81. Speech President of the South african Mathematical Society, Professor Nigel Bishop The Leadership and members of the african Institute of Mathematical Sciences http://www.dst.gov.za/news/speeches/minister/mathematical_society.htm

Site Map New on the Site Links Search ... @sita.co.za Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Mosibudi Mangena, to the Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society at the University of Potchefstroom 2 November 2004 Director of Ceremonies, President of the South African Mathematical Society, Professor Nigel Bishop, Members of the South African Mathematical Society, The Leadership and members of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ladies and Gentlemen It is not necessary for me to play an advocacy role for mathematics with this audience before me. I will not attempt to convince you of how useful mathematics is to society and in the economy because you already know that. Rather, I would like to explore with you some of the social conditions that make excellence in mathematics possible. Such conditions have existed from time to time over recorded human history. The Ancient Greek civilisation supported the conditions of reverence for knowledge, political patronage for scholars and development of a knowledge infrastructure in the form of libraries, particularly the library in Alexandria. This set of conditions admittedly fluctuated, but was maintained with some consistency over several centuries, long enough to see the likes of Pythagoras and Archimedes make their indelible marks, and for Euclid to produce the definitive text.

82. African History - Science african Mathematical Union. Commission on the History of Mathematics in AfricaIncludes issues of their newsletter, articles on The Ancients , http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/history/hiscience.html

Countries Topics Search the Africa Pages Suggest a Site ... History: Science African Indigenous Knowledge Systems Dr. Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History, Central Connecticut State University, provides citations to books and links to web sites relating to the, "Background History of Africa, African Food Processing Techniques, African Textile Techniques, African Metallurgy, Colonialism and Africa's Technology, and Mathematics in pre-colonial Hausaland, West Africa. http://www.africahistory.net African Mathematical Union. Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa Includes issues of their newsletter, articles on "The Ancients", pages on mathematics in Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria Zambia, Zimbabwe, profiles of African mathematicians. The newsletter has bibliographies and web sites. Maintained by Scott W. Williams, Professor, Mathematics Dept., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. [KF] http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amuchma_online.html The Ants of West Africa Includes brief histories of research on ants with citations to work from the 18th-19th centuries and chapters on Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. Discusses the ant's role in cocoa plant disease. Has bibliographies. By Brian Taylor, Visiting Academic, Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham (UK). In association with Dr. Francis S. Gilbert. [KF]

83. 10th AMU Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad At the request of the South african Mathematical Society (SAMS), the Presidentand/or the Secretary General of the african Mathematical Union (AMU) http://science.up.ac.za/pacom/PAMO.html

PAMO 10th Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad Cape Town, South Africa 17-24 January 2000 Preamble From its inception, the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) has been held in July or August. At the request of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), the 10th PAMO will take place in January 2000, to coincide with the Fifth Pan-African Congress of Mathematicians (PACOM) in Cape Town. This change raises problems for candidates from countries who will be ending secondary school in 1999. So the most appropriate target group for this exceptional year are pupils who have just ended grade 11 and will have just started their grade 12 year at the time of the Olympiad. The syllabus for the 10th PAMO will consequently be approximately the mathematics covered in the years before the final year of secondary school. I. RULES OF PARTICIPATION 1. Number of participants per country A team consists of a Team Leader (a mathematics teacher or lecturer) and up to four students. Each student must be less than 20 years old at the time of the commencement of the Olympiad, i.e. he or she must have been born after 17 January 1980. He or she must be just starting the last year (grade 12) of secondary school, and must not possess a high school diploma at the time of the Olympiad. 2. Jury

84. Template She is very much involved in Mathematics in Africa. At the moment she is Vicepresident of the african Mathematical Union as well as Chairperson of the AMU http://science.up.ac.za/delta01/keynotespeakers.htm

Keynote Speakers The following keynote speakers have accepted invitations to the conference: Cyril Julie Matthias Kawski Verdiana Masanja John Mason ... Alan Schoenfeld Alan H. Schoenfeld Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley Alan Schoenfeld is past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), a member of the National Academy of Education, and holds the Elizabeth and Edward Conner Chair in Education. He is a past member of the AMS Committee on Education. He has been involved several activities with the Math Sciences Education Board (MSEB). His research deals with thinking, teaching, and learning, with an emphasis on mathematics. One focus of his work has been on problem solving. His book on this topic, Mathematical Problem Solving (1985), characterizes what it means to "think mathematically" and describes a research-based undergraduate course in mathematical problem solving. Another aspect of his research deals with assessment. Prof Schoenfeld heads the Balanced Assessment Project, which has developed alternative assessments for K-12 mathematics curricula. A third area of interest is modeling the process of teaching, and a current goal of his work is to understand how and why teachers do what they do, as they teach. He is associate editor of Cognition and Instruction and an editor of Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education. He chairs the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics' Task force on Enhancing the Educational Efforts of Faculty, and is a Writing Group Leader for grades 9-12 of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Standards

85. African And African-American Mathematics http://barzilai.org/bm/

86. WMY2000 1 FIRST ECHOES The african Mathematical Union is already involved in WMY 2000, several of itsown projects being connected with the second aim of the Declaration of Rio de http://wmy2000.math.jussieu.fr/1_echoes.html

WMY2000 NewsLetter 1 WMY 2000, FIRST ECHOES Some associations and societies have already shown their interest and their support for WMY 2000. ICSU AMU SMF and SMAI EMS ICSU The International Council of Scientific Unions has published in the fall issue of Science International an article from Professor Lions presenting the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro. AMU The African Mathematical Union is already involved in WMY 2000, several of its own projects being connected with the second aim of the Declaration of Rio de Janeiro. It is in particular the proposal for Mathematical Sciences Network for Africa. Its aims are, first, to encourage South-South cooperation in the area of research and the training of graduate students, second, to have the University centres included in the network used as regional mathematical centres. Another important project of AMU which could be pushed under WMY 2000 is a Mathematical Communication Network within Africa and between Africa and the rest of the world. The Journal

87. WMY2000 2 Perspective Some african Mathematical Union aspirations in the spirit of WMY 2000. 1.AMU Mathematical Sciences network for Africa http://wmy2000.math.jussieu.fr/2_wm2000.html

WMY2000 Newsletter 2 Some perspective on WMY 2000 by A.O. Kuku President of AMU (African Mathematical Union) Some AMU aspirations Need for debt-for-science campaign In many developing countries, African countries in particular, the mathematical research scientists are gradually becoming endangered species for obvious reasons, and unless something is done to arrest the situation, the year 2000 and beyond will witness little or no mathematical research activities in these areas of the world. The WMY 2000 can be instrumental in drawing the attention of the International Community to the various problems and co-operate with the local community towards their alleviation. Some African Mathematical Union aspirations in the spirit of WMY 2000 1. AMU Mathematical Sciences network for Africa The aims and objectives of the network - which has currently fifteen members - are the following : - To encourage North-South and South-South co-operation in the area of research and training of graduate students for higher degrees of African Universities, and thus alleviate the problem of brain-drain often resulting from long stay of students outside the continent. - To bridge the isolation gap among African mathematicians through development of research groups in member Institutions of the network eventually leading to the production of critical mass of mathematical scientists so badly needed in the continent for developmental purpose.

88. BB Citation He is an honorary member of the South african Mathematical Society, and serveson the Editorial Board of “QM”, the journal of the Society. http://academic.sun.ac.za/maths/cattop/Output/Brummer/bbspsawv.htm

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE Wednesday 13 December 2000 at 6 p.m. CITATION FOR THE AWARD OF AN HONORARY DSc TO PROFESSOR BERNHARD BANASCHEWSKI Vice Chancellor, I have the honour to present for the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa: Bernhard Banaschewski. The Senate and Council of UCT have resolved that this honorary degree shall be conferred upon Professor Bernhard Banaschewski for his outstanding scholarly achievements in the field of mathematics and for his continuing contributions to this field at UCT and in South Africa. When people meet a mathematician, they try to ward off disaster by confessing that they were no good at mathematics at school. Often they say it was their most horrible subject, even when it was a very good school. Their children tend to hear this, and the disaster gets passed on. There is also the cheerful popular belief that mathematicians are boring people, in fact dull. However, I know many of them whose lives are exciting, who have wonderful stories to tell, whose conversation is never dull, who have a fine taste for literature and the arts, who are excellent cooks and connoisseurs of wine, etc. Precisely such a person is Professor Banaschewski, our honoured Canadian guest, a distinguished researcher and teacher. In 1943, even before he turned seventeen, Bernhard was already in the German anti-aircraft gunnery. He saw the massive bombing of Hamburg in July 1943. From April 1945 to February 1947 he was prisoner of war. He studied at the University of Hamburg until 1953, receiving the doctorate in Mathematics under Ernst Witt.

