2012 - Jan P. Hogendijk.

Activities in History of Mathematics in Utrecht in the year
2012 Preliminary version.
Contents:
• Personnel
• National and International Service
• Honors and Awards
• Publications
• Lectures
• Media
• Visits
• Visitors from abroad
• Organisation of conferences
• Ph.D supervision
• Courses, Bachelor Theses and Master Theses related to the History of
Mathematics
• Mathematics teaching
Personnel
Mr. Viktor Bl˚asjö (VB): Jan. 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2012: “Toegevoegd docent”
(adjunct professor), Mathematics Department, UU, 1.0 fte.
Mrs. Jantien Dopper M.Sc. (JD): official (unsalaried) guest of the History
of Mathematics Research Group.
Mr. Wilfred de Graaf (WG) is a Ph.D. student in mathematics, working
with Prof. Odo Diekmann. Although his Ph.D. project is not in the history
of mathematics, Mr. de Graaf often participates in projects relating to Islamic
mathematics and Iran.
Mr. Henk Hietbrink (HH), mathematics teacher in Nieuwegein, formerly
working on a “teacher in research” project on Frans van Schooten, co-supervised
by JH, is continuing his work as an official (unsalaried) guest of the Mathematics
Department (History of Mathematics Research Group), UU, 0.0 fte.
Mr. Jan P. Hogendijk (JH), Jan. 1, 2012 -Dec. 31, 2012, Professor of History
of Mathematics in Utrecht University (0,5 full professor, 0,5 associate professor).
Mr. Goossen Karssenberg (GK), mathematics teacher in Den Burg (Texel),
formerly working on a “teacher in research” project in Islamic tilings, co-supervised
by JH, is continuing his work in this area.
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Mr. Hüseyin S¸en (HS) finished his work as a master student in History of
Islamic Science with JH in June 2012.
Mr. Steven Wepster (SW): from January 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2012: 0,8
“Universitair Docent”, Department of Mathematics, UU; 0,1 fte is dedicated
to the “Beta Steunpunt” [i.e. to university mathematics programs related to
highschool students]
Mrs. Liesbeth de Wreede (LW): Jan. 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2012: Official
(unsalaried) guest of the Mathematics Department (History of Mathematics
Research Group), UU, 0.0 fte.
National and International Service
JH is president of the Commission for History of Science and Technology in
Islamic Societies, www.islamsci.org
JH is a member of the editorial board of the following journals in the history
of science:
• Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (Cambridge, ISSN 0957-4239)
• Ganita-Bharati (Delhi, ISSN 0970-0307),
• Istoriko-Matematicheski Issledovaniya (Moscow, ISBN 5-8037-0291-9),
• Suhayl (Barcelona, ISSN 1576-9372),
• Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften (Frankfurt,
ISSN 0179-4639),
• Historia Mathematica (Amsterdam-San Diego, ISSN 0315-0860),
• Ta’rikh-e Elm (Tehran, ISSN 1735-0573),
• Journal for the History of Arabic Science (Aleppo, ISSN 0379-2927),
• Early Science and Medicine (Leiden, ISSN 1383-7427).
JH is a member of the Board of Trustees (Stiftungsrat) of the Institute
for History of Arabic-Islamic Science in Frankfurt am Main, and owner of the
website http://www.ibttm.org for the ˙ Istanbul ˙ Islam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi
Müzesi (Museum of History of Science and Technology in Islam) in Istanbul
(Turkey). The website is managed by students.
SW is member of the editorial board of the journal Nieuw Archief voor
Wiskunde, and member of the editorial board of the Zebrareeks.
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Honors and Awards
• JH is member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW), and
executive Member, Academie Internationale d’Histoire des Sciences.
• NWO approved the Ph.D. project “Transcendental curves in post-Cartesian
mathematics” for VB (Vrije Competitie, Exacte Wetenschappen)
• JH received the Otto Neugebauer Prize on July 2 at the 6th European
Congress of Mathematicians, Kraków.
• JH is adjunct professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, King
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
• On September 10, Sanne Spoelstra received the price for the best Master
Thesis of the Utrecht Graduate School of Natural Sciences (GSNS). Her
M.Sc. thesis was supervised by SW and Karma Dajani.
Publications
• VB, The rectification of quadratures as a central foundational problem
for the early Leibnizian calculus, Historia Mathematica 39 (2012), pp.
405-431, ISSN 0315-0860.
