African Doctorates in Mathematics: A CatalogueThis volume presents a catalogue of over 2000 doctoral theses by Africans in all fields of mathematics, including applied mathematics, mathematics education and history of mathematics. The introduction contains information about distribution by country, institutions, period, and by gender, about mathematical density, and mobility of mathematicians. Several appendices are included (female doctorate holders, doctorates in mathematics education, doctorates awarded by African universities to non-Africans, doctoral theses by non-Africans about mathematics in Africa, activities of African mathematicians at the service of their communities). Paulus Gerdes compiled the information in his capacity of Chairman of the African Mathematical Union Commission for the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA). The book contains a preface by Mohamed Hassan, President of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). (383 pp.) |
Contents
Preface by the President of the African Academy of Sciences 7 Introduction | 9 |
Repertory of doctorates in mathematics | 31 |
Cameroon | 61 |
Canary Islands | 77 |
Côte dIvoire | 88 |
Djibouti | 96 |
Eritrea | 119 |
Gabon | 126 |
Guinea Conakry | 133 |
Lesotho | 146 |
Malawi | 155 |
Mauritania | 161 |
Mozambique | 199 |
Appendices | 347 |
Common terms and phrases
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