertima, Transaction Books, New Brunswick, NJ, 1983 A compilation of very thoroughly researched papers that documents Africa's contributions to astronomy, agriculture, architecture, engineering, aeronautics, mathematics, medicine, metallurgy, physics and writing systems. Also included in this text are articles detailing the African-American's contributions to science and invention. Some of the papers that are worth special mention are John Pappademos' "An Outline of Africa's Role in the History of Physics", Dr. Charles Finch's "The African Background of Medical Science", "Steel Making in Ancient Africa" by Debra Shore, "The Pyramids: Ancient Showcase of African Science and Technology" by Beatrice Lumpkin and John Henrik Clarke's "Lewis Latimer: Bringer of the Light". 2. Africa Counts, Claudia Zaslavsky, Prindle, Weber, and Schmidt, New Your, 1973

74. Ngubane: African Institute For Mathematical Sciences Launch to South Africa for the launch of the african Institute for MathematicalSciences (AIMS). Mathematical tools, such as the BlackScholes algorithm, http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2003/03092214461001.htm

Home ADDRESS BY DR BEN NGUBANE, MINISTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AT THE AIMS LAUNCH Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a pleasure and a privilege to welcome our international visitors and partners to South Africa for the launch of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). Today we live in a globalised world, which is highly competitive and increasingly becoming borderless. Science and technology is critical to the economic growth and to the upliftment of quality of life of all South Africans as well as the African continent. The changes that are taking place in the world today demand higher levels of innovation and creativity in order to improve our competitiveness. With the shift towards knowledge-based economy, the ability of a nation to continuously enhance proficiency in science, technology and innovation is becoming more urgent. We need to respond to these changes with new strategies and approaches. We need to ensure that we strengthen the contribution of science and technology to the development needs of our society and continent now and in the future. Hence, our continent's ability to produce well-trained, effective scientists, engineers and technologists will be important to us becoming successful nations. In this regard, I would like to commend initiatives such as the establishment of the AIMS. AIMS draws on outstanding local and international scientists to train students in the important field of mathematical research and is a major step in the right direction.

75. CONSTITUTION FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES The association shall be called the Southern african Mathematical obligations ofmembership of the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences http://uzweb.uz.ac.zw/science/maths/samsa/constitution.html

CONSTITUTION FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ASSOCIATION Preamble Whereas it appeared desirable that an association be formed to further the mathematical sciences in the Southern African Region, it was decided that the Mathematical Scientists in the countries within the area should associate for the furtherance of their common purpose, provided that initially these countries shall be those forming the conglomeration called the Southern African Development Coordination Council who so desire to become members of the association. It was further decided that other countries may apply to join the association and be admitted or not as the nucleus membership may so wish. Definition For the avoidance of doubt the male shall include the female. Name of the Association The association shall be called the Southern African Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA), hereinafter referred to as ``The Association''. Aims The aims of the association shall be: to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas in mathematical research and teaching of mathematics and to stimulate communication between mathematicians in the area to organise research seminars and colloquia.

76. AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2 AMU ICMS2003 THE african MATHEMATICAL UNION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OFMATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND THE MAIDEN AWARD OF african MEDALS FOR YOUNG african http://www.allconferences.com/conferences/20030402181100/

AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2003 (AMU-ICMS2003) AllConferences.com Science Mathematics Advanced Search ... About Us See Also: Aeronautics Agriculture Alternative Astronomy ... Wireless Event AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2003 (AMU-ICMS2003) Begins November 16, 2003 Ends November 22, 2003 Papers September 30, 2003 Ab. AMU - ICMS2003 Country Nigeria State OGUN STATE City ABEOKUTA Email asolarin2002@yahoo.com Category Science: Mathematics Category 2 Category 3 Exhibits Organization Contact SECRETARY-GENERAL IMSP B.P. 613 ,Porto-Novo, Benin Republic URL http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/Africa-today/2003.icms.html Description AMU - ICMS2003 THE AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND THE MAIDEN AWARD OF AFRICAN MEDALS FOR YOUNG AFRICAN MATHEMATICIANS-2003 VENUE: UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

77. African History Of Mathematics The african Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa At the 12th Symposium of the Southern african Mathematical Science http://www.physics.ncat.edu/~michael/asn/Africa-Mathematics-Forum/afromath.html