• VB, A Definition of Mathematical Beauty and Its History. Journal of
Humanistic Mathematics, 2 no. 2 (2012), pp 93-108. ISSN 2159-8118.
• HH, Wat bracht G̷loskowski naar Leiden. Poolse wiskundige gaf les aan
Prins Willem II. Poolse vertaling: Jak G̷loskowski zas̷lu˙zy̷l si¸e Lejdzie.
Polski matematyk dawa̷l lekcje ksi¸eciu Willemowi II Orańskiemu (translated
by Zofia Hakkaart), Biuletyn Pools-Nederlandse Kulturele Vereniging
no. 1 (2012), 12-14, 56-58.
• HH. Book review of Arjen Dijkstra, Goffe Jensma, Djoeke van Netten&
Piter van Tuinen, Wiskunde als Familiebedrijf: Menelaus Winsemius’ lijkrede
op Adriaan Metius (1571-1635), Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen,
2012, ISBN 978-90-367-5587-0, in Nieuwe Wiskrant 32 no. 2 (dec.
2012). (ADDPAGES, Is dit echt verschenen?)
• JH, (with Mohammad Bagheri and Michio Yano) Kushyar ibn Labban Gilani’s
treatise on the distances and sizes of the celestial bodies, Zeitschrift
für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften 19 (2010-2011),
77-120. ISSN 0179-4639
• JH, De erfenis van Pythagoras, Euclides, Jaargang 87, Special 2012: Getallen,
17-22. ISSN 0165-0394.
• JH, Mathematics and geometric ornamentation in the medieval Islamic
world, European Mathematical Society, Newsletter no. 86, December 2012,
pp. 37-43 (ISSN 1027-488X)
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• JH, Review of H. Busard, Busard, H. L. L. Nicole Oresme, Questiones super
geometriam Euclidis, Stuttgart 2010, in Mathematical Reviews (2768956)
[2012b:01016] ISSN 0025-5629.
• JH, Review of Anne-Marie Vlasschaert, ed., Le Liber Mahameleth. Édition
critique et commentaires. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010, in Nieuw
Archief voor Wiskunde vijfde serie, 13 no. 1 (maart 2012), p. 64-65.
• JH, review of Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, Theodosius’ Sphaerica:
Arabic and medieval Latin translations, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag,
2010 (Boethius Band 62), in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabischislamischen
Wissenschaften 19 (2010-2011), 397-399.
• JH, review of Paul Kunitzsch and Richard Lorch, Theodosius, De Habitationibus:
Arabic and medieval Latin translations, München: Bayerische
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte,
Jahrgang 2011, Heft 1, in Zeitschrift für Geschichte der arabischislamischen
Wissenschaften 19 (2010-2011), 399-400.
• JH, review of Apollonius de Perge, Coniques, ed. R. Rashed, Micheline
Decorps-Foulquier, Michel Federspiel, Berlin/New York, Walter de
Gruyter, 2008-2010, 7 vols., in Mathematical Reviews MR2828487 [2012j:01009]
(Tome 1.1: Arabic text of Conics Book 1), MR2828442 [appeared online
but not yet in print] (Tome 1.2: Greek text of Conics Book 1),
MR2808284 [2012j:01012] (Tome 2.1, Arabic text of Conics Books 2-
3), MR2828119 [2012j:01011] (Tome 2.2, Arabic text of Conics Book
4), MR2816608 [2012j:01013] (Tome 2.3, Greek text of Conics Books 2-
4), MR2827630 [2012j:01010] (Tome 3: Arabic text of Conics Book 5),
MR2815673 [2012j:01004] (Tome 4: Arabic text of Conics Books 6-7).
ISSN 0025-5629.
• JH, review of Sidoli, Nathan; Saito, Ken; Comparative analysis in Greek
geometry, Historia Mathematica 39 (2012), 1-33 in Mathematical Reviews
2864909 (2012m:01003).
• GK, Perzische mozaieken ontwerpen in de klas: leerlingen in het centrum
van een middeleeuwse ontwerptraditie. Euclides 87 no. 7 (juni 2012),
282-285.
• L.W.C (Eric) van Lit, Nas.īr al-Dīn al-T. ūsīs Version of The Measurement of
the Circle of Archimedes from his Revision of the Middle Books, Ta’rīkhe
Elm vol. 10 (2012), pp. 1-42 (ISSN: 1735-0573; University of Tehran,
Institute for History of Science) [Revised version of B.Sc. thesis in History
of Mathematics, Utrecht 2008]
• Ferdinand Verhulst, SW: editorial: A special issue for Henri Poincaré,
Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 5th series, 13 no. 3 (sept. 2012), p. 147.
