Английская Википедия:Eve Torrence
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use list-defined references Eve Alexandra Littig Torrence (born 1963)Шаблон:R is an American mathematician, a professor emerita of mathematics at Randolph–Macon College,Шаблон:R and a former president of mathematics society Pi Mu Epsilon. She is known for her award-winning writing and books in mathematics, for her mathematical origami art,Шаблон:R and for her efforts debunking overly broad claims regarding the ubiquity of the golden ratio.Шаблон:R
Education, career, and service
Torrence was an undergraduate at Tufts University.Шаблон:R She completed her Ph.D. in 1991 at the University of Virginia; her dissertation, The Coordination of a Hexagonal-Barbilian Plane by a Quadratic Jordan Algebra, was supervised by John Faulkner.Шаблон:R
She was Claire Booth Luce assistant professor at Trinity Washington University from 1991 to 1994,Шаблон:R before joining the Randolph–Macon College faculty in 1994.Шаблон:R She earned tenure there in 1999, and became a full professor in 2008.Шаблон:R She retired in 2021,Шаблон:R and was given the Bruce M. Unger Award by Randolph–Macon College on the occasion of her retirement.Шаблон:R
She served as president of Pi Mu Epsilon, the US national honor society in mathematics, from 2011 to 2014.Шаблон:R The Maryland-District of Columbia-Virginia Section of the Mathematical Association of America gave her their Sister Helen Christensen Service Award in 2019.Шаблон:R
Selected works
Torrence won the 2007 Trevor Evans Award of the Mathematical Association of America for a paper she wrote with Adrian Rice on Dodgson condensation:Шаблон:R
Her books include:
A sculpture, "Sunshine", by Torrence is displayed in a Randolph–Macon College building lobby; it depicts the compound of five tetrahedra as five interlocked aluminum shapes, inspired by an origami version of the same compound folded by Tom Hull.Шаблон:R She also won the "Best in Show" award in a 2015 juried mathematical art exhibit, for her pieces titled "Day" and "Night", mathematical origami using folded cardstock rhombi to make hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces, connected in the pattern of a rhombic dodecahedron:Шаблон:R
References
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