Velleman, Daniel J.
VELLEMAN, Daniel J.
VELLEMAN, Daniel J. American, b. 1954. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics. Career: University of Texas at Austin, instructor, 1980-83; Amherst College, Amherst, MA, assistant professor, 1983-87, associate professor, 1987-92, professor of mathematics, 1992-. University of Toronto, visiting assistant professor at Erindale College, 1982. Northeast Set Theory Seminar, coorganizer, 1983-94. Publications: How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 1994; (with S. Wagon and J. Konhauser) Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?, 1996; (with A. George) Philosophies of Mathematics, 2002. Contributor to books. Contributor to mathematics journals. Address: Dept of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, U.S.A.
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