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• SW, lemma: “Zeitmessung 2: Astronomie” in: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit,
Herausgegeben von Friedrich Jäger im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen
Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern, Band 15,
May 2012, ADDPAGES. ISBN 978-3-476-01953-6.
• SW with Hasse van Boven, Rob Wesselink, Asymptotic series of Poincaré
and Stieltjes, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 5th series, 13 no. 3 (sept.
2012), pp. 187-190. ISSN 0028-9825. [Result of student work in history
of mathematics, 2011]
• SW with Ferdinand Verhulst, Editorial: “A special issue for Henri Poincaré”,
Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 5th series, 13 no. 3 (sept. 2012), p. 147.
• Another publication in the History of Mathematics is a book by a distinguished
emeritus professor of the Department of Mathematics: Ferdinand
Verhulst, Henri Poincaré: Impatient Genius. New York etc., Springer
Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4614-2406-2, xi+260 pp.
Lectures
• Jan. 30, JH, plenary lecture “Op weg naar Mekka!”, APS, Tiende wiskundeconferentie
(voor docenten in VMBO en onderbouw HAVO/VWO),
Utrecht, 100 participants. See the report in Joke Verbeek en Gert de
Kleuver, Verslag van de 10e wiskundeconferentie, Euclides 87 no. 6 (mei
2012), p. 244.
• Feb. 15, Sanne Spoelstra, presentation of master thesis, “Mathematics of
life and death: The history of life tables and annuities with an emphasis
on the work of Nicolas Struyk (1686-1769) ” (supervised by SW), Utrecht.
• Feb. 22, SW, “Jamshīd Kāshānī and Ludolph van Ceulen: A mathematical
and cultural comparison, Kashan, Conference on the Scientific Heritage
of Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd
• Feb. 23, VB and WG, workshop: Efficiency of al-Kāshī’s computation of
π, Kashan 50 participants.
• Feb. 23, JH, “Kashani’s two instruments for astronomical computation”,
Kashan
• Feb. 25, VB and WG, workshop, Efficiency of al-Kāshī’s computation of
π, 25 participants, House of Mathematics, Esfahan. Iran.
• Feb 25, JH , “Kashani’s two instruments for astronomical computation”,
House of Mathematics, Esfahan, Iran.
• March 14, SW, together with Jasper van der Schors (Boerhaave Museum,
Leiden), one-hour workshop: “Simon Stevin en het Museum Boerhaave”,
for mathematics highschool teachers at the WIskunde C conferentie
2012, organized by CTWO (commissie toekomst wiskundeonderwijs),
Hogeschool Domstad, Utrecht.
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• March 23, SW, “Tobias Mayer as a Mathematician,” Tobias Mayer Symposium,
Deutches Literatur Archiv, Marbach, Germany.
• March 23, WG, JH: combined workshop for 23 Saudi students and staff
members (from KFUPM, Dhahran), mixed with the students in Concrete
Geometry (WISB241) and History of Classroom Mathematics (WISL901),
Utrecht.
• April 17, JH, Inspired science: medieval Islamic methods for finding the
qibla (keynote speech), Fifth Saudi Science Conference, Umm al-Qura
University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
• May 12, JH, “Wiskunde in het diepe”, at the day for parents [ouderdag,]
organized by student association A-Eskwadraat, 80 participants. Afterwards,
a donutworkshop was held under supervision of JH.
• May 24, HS, Graduation colloquium: Taqi al-Din ibn Ma’ruf: a 16th Century
Ottoman Astronomer Between East and West. University of Utrecht,
M.Sc. Program in History and Philosophy of Science, 20 participants.
• May 31, SW, Venus transits, Departmental colloquium, Mathematics Department,
University of Utrecht.
• June 30, WG, HS, workshop on M.C. Escher and Islamic art, Ankara, organized
by the Netherlands Embassy together with Cermodern (Museum
of Modern Art, Bilkent University). The workshop was held twice for 90
participants.
• July 2, JH, Neugebauer lecture: “Mathematicians and Decorative Geometric
Tilings in the Medieval Islamic World,” Kraków, Sixth European
Conference of Mathematics.
