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Professor of Mathematics
Degrees:
B.Sc.(Hons) (Cape Town); Ph.D. (Cantab.)
Email: john.webb@uct.ac.za
Honours:
- Distinguished Teacher Award (UCT, 1984)
- Paul Erdös Award (awarded by the World Federation of Natioanl Mathematics Competitions, 1992),
for his significant contribution in developing a viable mathematics competition scene
in South Africa.
- Championship in the Teaching of Mathematics Award (Claude Harris Leon Foundation, 1997)
- Award for the Advancement of Mathematics (South African
Mathematical Society, 2000)
Teaching and research interests:
Mathematical olympiads;
PAMO and IMO;
Multiple-choice testing;
Mathematical paradoxes
Representative publications:
Book:
- One equals zero, and other mathematical surprises, by John Webb and
Nitsa Movshovitz-Hadar, pp xvi+168, Key Curriculum Press, 1998.
Articles:
- What is a proof for?, S. Afr. J. Higher Educ.
3 (1989), 139-143.
- Mathematical competitions and the mathematician,
S. Afr. J. Sci. 85 (1989), 162-163.
- Pythagoras, Polyhedra and Pell, Int. J. Math.
Educ. Sci. Tech. 21(5) (1990), 797-800.
- The popularization of science and mathematics,
Spectrum 28(2) (1990) 51-54.
- The search for mathematical talent in South
Africa, Math. Competitions 6(1) (1993) 17-19.
- The mathematics of the calendar. Spectrum 37(1) (2000) 34-43.
- The Euler tiling formula. Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Tech. 32(5)
(2001) 782-788.
Other Activities:
- Editor,
Mathematical Digest
- Director,
UCT Mathematical
Competition
- Convener,
South African Committee
for the International Mathematical Olympiad
- Secretary,
International Mathematical Olympiad
Advisory Board
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