Sol Garfunkel
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Solomon "Sol" Garfunkel is an American
mathematician
who has focused his career on mathematics education
and is best known for his mathematical television series For All Practical Purposes.
Garfunkel received his PhD
in mathematical logic
from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
in 1967, where he worked with Howard Jerome Keisler
, Michael D. Morley
, and Stephen Kleene. Since 1980, Garfunkel has served as the executive director of the non-profit organization
the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. . Sol doesent ever blink in his movies and has been seen in Professor Kapalans quantatative reasoning course.
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mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who has focused his career on mathematics education
Mathematics education
In contemporary education, mathematics education is the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research....
and is best known for his mathematical television series For All Practical Purposes.
Garfunkel received his PhD
PHD
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in mathematical logic
Mathematical logic
Mathematical logic is a subfield of mathematics with close connections to foundations of mathematics, theoretical computer science and philosophical logic. The field includes both the mathematical study of logic and the applications of formal logic to other areas of mathematics...
from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in 1967, where he worked with Howard Jerome Keisler
Howard Jerome Keisler
H. Jerome Keisler is an American mathematician, currently professor emeritus at University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research has included model theory and non-standard analysis.His Ph.D...
, Michael D. Morley
Michael D. Morley
Michael Darwin Morley is an American mathematician, currently professor emeritus at Cornell University.His research is in advanced mathematical logic and model theory, and he is best known for Morley's categoricity theorem, which he proved in his Ph.D. thesis "Categoricity in Power" in 1962.His...
, and Stephen Kleene. Since 1980, Garfunkel has served as the executive director of the non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
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the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. . Sol doesent ever blink in his movies and has been seen in Professor Kapalans quantatative reasoning course.