• July 30, JH, Keynote speech, and Aug. 1, WF, JH, HH: Workshop “The
astrolabe”. Science History as Intercultural Learning; First international
summer school of the Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation for the History
of Science in Islam. Istanbul, Gülhane Park.
• August 2, JH, “Practical geometry in Isfahan: An Exceptional Tiling in
the Friday Mosque,” Ninth biennial conference, International Society of
Iranian Studies, Istanbul.
• Oct. 6, SW, closing lecture: “Stevin, Snellius, en wiskundegeschiedenis in
Museum Boerhaave”, Museum Boerhaave Wetenschapsweekend [activity
for the general public].
• Oct. 11, JH, lecture/workshop “Astrology” (twice: once for each of the
two sections of ca. 40 students), in the interdisciplinary honours course
“What is science,” Descartes College, Utrecht University.
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• Oct 26, JH, “Exacte wetenschap en Islamitische cultuur”, 100th anniversary
of the village of Den Dolder, Utrecht Province, 50 participants.
• Nov. 7, VB, Shall I compare thee to a parabola’s arc? Transcendental
curves in the 17th century, Novembertagung, Bergische Universität Wuppertal.
• Nov. 14, JH, “Vlakverdelingen in de islamitische wiskunde”, University of
Antwerp, Belgium, Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs, 3-hour meeting with
35 participants (highschool teachers).
• Dec. 1 and 2, WG, together with HS, Astrolabe workshop, Museum for
Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. [This is the museum which currently owns the
astrolabe made by al-Khujand=ı, which astrolabe we have used in all our
astrolabe workshops since 2000 but never seen in reality.]
Media
• JH was interviewed in Kashan for an Iranian television documentary on
Jamshīd Kāshānī on Feb 22.
• April 13: interview with JH published in Saudi newspaper al-Sharq,
http://www.alsharq.net.sa/2012/04/13/217078
• April 17: interview with JH broadcast by Radio Jeddah, French service.
• JH was cited (and the Department of Mathematics of Utrecht University
was mentioned) in the issue “Silence” of the spiritual magazine Happinez,
vol.6 (2012), p. 16.
Visits
• JH, Frankfurt, Institut für Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Wissenschaften:
Feb. 2-3, June 4-5, July 4-6.
• SW, VB, WG, JH, Tehran, Institute for the History of Science; Kashan,
Conference in honour of Jamshīd Kāshānī, and Isfahan, House of Mathematics,
Feb. 19-28 (JH not in Tehran and only Feb. 21-28).
• JH, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Umm al-Qura University, College of Applied
Sciences, April 14-19.
• JH, Kraków, Poland, 6th European Mathematics Conference, June 30-
July 3.
• WG, HH, JH, Istanbul, Turkey, Science History as Intercultural Learning;
First international summer school of the Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Foundation
for the History of Science in Islam, July 29 - August 3.
• VB, Novembertagung, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Nov. 6-10.
• WG and HS, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, Nov. 30 - Dec. 4.
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Visitors from Abroad
• Feb. 15: Dr John Bukowski, Department of Mathematics, Juniata College,
Huntingdon PA, USA.
• March 22-30: A group of 20 students and 3 professors of King Fahd University
of Petroleum and Minerals (headed by Dr. Monther Alfureidan,
Department of Matheamatical Sciences) visited the Netherlands and Belgium.
JH was coordinator of this visit.
• May 24: Dr Eisso Atzema, Department of Mathematics, University of
Maine, Orono Me, USA
• August 29, 30: Mr. ElHassan ElSabry, Department of Physics, University
of Cairo.
• Dec. 8-11, Dr Kim Plofker, Department of Mathematics, Union College,
Scenectady, NY, USA
Organisation of Conferences
• Together with Danny Beckers (VU Amsterdam) and Fokko-Jan Dijksterhuis
(TU Twente) SW was co-organizer of the minisymposium on the
History of Mathematics (GMFW) in the Dutch Mathematics Conference,
Technical University of Eindhoven, Speakers: Sanne Spoelstra, University
of Utrecht: “ ’Politieke rekenkunde’ rond het Rampjaar. De lijfrenteberekeningen
van Johan de Witt en Johannes Hudde,”; Harro Maas, University
of Amsterdam, “Victorian accounting practices and the emergence
of marginalism in economics,” Gerard Alberts, University of Amsterdam,
“Tinbergens antwoord op de crisis en het antwoord van de crisis op Tinbergen
”.
