Burkard Polster
Personal information
OccupationMathematician
Websitewww.qedcat.com
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Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreEducation
Subscribers866 thousand[1]
Total views64.3 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 10 May 2023

Burkard Polster (born 26 February 1965 in Würzburg) is a German[2] mathematician who runs and presents the Mathologer channel on YouTube.[3] He is a professor of mathematics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.[4]

Education and career

Polster earned a doctorate from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1993 under the supervision of Karl Strambach.[5] Other universities that Polster has been affiliated with, before joining Monash University in 2000, include the University of Würzburg, University at Albany, University of Kiel, University of California, Berkeley, University of Canterbury, and University of Adelaide.[6]

Polster's research involves topics in geometry, recreational mathematics, and the mathematics of everyday life, including how to tie shoelaces[7] or stabilize a wobbly table.[8]

Books

Polster is the author of multiple books including:

References

  1. ^ a b "About Mathologer". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Burkard Polster, Mathemagician". YouTube. Monash University Faculty of Science. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Mathologer", News, Events, and Announcements, American Mathematical Society, 4 May 2015
  4. ^ "Burkard Polster", Faculty profiles, Monash University, retrieved 23 January 2018
  5. ^ Burkard Polster at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ 60 seconds with ... Burkard Polster, Monash University, 17 October 2007, retrieved 23 January 2018
  7. ^ Chang, Kenneth (10 December 2002), "Seeking Perfection in Shoe Lacing, With 43,200 Choices", The New York Times
  8. ^ Devlin, Keith (February 2007), "How to stabilize a wobbly table", Devlin's Angle, Mathematical Association of America
  9. ^ Review of A Geometrical Picture Book:
  10. ^ Review of Geometries on Surfaces:
  11. ^ Reviews of The Mathematics of Juggling:
  12. ^ Review of Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof:
  13. ^ Reviews of The Shoelace Book:
  14. ^ Reviews of Math Goes to the Movies:

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