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8. HAVE YOU READ? (#297-#322)

8.1 On the History of Mathematics in Africa

#297 Aballagh, Mohamed: Introduction à l'étude de l'influence d'Ibn al-Banna sur les mathématiques en Egypte à l'époque ottomane [Introduction to the study of the influence of Ibn al-Banna on mathematics in Egypt during the Ottoman epoch], in: E. Ihsanoglu, A. Djebbar & F. Günergun (Eds.), Science, Technology and Industry in the Ottoman World. Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997), Brepols Publisher, Turnhout, 2000, Vol. VI, 75-80.
The author presents information concerning the circulation of mathematics in the north of Africa through the example of three works of Ibn al-Banna.

#298 Djebbar, Ahmed: Figurate Numbers in the Mathematical Tradition of al-Andalus and the Maghreb, Suhayl, Barcelona, Vol. 1 (2000), 57-70.
The paper analyses certain contributions made in Andalusia and the Maghreb to the theme of figurate numbers. These numbers are a geometrical representation of numbers and had been created by the Pythagorean School. The oldest known study of these numbers is found in the "Introduction to Arithmetic" by Nicomachus. A Arabic translation of this work circulated in Andalusia and in the Maghreb from the 10th century onwards.

#299 Djebbar, Ahmed: Les activités mathématiques au Maghreb à l'époque ottomane [Mathematical activities in the Maghreb during the Ottoman epoch], in: E. Ihsanoglu, A. Djebbar & F. Günergun (Eds.), Science, Technology and Industry in the Ottoman World. Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997), Brepols Publisher, Turnhout, 2000, Vol. VI, 49-66.
The paper presents some unpublished information on the mathematical activities in the region of the Maghreb that, from the 16th century onwards, was under the political authority of the Ottoman power of Istanbul. A comparison is made between these activities and those in the Western Maghreb which were autonomous.

#300 Euclid of Alexandria: Les Éléments. Vol. III: Livre X: Grandeurs Commensurables et Incommensurables. Classification des Lignes Irrationelles, trans. Bernard Vitrac, Presses Universitaires de France, 1998, viii + 433 pp.
An annotated translation of book X of Euclid's "Elements" (cf. #94, 141, 180). Review by H. Guggenheimer in Mathematical Reviews 99m:01004.

#301 Gerdes, Paulus: On the production of mathematical knowledge in central and southern Africa, Communications of the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS), Cape Town, Occasional paper, no. 7, 1999, 18 pp.
Text of a paper presented at the Fourth World Archaeological Congress, 10-14 January 1999, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

#302 Gerdes, Paulus: Gerade und Ungerade ­ Zu einigen mathematischen Aspekten der mattenflechterei der Yombe-Frauen am unteren Kongo [Even and odd ­ On some mathematical aspects of the plaiting of mats by Yombe women in the Lower Congo], in: J. Blankenagel & W. Spiegel (eds.), Mathematikdidaktik aus Begeisterung fuer die Mathematik. Festschrift fuer Harald Scheid, Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany), 2000, 83-93.
Analysis of mathematical aspects of the mats plaited by women of the Yombe people in the Lower Congo area at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.

#303 Guergour, Youcef: Les différents systèmes de numération au Maghreb : l'exemple des chiffres rumi [The different numeration systems in the Maghreb: The example of the rumi cyphers], in: E. Ihsanoglu, A. Djebbar & F. Günergun (Eds.), Science, Technology and Industry in the Ottoman World. Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997), Brepols Publisher, Turnhout, 2000, Vol. VI, 67-74.
The author presents and analyses a type of a non-positional numeration system with 27 symbols used by the administration in the Western Maghreb.

#304 Leboux, Daryn: Egyptian Astrometeorology, in: J. Tattersall (ed.), Proceedings of the Canadian Society for the Histry and Philosophy of Mathematics, University of Ottowa Press, Ottowa (Canada), 1998, 151-163.
Presents evidence of the use of astronomical phenomena to make weather predictions in Egypt in the 4th century BC.

#305 Mehesz, Kornel Zoltan: Secretos de la Matematica Egípcia, Griega y Hindu (Secrets from Egyptian, Greek and Hindu mathematics), Editorial Diogenes, Corrientes (Argentina)
Deals mostly with mathematics from the Hellenistic period and links with other cultures, particularly with regard to cube roots, unsolved geometrical problems, and the regular pentagon.

8.2 Publications on the History of Mathematics in Africa, Ethnomathematics and / or Mathematics Education

#306 Brenner, Klaus-Peter: Chipendani und Mbira: Musikinstrumente, nicht-begriffliche mathematik und die Evolution der harmonischen Progressionen in der Musik der Shona in Zimbabwe (Chipendani and Mbira: Musical instruments, non-lexical mathematics and the evolution of the harmonic progressions in the music of the Shona in Zimbabwe), Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen (Germany), 1997, 559 pp. (plus 2 CDs)
The author presents an English language summary (pp. 367-374), entitled: "Hypotheses on the role of the 'chipendani' mouth bow, of the non-lexical mathematics and of the 'mbira' lamellophone in the evolution of the harmonic progressions of Shona music."

#307 Djebbar, Ahmed: Les récréations dans les mathématiques du monde musulman [Mathematical recreations in the Islamic world], La Recherche, special issue, May-June 2000, 70-72
The paper presents little known element about the recreational and game aspects of Arab mathematics from the East and from the Maghreb.

#308 Gerdes, Paulus: Le cercle et le carré: Créativité géométrique, artistique et symbolique de vannières et vanniers d'Afrique, d'Amérique, d'Asie et d'Océanie [The circle and the square: Geometric, artistic and symbolic creativity of female and male basket weavers from Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania], L'Harmattan, Paris (France) / Montreal (Canada), 2000, 301 pp. (preface by Maurice Bazin)
Presents, on the one hand, a comparative and structural analysis of a type of plaited circular tray or basket cover, produced in several regions of Africa, America, Asia and Oceania, and, on the other hand, some elements of a catalogue, complemented by comments on the cultural context, the techniques and some implied geometrical ideas. Chapters 2 to 5 deal with Africa: The Bedik in Senegal (Chapter 2, 23-76); The Twsa, the Tonga and the Chope in south-east Mozambique (Chapter 3, 77-100); The Makonde and Makhuwa in north-east Mozambique (Chapter 4, 101-130), Varia Africana (Chapter 5, 131-148).

#309 Getz, Chonat: Computer generation of geometric designs woven into the izimbenge using algorithmic processes developed in the field of fractal geometry, South African Journal of Science, Vol. 95, October 1999, 434-439
"Geometric designs woven into copper wire baskets ('izimbenge') by the Zulu people of South Africa have been analysed and regenerated on a computer using algorithmic processes developed mainly in the field of fractal geometry. The mathematical concept of self-similarity is used to facilitate the comprehension of several aspects of fractal geometry. The algorithmic processes used are the deterministic algorithm, the random iteration algorithm and the escape time algorithm".

#310 Hansen, Keven: Teaching mathematics (and history) with Egyptian fractions, in: D. Curtin, D. Otero, and J. Wine (eds.), Combined Proceedings of the Sixth and Seventh Midwest History of Mathematics Conferences, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (USA), 1999, 218-230
Presents a survey of computational and representational methods for Egyptian fractions up to the present. The author provides examples to include in a discrete mathematics course.

#311 Wedgwood, Camilla: Oxen inspanned, Spring Figure Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1999, 20-24
Reproduction of the making of a string figure by the Kxatla people of Botswana, originally included in the paper "String figures from Bechuana Protectorate", Bantu Studies, Johannesburg, 1930, Vol. IV, 215-268

8.3 Other publications on the History of Mathematics by African mathematicians

#312 Djebbar, Ahmed: Les livres arithmétiques des Éléments d'Euclide dans le traite d'al-Mu'tanan du XIe siècle [The arithmetic books of Euclid's Elements in the study of al-Mu'tanan of the 11th century], LLULL, Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas, 1999, Vol. 22 (no. 45), 589-653
"This paper studies the first chapter of Kitab al-Istikmal, a work of the 11th century by al-Mu'tanan Ibn Hud, a mathematician from al-Andalus who was the king of Zaragoza between 1081 and 1085. Different chapters of this remarkable work in the Arabic mathematical tradition have already been studied in the last decade, while others are still in progress".

#313 E. Ihsanoglu, Ahmed Djebbar & F. Günergun (Eds.), Science, Technology and Industry in the Ottoman World. Proceedings of the XXth International Congress of History of Science (Liège, 20-26 July 1997), Brepols Publisher, Turnhout, 2000, Vol. VI., 152 pp.
See #297, 299, 303.

#314 Djebbar, Ahmed: Le nombre, la racine et le bien [Number, root and richness], Les Cahiers de Science et Vie, 2000, no. 56, 42-48
The paper is addressed to high school and college students. It presents, in an anecdotal form, some information abut the birth of algebra and its development since the first Babylonian practices until the arrival of algebra in Europe from the 12th century onwards.

#315 Djebbar, Ahmed: Un poète algébriste [A algebraist poet], Les Cahiers de Science et Vie, 2000, no. 56, 50-55
The paper is addressed to young pupils and presents the life and works of the poet and mathematician Omar al-Khayyam (d. 1139).

8.4 Publications on the History of Mathematics and the African Diaspora

None were reported.

8.5 Reviews

#316 D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan (São Paulo, Brazil): Paulus Gerdes' "Femmes et Géométrie en Afrique Australe / Women, Art and Geometry in Southern Africa", www.mox.uniandes.edu.co/voc/Paulus_Gerdes.htm (cf. #193, 274, 175)
#317 Hoeyrup, Jens (Roskilde, Denmark): Paulus Gerdes' "Ethnomathematik dargestellt am Beispiel der Sona Geometrie", Zentralblatt Mathematik, no. 908.01001 (cf. #236)
#318 Inoue, Noriyuki (Waterbury, USA): Paulus Gerdes' "Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations", Newsletter of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics, 2000, 15(1), 9-10 (cf. #279)
#319 Michalowicz, Karen Dee (Fairfax, USA): Paulus Gerdes' "Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations", www.maa.org/reviews/gerdes.html (cf. #279)
#320 Peterson, Ivars (Washington, USA): Paulus Gerdes' "Geometry from Africa: Mathematical and Educational Explorations" and Ron Eglash's "African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design", Science News [www.sciencenews.org/sn_arc99/11_27_99/mathland.htm] (cf. #279, 290)
#321 Vaquero Martinez, José (Spain): Paulus Gerdes' and Gildo Bulafo's "Sipatsi: Technology, Art and Geometry in Inhambane", LLULL, Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas, Zaragoza, 1999, 22(45), 943-944 (cf. #132, 153, 219)

8.6 Mathematical books published in Africa

#322 Masanja, Verdiana G. (Ed.): Conference Proceedings. XI SAMSA Symposium on the Potential of Mathematical Modeling of Problems from the SAMSA Region, Mathematics Department, University of Dar Es Salaam, Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), 1997, 395 pp.
Conference proceedings of the XI Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) Symposium, 18-23 August 1997, Arusha (Tanzania).

 

9. ANNOUNCEMENTS

9.1 CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN AFRICA

* Workshop on "Innovative Ways of Teaching Mathematical Sciences"

The Vista University Workshop on "Innovative Ways of Teaching Mathematical Sciences" took place on 7 March, 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa. For more information, contact:
R. Anguelov, Department of Mathematics, Vista University, (Mamelodi), Private bag X1311, Silverton 0127, South Africa (Fax: 2712-8010210/9 Ext. 2144; e-mail: anglv-r@marlin.vista.ac.za; web-page: http://www.vista.ac.za/vista/academic/sta/innohome.html)

* Conference on "Geometry, Algebra and Applications"

To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Faculty of Science of Cairo University organised from 10-16 March 2000 a conference on "Geometry, Algebra and Applications". For more information, contact:
B.T. Hassan, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Orman, Giza, Egypt (Fax: 202-5727556; e-mail: BTHassan@math-sci.Cairo.eun.eg or MOASMOHS@frcu.eun.eg)

* The Third International Conference on Abstract Analysis in Africa

The Third International Conference on Abstract Analysis (ICAA) in Africa took place from 26-30 June 2000 in Berg-en-Dal, South Africa. For more information, contact:
Conference Secretariat, Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa (Fax: 2712-420-3893; e-mail: icaa@math.up.ac.za; web-page: http://www.math.up.ac.za/icaa)

* Symposium of the AMU Commission on Pan-African Mathematics Olympiads

The first Symposium of the African Mathematical Union Commission on Pan-African Mathematics Olympiads took place from October 31 to November 6, 2000 in Kairouan, Tunisia. For more information, contact:
Nouzha El Yacoubi, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, P.O.Box 1014, Rabat, Morocco (Tel: 212 7 20 71 30; fax: 212 7 77 30 44; E-mail: elyac-sb@fsr.ac.ma)

* Fourth Mathematical Symposium of Senegal

The Fourth Mathematical Symposium of Senegal, organised by the Mathematical Society of Senegal, will take place from 20-23 November 2000 in Dakar, Senegal. For more information, contact:
Mary Teuw Niane, Département de Mathématiques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar (E-mail: niane@ugb.sn or cmdiop@ucad.sn)

* The Third Southern Hemisphere Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching

The Third Southern Hemisphere Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching will take place from 1-5 July 2001 in Berg-en-Dal, South Africa. The symposium is organised by the South African Mathematics Education Reform Network (SAMERN). For more information, contact:
Johann Engelbrecht, c/o Department of Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa (Fax: 2712-420-3893; E-mail: samern@scientia.up.ac.za; Web-page: http://science.up.ac.za/delta01)

9.2 WEBSITES

* Old Mathematics Books on the Canary Islands

In the context of the Mathematical Year 2000, José Barrios and his colleagues at the University of La Laguna organised a virtual exhibition on "Libros antiguos de matemáticas en la ULL", old mathematics books at Library of the University of La Laguna, Islas Canarias, Spain. The exhibition may be visited at:
http://ww.ull.es/bull/lam2000

* Website of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland

The website "www.history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians" gives biographic information on various mathematicians, listed by country of birth. Abu Kamil, Ahmes, Diophantus, Euclid, Heron, Hypsicles, Menelaus, pappus, ptolemy, Serenus, Theon, Yunus are listed under Egypt. For instance, information on Hypathia can be found at:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

The only other African country listed is South Africa, where the following two South African born mathematicians are presented: Claude Chevalley (1909-1984) and Lionell Cooper (1915-1977).

* Zimbabwe Mathematics Magazine

The Mathematics Magazine produced by the Mathematics Department of the Universiy of Zimbabwe is both available in a paper version and on the web
http://www.uzweb.uz.ac.zw/science/maths/zmaths/

9.3 INTERNATIONAL STUDY GROUP ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS

During the International Congress on Mathematics Education, the General Assembly of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) elected a new board. Paulus Gerdes (Mozambique) was elected President. Lawrence Shirley (USA) [he taught mathematics for many years in Ghana and Nigeria], Maria Luisa Oliveras Contreras (Spain), and Eduardo Sebastiani Ferreira (Brazil) were elected Vice-Presidents of ISGEm. For more information on ISGEm see its webpage:
www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/comp/isgem.htm
Readers interested in receiving the ISGEm-Newsletter may contact its editor:
Daniel Ness, EECE, Queens College CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11367, USA (E-mail: dn14@columbia.edu).

10. ADDRESSES OF SCHOLARS, INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLISHERS MENTIONED IN THIS NEWSLETTER

* Aballagh, Mohamed: Université de Fez, Faculté de Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Départment de Philosophie, 30.000 Fez, Morocco
* Aïssani, Djamil: Université de Béjaïa, LAMOS, 06000 Béjaïa, Algeria (E-mail: djamil_aissani@hotmail.com)
* Aït Ouassarah, Abderrahmane: Département de mathématiques, Faculté des sciences Semlalia, Marrakech, Morocco (E-mail: aitouassarah@ucam.ac.ma)
* Akkar, Mohamed: Département de Mathématiques, Université Bordeau I, 351 Cours de la libération, 33405 Talence Cedex, France (E-mail: Alkhawar@post.club-internet.fr, Mohamed.Akkar@math.u-bordeaux.fr)
* Assali, Sidi Amar: E.N.S. de Kouba, Département de mathématiques, 16.050 Vieux Kouba, Alger, Algeria
* Baraket, Sami: Département de mathématiques, Zarazouna, 7021, Tunisia (E-mail: Sami.Baraket@fst.rnu.tn)
* Barrios García, José: Depto. de Análisis Matemático, Universidad de La Laguna, 38271 La Laguna (Tenerife), Islas Canarias, Spain (Fax: +34-22-604023; E-mail: jbarrios@ull.es)
* Bebbouchi, Rachid: U.S.T.H.B., Département de mathématiques, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria
* Bouzari, Abdelmalek: E.N.S. de Kouba, Département de mathématiques, 16.050 Vieux Kouba, Alger, Algeria (E-mail: bouzari@hotmail.com)
* Brenner, Klaus-Peter: Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar der Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Kurze Geismarstrasse 1, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany Tel. +49-551-39-5075; Fax: 49-551-39-9353; E-mail: musik@gwdg.de)
* Buekenhout, Francis: Université Libre de Bruxelles / Académie Royale de Belgique (E-mail: fbueken@pop.ulb.ac.be)
* Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS): P.O. Box 352, Plumstead 7800, Cape Town, South Africa (Tel. +27-21-762-4454; E-mail: casas@iafrica.com)
* Chidami, Mohamed: Université Mohamed V-Agdal, Faculté des Sciences, Département de Mathématique et Informatique, B.P. 1014, Rabat, Morocco (E-mail: chidami@fsr.ac.ma)
* Daif, Ahmed: E.N.S. de Casablanca, Route d'El Jadida, Casablanca, Morocco
* D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan: Rua Peixoto Gomide 1772, apt. 83, 01409-002 São Paulo, Brazil (E-mail: ubi@usp.br)
* Djebbar, Ahmed: G.H.D.S.O., Bt. 307, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France (E-mail: Ahmed.Djebbar@wanadoo.fr)
* Doumbia, Salimata: Institut de Recherche Mathématiques, B.P. 2030; Abidjan 08, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
* El Yacoubi, Nouzha: Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Rabat, P.O.Box 1014, Rabat, Morocco (Tel. +212-7-207130, Fax: 212-7-773044; E-mail: elyac-sb@fsr.ac.ma)
* Ezin, Jean-Pierre: Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physiques (IMSP), Université Nationale du Benin, B.P.613, Porto-Novo, Benin (E-mail: jpezin@syfed.bj.refer.org)
* Getz, Chonat: Department of Mathematics, University of the Witswatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa (Tel. +27-11-716-4032; Fax: +27-11-403-2017; E-mail: chonat@cam.wits.ac.za, 036cgg@cosmos.wits.ac.za)
* Gnanvo, Cyprien: Département de Mathématiques, Faculté des Sciences et techniques, Université Nationale du Bénin, 04 BP 0440, Cotonou, Benin (Tel. +229-360074; gnacyok@syfed.bj.refer.org)
* Guergour, Youcef: E.N.S. de Kouba, Département de mathématiques, 16.050 Vieux Kouba, Alger, Algeria (guergour@hotmail.com)
* Hoyrup, Jens: Institute of Communication Research, Roskilde University, P.O.Box 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark (E-mail: jensh@ruc.dk)
* Huylebrouck, Dirk: Sint-Lucas Institute of Architecture, Paleizenstraat 65-67, 1030 Brussels, Belgium (E-mail: dirk.huylebrouck@ping.be)
* Inoue, Noriyuki: Teikyo Post University, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA (E-mail: ni29@columbia.edu)
* Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science: Institut fuer Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Beethovenstrasse 32, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
* Kane, Abdoulaye: Département de Philosophie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar-Fann, Senegal
* Kerkour, Ahmed Zankat Ait Rkha, Dar Yamina - Bir Kacem - Rabat, Morocco (E-mail: akerkour@mis.net.ma)
* Khelladi, Abdelkader: U.S.T.H.B., Département de mathématiques, Bab Ezzouar, Alger, Algeria
* Koulibaly, Akry: Département de mathématiques, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (E-mail: Akry@fast.univ-ouaga.bf)
* Laabid, Ezzaim: E.N.S. de Marrakech, B.P. S 41, Marrakech, Morocco (E-mail: ezzaimlaabid@hotmail.com)
* Mangheni, Patrick: Department of Mathematics, Makerere University, P O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda (Tel. +256-41-540692; Fax: 256-41-235655; E-mail: mangheni@math.mu.ac.ug, mangheni@rankconslt.co.ug, magheni@yahoo.com)
* Masanja, Verdiana: Mathematics Department, University of Dar Es Salaam, P.O.Box 35062, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (E-mail: vmasanja@cs.udsm.ac.tz)
* Mawanda, M.: Department of Mathematics, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho (E-mail: mm.mawanda@nul.ls)
* Megahed, Nefertiti: Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Orman , Giza, Egypt (E-mail: NAMegahed@math-sci.Cairo.eun.eg)
* Michalowicz, Karen Dee: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA (E-mail: KarenDeeM@aol.com)
* Mosimege, Mogege David: Manager Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Tertiary Initiatives, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa (Tel. +27-12-841-3509; Fax: 27-12-841-3011; E-mail: mmosimege@csir.co.za)
* Mtwetwa, David: Faculty of Education, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP 167, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe (E-mail: seitt@samara.co.zw, mutetwa@esanet.zw)
* Niane, Mary Teuw: Département de Mathématiques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal (E-mail: niane@ugb.sn or cmdiop@ucad.sn)
* Njock, G. Edward: P.O. Box 623, Yaoundé, Cameroon (Tel. Fax. +237-21 67 17; E-mail: enjock@uycdc.uninet.cm)
* Nsar, Hassan: Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Orman , Giza, Egypt
* Persens, Jan: President AMU, c/o Director of International Relations, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa (Tel.: +27-21-959-2884/3340; Fax: +27-21-95 92 655; E-mail: Jpersens@uwc.ac.za)
* Peterson, Ivars: Math/Computers Editor, Science News, 1719 N Street, NW, Washington DC 20036-2888, USA (E-mail: ip@sciserv.org)
* Phiri, Patrick: Mathematics Department, University of Swaziland, P/Bag, Kwaluseni, Swaziland (E-mail; phiri@science.uniswa.sz)
* Sammad, Khalil, B.P. 806, 2600 Settat, Morocco (E-mail: sammadkhalil@hotmail.com)
* Sangare, Daouda: Département de mathématiques, Université Nationale de Côte d'Ivoire, 22 BP 582, Abidjan 22, Ivory Coast (E-mail: sangaredaouda@hotmail.com)
* Sezgin, Fuat: Institut fuer Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, Beethovenstrasse 32, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
* Shabani, Juma: Bureau Regional UNESCO, 12 Avenue L.S. Senghor, B.P. 3311, Dakar, Senegal (E-mail: j.shabani@unesco.org)
* Shirley, Lawrence: Department of Mathematics, Towson State University, Towson, MD 21204-7079, USA (E-mail: shirley@saber.towson.edu)
* Souissi, Mohamed: 7 rue de Téhéran, 2000 Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia
* Touré, Saliou: Institut de Recherche Mathématiques, B.P. 2030, Abidjan 08, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
* Williams, Scott: Department of Mathematics, South Campus, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY 14214, USA (E-mail: sww@Buffalo.edu)
* Zaki, Moncef: Université de Fès, Faculté des sciences Dhar El Mehraz, Département de Mathématiques, B.P. 1796, 30.000 Fès, Morocco
* Zerrouki, Moktadir: E.N.S. de Kouba, Département de mathématiques, 16.050 Vieux Kouba, Alger, Algeria

 

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