• September 20, 9:30-17:15: Centennial symposium on the life and work of
Henri Poincare, organized by SW together with emeritus professor Ferdinand
Verhulst (Utrecht). Chair: Teun Koetsier, Amsterdam. Lectures
by Dirk Siersma (Utrecht): On the Analysis Situs; Jean-Marc Ginoux
(Toulon): Self-excited oscillations: from Poincare to Andronov; Henk
Broer (Groningen): Dynamical Systems; Ferdinand Verhulst (Utrecht):
The interaction of geometry and analysis; and Jeremy Gray (Open University,
Milton Keynes) Poincare and the idea of a group.
Ph.D supervision
• JH was member of the reading committee of the dissertation by Arjen
Dijkstra, “Between Academics and Idiots: A cultural history of Mathematics
in the Dutch Province of Friesland (1600-1700)”, University of
Twente; public defence in Franeker on Sept. 21, 2012.
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• SW is involved in the supervision of the Ph.D. thesis of Roel Nicolai (together
with Ferjan Ormeling en Peter vd Krogt); SW and JH are involved
in the supervision of the Ph.D. theses of Jantien Dopper, Jeanine Daems,
and Viktor Bl˚asjö.
Courses, Bachelor Theses and Master Theses related to the
History of Mathematics
• M. Sc. thesis, Mathematical Sciences: Sanne Spoelstra, “Mathematics
of life and death: the history of life tables and life annuities with an
emphasis on the work of Nicolaas Struyck (1686-1769)”, February 2012.
Supervisors: SW and Dr Karma Dajani.
• M.Sc. thesis, History and Philosophy of Science: Hüseyin S¸en, Taqī al-
Dīn’s Introduction to his work on Sundials: Fragrance of Spirit on Drawing
Horary Lines on Plane Surfaces. supervisor JH, second advisor Dr
Lodewijk Palm, June 2012.
• M.Sc. thesis, Science Teacher Education: Trudy van der Kolk and Cora
van den Heuvel, “Kegelsneden, zijn dat doorsneden van een kegel?” [on
history of conic sections in the 17th century], supervisor JH, second advisor
SW, August 2012.
• SW taught the course History of Mathematics (WISB382, 7.5 ECTS) in
the bachelor program in mathematics in sept 2011- jan 2012. Note that
the level of this course was changed from “2” (in the previous academic
years) to “3” (in 2011/2012). Eleven students passed the course. The
following essays were produced:
– F van Dalen, J Naenen, R Hartog: Het kraken van de Enigma
– N Nooijen, T Hepkema: De ontwikkeling van de transfiniete verzamelingenleer
– L Sangsefidi, E Pansier: Drie kaartprojecties
– P Vafaie en J van Besouw: De ontwikkeling van algebra
– M van Es, K de Jong: Het irrationale
• SW taught the course Historical Aspects of Classroom Mathematics (WISL901,
7.5 ECTS) in the period february-june 2012. 35 students passed the
course. The students researched the following projects:
– Shofan Fiangga, Susilahudin Putrawangsa: The Gold in Mathematics
: Learning The Notion of The Golden Ratio through Its Historical
Aspects as the Way to Motivate Students to Learn Mathematics
– Margo Ermens, Bart Nikkelen, Wouter van Orsouw: Grafentheorie
– Evangelista L W Palupi, Sakinah Nurul Fajri, Sylvana Novilia Sumarto:
Igniting Pupil’s Interest and Understanding with the Pythagorean
Theorem
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– Mark V K Boon, Hans F Krause, Eva M Nijssen: Magic Squares and
Fibonacci Numbers
– Puji Astuti, Rindu Alriavindrafunny, Eduardo Gomezcaña: Mathematics
through the Eyes of Classical Paradoxes
– Elika Kurniadi, Weni Dwi Pratiwi, Ismi Ridha Asy-Syifaa: The
Rhind Mathematical Papyrus as Supplementary Material in Multiplication
and Division of Whole Numbers for Young Children
– Iiris Härkönen, Antti Karhi, Erik Pansier: The Slide Rule
– Bustang, Febrian, Dwi Afrini Risma: Uncovering the Usefulness of
the Naive Geometry : the Babylonian Method Used towards Solving
Second Degree Equation Problems
– Sima Aliasgari, Marrit Bos, Nienke van den Akker: Vroeg of laat
inde wiskundegeschiedenis?
