Barbeau, Edward J(oseph)
BARBEAU, Edward J(oseph)
BARBEAU, Edward J(oseph). Canadian, b. 1938. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics. Career: University of Western Ontario, London, assistant professor of mathematics, 1964-66; Yale University, New Haven, CT, postdoctoral research fellow, 1966-67; University of Toronto, assistant professor, 1967-69, associate professor, 1969-88, professor of mathematics, 1988-, now emeritus. Publications: Polynomials, 1989; After Math: Puzzles and Brainteasers, 1995; (with M. Klamkin and M. Moser) Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges, 1995; Power Play, 1997; Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam, 1999; Pell's Equation, 2003. Address: Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G3. Online address: [email protected]
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