89. BB And UCT The South african Mathematical Society (SAMS) launched its journal QuaestionesMathematicae (QM) in November 1976. Horst Herrlich was one of the initial http://academic.sun.ac.za/maths/cattop/Output/Brummer/bbuctcol.htm

BANASCHEWSKI AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN AN ONGOING COLLABORATION The mathematician who has read the preceding "Citation for the award of an honorary DSc to Professor Bernhard Banaschewski" will have noted that the present story starts in the northern summer of 1975 at a Category Theory meeting in the Black Forest, and may have guessed correctly that the venue was the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach .From the records: Banaschewski's talk there was on "Categorial (sic) aspects of atomic compactness of structures". The auspicious moment to invite him to UCT occurred two weeks later at a party at Horst Herrlich's house, which was at that time on the idyllic dyke Oberblockland near Bremen. The event at UCT, in August 1976, was the Symposium on Categorical Topology Naming all these people, I recall the pervasive enthusiasm over a fresh young field of mathematics while we, the locals, felt gratified but also perplexed by the momentary intermission in our isolation. Many of the visitors from then on maintained close connections with South African mathematics. Herrlich had already participated in a small UCT symposium in 1974. For Banaschewski we had arranged a tour of several universities around the country prior to the symposium. Upon his return to McMaster he wrote me that his visit had been of "the kind that gives one a new vision of human affairs. ... I have passionately fallen in love with South Africa". The South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) launched its journal

90. From Approx@mi.uni-erlangen.de Wed Sep 1 091046 1999 Date Wed This congress is organised by the african Mathematical Union (AMU), the Southafrican Mathematical Society (SAMS), and the Association for Mathematics http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/JAT/DATA/ATNET/89.fixed

From approx@mi.uni-erlangen.de Wed Sep 1 09:10:46 1999 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:05:32 +0200 (MET DST) From: approx

91. Untitled Document NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION. african Mathematical Union.Issue 30 of the Newsletter of the african Mathematical Union Commission on the http://www.lms.ac.uk/newsletter/339/339_05.html

INTERNATIONAL NEWS Contents News from the IMU Khachiyan and Dantzig Bologna Process Mathematical Society of Japan NEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION African Mathematical Union Issue 30 of the Newsletter of the African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA) has appeared. This issue contains a (first) list of over 600 examples of African doctorates in mathematics, mathematics education and the history of mathematics. AMUCHMA webpage: www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amuchma_online.html IMU on the web In mid-April, the MSRI at Berkeley held a workshop on digitizing the mathematical literature. A model instance of what 'retronumerisation' (that's franglais) can create is instanced by the work at Grenoble, see www.numdam.org The IMU's vision of a World Digital Mathematics Library is partly encapsulated by the draft statement at www.ceic.math.ca/News/IMUonWeb.shtml#CEIC8 http://aaupnet.org/aboutup/issues/0865_001.pdf makes fascinating reading. Where do you (as likely both writer and reader) stand on these matters? The greatest benefit of digitization is ready immediate access; see the interesting news at

92. Math On The Web: Societies, Associations And Organizations South african Mathematical Society / SuidAfrikaanse Wiskundevereniging (Pretoria,South Africa); St. Petersburg Mathematical Society (St. Petersburg, http://www.ams.org/mathweb/mi-sao.html

Mathematics on the Web Societies, Associations and Organizations AMS Website Math on the Web Societies, Associations and Organizations A B C D ... P Q] [ R S T U ... W X] [ Y] [ Z] A AAAS , American Association for Advancement of Science (Washington DC, USA) AIM , American Institute of Mathematics (Palo Alto CA, USA) AMS , American Mathematical Society (Providence RI, USA) AIP , The American Institute of Physics (College Park MD, USA) ACMS , Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences (Wheaton IL, USA) Association des Collaborateurs de Nicolas Bourbaki (Paris, France) ACM , Association for Computing Machinery (New York NY, USA) ASL , Association for Symbolic Logic (Urbana IL MD, USA) AWM , Association for Women in Mathematics (College Park MD, USA) , (Piscataway NJ, USA) Australian Mathematical Society , (Canberra, Australia) Austrian Academy of Sciences Austrian Mathematical Society B Belarussian Mathematical Society (Minsk, Belarus) (Brussels / Bruxelles / Brussel, Belgium) Bosnian Mathematical Society (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Bourbaki: see Association des Collaborateurs de Nicolas Bourbaki (Paris, France)