AFRICAN MATHEMATICAL UNION COMMISSION ON THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS IN AFRICA (AMUCHMA) AMUCHMA-NEWSLETTER-25 Chairman: Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) Secretary: Ahmed Djebbar (Algeria) Objectives of AMUCHMA ] [M eetings, exhibitions, events Current research interests Notes and queries Theses ... Suggestions 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; d. to cooperate with any and all organizations pursuing similar objectives. The main activities of AMUCHMA are as follows: a. publication of a newsletter;

78. Education: Math Olympiad Focus The current President of the african Mathematical Union, Professor Jan With the admission of South Africa to the african Mathematical Union and the http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/imopamo.htm

Science Education Home Events Jobs Funding ... Archives SOUTH AFRICA AND THE PAN AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIADS John Webb Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics University of Cape Town A Report on the First Symposium on the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad Kairouan, Tunisia, 31 October - 6 November 2000 South Africa's role in helping to improve African participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad and the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad is discussed. A Mathematical Renaissance in Africa Mathematics was born in Africa. A notched calendar stick over 35000 years old, discovered recently in the Lebombo mountains, is the oldest mathematical artefact known. Written mathematics is first found in Africa, in the papyri of the pyramid-builders of ancient Egypt between four and five thousand years ago. And mathematics reached its full maturity as a rigorous axiomatic subject in Alexandria over two thousand years ago. Africa needs to reclaim its position at the forefront of the world's mathematical stage. 1. Background

79. Emeagwali Talks About Race Is Euclid European or african? I asked the white mathematician. Why thenwas the oldest mathematical work written by an african mathematician renamed http://blackland.whgbetc.com/emeagwali_talks_about_race.html

One of the great minds of the Information Age is a Black Man named Philip Emeagwali. He had to leave school because his parents couldn't pay the fees. He lived in a refugee camp during the Biafran civil war. He won a scholarship to university and went on to invent a formula that lets computers make 3.1 billion calculations per second. Some people call him the Bill Gates of Africa. Emeagwali's illustration of how to apply parallel data spaces to design his hyperball computer. Emeagwali invented the theory of parallel data space. A BLACK MATHEMATICIAN TALKS ABOUT RACE by PHILIP EMEAGWALI Chicago. June 16, 2001 AFRICAN ORIGIN OF MATHEMATICS I will begin by telling you a short story. Twenty years ago, I met a famous white mathematician who told me that Africans did not make any significant contributions to mathematical knowledge. When I told him that I disagreed with him, he challenged me to name some Africans who made important contributions to mathematics. "Sure," I said. "But I want you to first name some Europeans who made contributions to mathematics." "Fibonacci is the greatest mathematician of the Middle Ages," he quickly replied. "Is Fibonacci European or African?" I asked him. "Fibonacci is European," he answered.

80. South Africa Conference Meeting of the South african Mathematical Society, the American MathematicalSociety, and the London Mathematical Society in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA http://www.math.unl.edu/~swiegand/saconf.html

South Africa conference June 1997 A Special Session in Ring Theory, Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry was organized by Jim Brewer, Florida Atlantic U; Barry Green, University of Stellenbosch; and Sylvia Wiegand, U of Nebraska for the Joint Meeting of the South African Mathematical Society, the American Mathematical Society, and the London Mathematical Society in PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 26-28 JUNE 1997. Other information about the conference can also be seen on the Internet at http://science.up.ac.za/sams/ Also there is some information in the February AMS Notices on page 297. SAMS-AMS-LMS CONFERENCE PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA 26-28 JUNE 1997 A historic first, the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), the Southern African Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA), and the AMS joint meeting held in Pretoria June 25-29 was a big endeavor (over 400 delegates, eighteen sessions, over 300 speakers). The South African hosts were well-organized and hospitable. This conference marking the fortieth anniversary of the South African mathematical society was important for South African and U.S. cooperation and future mathematical interactions. The participants were welcomed by two dignitaries: Vice-Chancellor and Principal Johan van Zyl of the University of Pretoria and Roger Jardine, Director General of the South African Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. The University of Pretoria is the largest residential university in South Africa and is heavily biased towards the sciences. Niko Sauer, President of the SAMS mentioned that the white men who were the founding fathers of the Society would be surprised at the transformation of the Society; and that, to the somewhat isolated South Africans, the meeting was like a ship coming in to brighten their long winter nightsthey would be sad when the ship sailed away but would hope that another ship would come soon.

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