– Erik Berkhelaas niet gehonoreerd ondanks excellente beoordelingen
van de referees (alle A+). Hij is wel toegelaten tot de Graduate
School en heeft een researchartikel over het project geschreven en
ingediend bij het vooraanstaande tijdschrift Historia Mathematica
(inmiddels geaccepteerd).hof, Marijn Schreuders: Wiskunde en Toneel
: een werkvorm ter bevordering van de integratie van geschiedenis in
het wiskundeonderwijs (1)
– Samad Farrokhseresht: Wiskunde en Toneel : een werkvorm ter
bevordering van de integratie van geschiedenis in het wiskundeonderwijs
(2)
– Annemarie Baars, Björn Klaassen Bos, Marieke de Vries: Wizz!
– Elika Kurniadi, Ismi Ridha Asy-Syifaa, Weni Dwi Pratiwi: An overview
of ancient Egyptian and Chinese mathematic
• VB taught the course in History of Mathematics (WISB382, 7.5 ECTS ) in
the bachelor program in mathematics, 18 students, 7,5 ECTS, sept2012jan
2013. The titles of the essays will follow in the report of 2013.
Mathematics teaching
• VB taught a course Calculus for University College (UCSCIMAT11, spring
2012, 26 students, 7,5 ECTS; and again in Fall 2012, 20 students); and
part of Wat is Wiskunde (WISB101, fall 2012, group of no less than 40
students)
• VB taught Concrete Meetkunde (Concrete Geometry, WISB241, 7,5 ECTS)
to approximately 20 students. The following subjects were studied (presentations
were held and essays were written by the students): Linda Nab,
Bas Nieraeth, Linda Weerts, Aperiodieke betegelingen; Joep Horbach, Sophie
Povel, Ilse Vrijenhoek: afstanden en grootten van hemellichamen
op basis van waarnemingen met het blote oog; Zaja Brummer, Kirsten
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Oosterom, Escher en het Droste-effect; Danny Gopalrai, Tim den Dulk,
Femke Veldhoen, periodieke (inclusief hyperbolische) betegelingen (ondersteuning
van het ontwerp van een tentoonstelling in het Tropenmuseum
in 2013, Escher meets Islamic art); Maxim Faber, Alida Rusch, Margot
van Es, zonnewijzers en aanverwante onderwerpen (voorbereiding op een
presentatie in het Huis van Wiskunde in Isfahan in 2013); Lisan Boonstra,
Femke Berendsen, Tjebbe Hepkema, Passer- en lineaalconstructies; David
van der Giessen, Tjeerd Fokkens, Kromming; Susan Stempher, Marco
Biesheuvel, Pieter Buffinga, Eulers formule voor veelvlakken;
• From Jan. 1 - Oct. 31, 2012, JH was Director of Studies of the Bachelor
Program in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University
of Utrecht.
• In nov 2011 - jan. 2012, JH taught Infinitesimaalrekening B, i.e. multivariable
calculus (WISB133, 3.75 ECTS). 112 (out of 125) students passed
this course.
• In sept-oct 2012, JH taught Infinitesimaalrekening A, i.e. single-variable
calculus, (WISB132, 7.5 ECTS) to a group of ca. 140 students. On
November 8, 2012, 99 students passed this course (including one student
who still had to turn in his inleveropgaven assignment and whose result
has been submitted on dec. 3). On January 3, 2013, an additional 11
students passed the course.
• In the course Caleidoscoop 1 (WISB104), JH gave one lecture on March
20, 2012 and he supervised one student project: Gerard van Beelen, Pablo
Bosch, Niels Wardenier, π.
• JH held a lecture on “the fourth dimension” (twice) on the Open Day for
prospective students of the Bachelor program in Mathematics, November
24.
• In the course Communiceren in de Wiskunde (WISB106) JH gave the
(obligatory) lecture including student’s assignment on “scientific integrity”
on Dec. 4.
• SW taught Wiskunde voor chemici (Mathematics for Chemists, SK-BWK1B
2011/12, blok 2 en 3, together 5 ECTS), 39 students passed the course.
• SW taught Wiskundige Technieken (Mathematics for Physicists, WISN-
101, blok 1, 7,5 ECTS), [thus far, 42 students have passed], and WISN-102,
blok 2, 7,5 ETCS; [results will follow in the report for 2013].
• From March-Sept. 2012 and together with Dr. Andre Henriques, SW was
co-organizer of the weekly colloquium in the Department of Mathematics.
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