93. Organizations - Math - Science - african Mathematical Union (UMA) african equivalent of the International South african Mathematical Society - Promotes quality learning, teaching, http://www.myonlinecolleges.com/school/Science/Math/Organizations/

Search: the entire directory only in Top Science Math Organizations ... International Mathematical Union (IMU) - Promotes international co-operation in Mathematics. Information about the Union and its executive committee, news bulletins and details of member countries. Mathematical Societies - Comprehensive list maintained by the International Mathematics Union. AARMS - Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences - To encourage and advance research in all mathematical sciences, including statistics and computer science, in the Atlantic region of Canada. Advanced Technology Council in Mathematics - Promotes technology for learning and research in mathematics, and dissemination of information. Meetings, publications, software. African Mathematical Union (UMA) - African equivalent of the International Mathematical Union. Interim site with details of the Union's activities. American Mathematical Society - Founded to promote mathematical research and education through conferences, contests surveys, publications, employment services, scholarship programs, locating research funding, resources, and outreach. Includes program news and membership information. Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences - Promotes interaction among Christians in the mathematical sciences and encourages them to explore the relationship of their faith to their discipline. History, meetings, membership, online newsletter and resources.

94. Lere Oyebisi Shakunle - Homepage Aderemi Kuku (NIGERIA) Twoterm President of african Mathematical Union.Mathematics Education and Awareness Transfigural Mathematics, Vol.5. No. 1. http://www.transmath.de/jtfm_files/biosketch.htm

BACKGROUND Founder/Inventor Transfigural Mathematics - The Project SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING Founder/Editor-in-Chief Journal of TRANSFIGURAL MATHEMATICS [JTfM] Interdisciplinary Journal of Mathematics, Sciences, Literature and Arts Publisher: The Matran School Transfigural Mathematics [Please return to Welcome - There You are!] ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT Founder/Director The Matran School An International School for Cross-Disciplinary Creativity The Matran School The Matran School is a private higher institution [For information, refer HOBSONS "International Education Casebook99 [Europe, Asia, International (editions)] Hobsons Educational, London For The Matran School also refer: Studying Abroad magazine published by Dominion Press Ltd. Dominion Press Limited, Middlesex, UK INDUSTRIAL-HIGHTECH ENGAGEMENT Founder/Director Matran Technologies Laboratory [MTLab] Matran Technologies Laboratory PLACE OF BIRTH - FAMILY - Born in Modakeke, Oyo State, Nigeria, May 28, 1954. - Wife : Christine Anja Schuckart. - Children : Julia Ayoka; Phillip Omotayo; Jacob Oluwaseyi.

95. School News April 2003, Angolan mathematician s astonishing feat on city campus Full StoryFull Story He is the the 2nd South african to be awarded this medal. http://www.msit.unp.ac.za/MSIT_SchoolNews.htm

MSIT HOME COURSES POSTGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES RESEARCH ... VACANCIES SCHOOL NEWS JUMP TO Natal University MSIT Home Mathematics Information Technology Computer Science Information Systems School News: Conferences, Workshops and Other Invitations Visiting Academics Achievements Sabbatical Leave ... Other Conferences, Workshops and Other Invitations July 2003 Henry Mwambi attended the Wellcome-Kemri Workshop on "Biology, Statistics and Modelling of Repeated Infections" in Kilifi Kenya from 14-16 July 2003. He shared some of the modelling approaches he used in an attempt to answer questions related to modelling repeated infections and was able to acquire some new and exciting collaborations in this field. July 2003 THE EIGHTH BIANNUAL SUSAN 2003 CONFERENCE - The Biometrics Group South Africa will be hosting the Eight Biannual sub0Saharan Africa Network (SUSAN) of the International Biometric Society (IBS) Conference. The purpose of the conference is to provide a frum to discuss biometrical issues, problems, and solutions that have been motivated by agrucultural, health and medical concerns. A pre-conference course, "Enhanced Sampling and Messy Data Analysis for Biometricians" will be conducted for three days, from 4th July to 6th July, 2003. Professor Dallas Johnson, Kansas State university and Dr. Ann Cowling, Australian National University will be the resource persons. The countries that constitute SUSAN-IBS are Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana ans South Africa. All these countries are represented in this year's conference.

