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[8] [10] In 2004, he was the only African among the 100 most eminent physicists and mathematicians in the world to be cited in a book titled, "One hundred reasons to be a scientist." [ 9 ] The Professor Francis Allotey Graduate School was established in 2009 at the Accra Institute of Technology .
This is a timeline of pure and applied mathematics history.It is divided here into three stages, corresponding to stages in the development of mathematical notation: a "rhetorical" stage in which calculations are described purely by words, a "syncopated" stage in which quantities and common algebraic operations are beginning to be represented by symbolic abbreviations, and finally a "symbolic ...
The book's author, Paulus Gerdes (1952–2014), was a mathematician from the Netherlands who became a professor of mathematics at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique, rector of Maputo University, and chair of the African Mathematical Union Commission on the History of Mathematics in Africa. He was a prolific author, especially of ...
George Gheverghese Joseph, also known as G. G. Joseph is an Indian-born African mathematician who is a specialist in the history of mathematics. His works are mainly focused on the achievements of Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics and the transmission of mathematics from India to Europe.
Chike Obi was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate degree in mathematics. [2] Obi's early research dealt mainly with the question of the existence of periodic solutions of non-linear ordinary differential equations. [ 3 ]
Mathematics portal This category is for articles about mathematicians from the continent of Africa . Mathematicians can also be browsed by field and by period.
Mathematics is often associated with astrology in traditional Ethiopia. [5] Ethiopian astrology, known as hasabe kewakibit, is part of bahire hasab, which is known as Ethiopian astrology and computus (church calendar). According to expert Yared Fenta, there are 28 stars for the 28 days, and 91 stars in one season that are dominant groups than ...
Grace Alele-Williams OON, FMAN, FNAE (16 December 1932 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, [1] [2] who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, [3] [4] and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin.