Sam Vandervelde
{{short description|American mathematician}}
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| known_for = Mandelbrot Competition, Proof School
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Samuel Kendrick Vandervelde (born 12 February 1971) is a mathematician who, along with Sandor Lehoczky and Richard Rusczyk, created the Mandelbrot Competition,{{cite web |url=http://www.mandelbrot.org/intro/history.html |title=The Making of Mandelbrot |access-date=30 October 2019}} and is listed first under "Thanks" in the mathematical textbook The Art of Problem Solving.{{cite book |last1=Lehoczky |first1=Sandor |authorlink1=Sandor Lehoczky |last2=Rusczyk |first2=Richard |authorlink2=Richard Rusczyk |date=2006 |title=The Art of Problem Solving, Vol. 1: The Basics |edition=7th}}
Contributions to mathematics
Vandervelde contributes problems to the USA Math Olympiad. He was a member of the 1989 United States International Mathematical Olympiad team. He was a grader at the Mathematical Olympiad Program, an intensive summer camp that prepares top high school students for the International Math Olympiad. Vandervelde founded the Stanford Math Circle.{{cite book |last=Vandervelde |first=Sam |authorlink=Sam Vandervelde |date=2009 |title=Circle in a Box}} He was on the math faculty at St. Lawrence University from 2007 to 2015, and is currently the Head of School and math teacher at Proof School, a private day school in San Francisco for kids who love math.{{cite podcast |url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/news/aftermath/aftermath-running-a-school-for-math-lovers-with-sam-vandervelde |title=Running a Math Lover's Dream School, with Sam Vandervelde |website=Art of Problem Solving AfterMath |publisher=Art of Problem Solving |host=Richard Rusczyk |date=13 March 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019}} He is also a regular instructor at and board member of MathPath,{{cite web |url=http://www.mathpath.org/who.htm |title=Governance and Administration of the Mathpath summer program and learning resource |access-date=30 October 2019}} and has published two books, Bridge to Higher Mathematics{{cite book |last=Vandervelde |first=Sam |authorlink=Sam Vandervelde |date=2010 |title=Bridge to Higher Mathematics}} and Circle in a Box. His educational work has been recognized by the Mathematical Association of America's Edyth May Sliffe Award for high school teaching (2000){{cite web |url=https://www.maa.org/math-competitions/sliffe-award/recipients |title=Edyth May Sliffe Award Recipients |access-date=30 October 2019}} and the Henry L. Alder Award for collegiate teaching (2011).{{cite web |url=https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/teaching-awards/henry-l-alder-award |title=Henry L. Alder Award |access-date=30 October 2019}}
Interests
His other interests include playing soccer, spending time with his two sons, and cooking. He attended Amherst County High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.mathpropress.com/books/competitions/mandelbrot/MandelbrotAuthorBio.html |title=about Sam Vandervelde |access-date=30 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=YEAR 1988 |url=https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usamo/e8-usamo/e8-1-usamoarchive/listings-ua/1988.pdf |website=USAMO Archive |access-date=30 January 2023}} He received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in June 2004. He currently resides in California. He is married to Eunice Cheung.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://web.mandelbrot.org/index.html Mandelbrot]
- [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/ Art of Problem Solving]
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