96. Opera Directory african equivalent of the International Mathematical Union. Conference forafricanAmerican Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences http://portal.opera.com/directory/?cat=26926

97. Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap The Dutch Mathematical Society, the Wiskundig Genootschap, Australian, Belgian,French, German, Indian, London and Southafrican mathematical societies, http://www.wiskgenoot.nl/misc/eng_sum.html

contactinfo Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde Wiskunde PersDienst agenda ... about the WG English summary The Dutch Mathematical Society, the Wiskundig Genootschap , has the distinction of being the oldest of all present-day national mathematical societies. Founded in 1778, it still carries its 18th century motto, Untiring labor overcomes all . In all other respects, the Society has adapted to the 21st century. It now serves as the professional organization of all Dutch-speaking individuals whose activities are somehow related to mathematics. The Society organizes a variety of conferences and symposia focused at different groups of mathematicians. The Dutch Mathematical Congress is an annual two-day conference that attracts a large part of the Dutch mathematical community. Once every three years, the Brouwer Medal is awarded during the congress to a prominent mathematician. The Winter Symposium is aimed at high school teachers. The Section for Industrial and Applied Mathematics organizes the Fall Symposium and the Study Group with Industry. The Society publishes the Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, a quarterly for all of its members with a famous problem section, and Pythagoras, a magazine for high school students. This website provides information on the history and the current activities of the Society, and maintains a calendar for the mathematical events taking place in the Netherlands. The WG has reciprocity agreements with the American, Australian, Belgian, French, German, Indian, London and South-African mathematical societies, with the Netherlands Society for Mathematics Teachers, and with the Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research.

98. Vision Of The Department Support the professional african mathematical bodies of SAMSA and AMU. Investigatepartnerships with various international bodies http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/mamplan.html

Strategic Plan: 2000-2004 Adopted 16 February 2000 Vision of the Department For millenia mathematics has been an indispensable tool in everyday life as well as in understanding natural phenomena and explaining the fundamental processes of the Universe. the dramatic increase of the role of information technology in modern society; engineering, economics, medicine, chemistry and life sciences increasingly adopting quantitative approaches physics in search of a new language to quantify progressively more abstract concepts the demand for mathematical methods and mathematically literate professionals cannot be overstated. This Department is a community of scholars that vigorously strives for excellence in developing fundamental mathematics and mathematical methods for applied disciplines, teaching and communicating mathematics to the widest possible cross-section of South African society using mathematics to address pressing needs of society nationally, throughout Africa, and worldwide. Our vision is to become the flagship of African mathematics, representing the diversity of the South African population and serving the community.

99. San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper Of The Year It details the early african mathematical practices found almost throughout Africa.A must read for those interested in the african origins of mathematics. http://www.sfbayview.com/021605/theafricanorigin021605.shtml

Home Calendar Pen pals Evergreen Baptist Church 60th Anniversary Prayer Breakfast Education - new choice: University of Phoenix DeVry University ITT Tech The African origins of science and mathematics: a new paradigm for scientific thinking by Kamau Beyete A. Sadiki Dr. Mae C. Jemison 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," edited by Ivan Van Sertima, Transaction Books, New Brunswick, N.J., 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 African-Americans' 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."

100. African Institute For Mathematical Sciences The african Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a new educational centrein Cape Town, South Africa. The goals of AIMS are * To promote http://www.aims.ac.za/aimssec/motivate.php

AIMSSEC Motivate videoconference lessons for schools It has allowed me to view maths as an ever growing science as opposed to an ancient closed one (Gauteng student) I was fully supported by the co-ordinators of the project. I also learned more about mathematics and how to teach it (Western Cape teacher) MOTIVATE is a unique and exciting videoconferencing project based in the University of Cambridge, linking professional mathematicians with primary and secondary schools around the world. MOTIVATE enables school students of all ages, particularly those from disadvantaged areas, to take part in live videoconferences with world-class university mathematicians. Many schools in South Africa have participated in MOTIVATE conferences since 1999. To sign up to join a conference see the MOTIVATE website Objectives To enrich the mathematical experience of school students, to broaden their mathematical horizons, to give them an experience of collaborative working on mathematical tasks and of presenting reports of their work to an audience, to raise aspirations and to improve mathematical thinking and communication skills. To set up videoconferencing centres in schools and to develop guidelines for technical and media presentation that will also serve other subjects across the curriculum and enable schools to develop videoconferencing links with other schools around the world To develop new pedagogical applications of communication technology, to conduct an ongoing research study and evaluation and to disseminate the findings widely.

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