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Shahriar Shahriari (born May 30, 1956) is an American mathematician. He is the William Polk Russell Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College. [1]

Early life and education

Shahriari was born on May 30, 1956, in Tehran, Iran, to Parviz and Zomorod Shahriari. [2] He attended Oberlin College, graduating in 1977, and subsequently received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1986. [1]

Career

Shahriari began teaching at Pomona College in 1989. [1] In 2006, he published a calculus textbook titled Approximately Calculus. [3]

Recognition

In 1998, Shahriari shared the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award with Dan Kalman and Robert Mena for their paper "Variations on an irrational theme—Geometry, dynamics, algebra". [4] In 2015, he received the Mathematical Association of America's Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished Teaching in Mathematics. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Shahriar Shahriari". Pomona College. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ "Shahriari, Shahriar 1956-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Bressoud, David (2013). "Review". The American Mathematical Monthly. 120 (6): 577–580. doi: 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.06.577. ISSN  0002-9890. S2CID  218543048.
  4. ^ "Carl B. Allendoerfer Awards". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

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