World Renowned Mathematician to Lecture at U of S

Posted July 26, 1999


JULY 26, 1999
99-07-07-AR


World Renowned Mathematician To Lecture on
U of S Campus


Dr. Paulo Ribenboim, Professor Emeritus at Queen's University in
Kingston, will give a public lecture entitled ?These Marvelous Prime
Numbers? at the University of Saskatchewan, Friday, July 30th, 1999
at 7:30 p.m. in Physics, Room 107.

Ribenboim, one of the most renowned Canadian mathematicians, is a
fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a Doctor ?Honoris Causa? of the
University of Caen, and has won the prize for Excellence in Research
from Queen's University.

Recently, the Canadian Number Theory Association established a
?Ribenboim Prize? to recognize distinguished research in Number
Theory. Ribenboim is a world specialist in number theory.

Number Theory is known as the mathematical subject that is the
most appealing to non-mathematicians and amateur mathematicians.
The extreme simplicity with which one can formulate its deepest
problems to practically anybody has lured many amateurs and
professionals to try to solve them. This has not changed to the
present day.

Ribenboim, who has authored 13 books and 120 articles, has lectured
in approximately 30 countries of the world, and in all major Canadian
cities, although he has never spoken in Saskatoon prior to this
engagement.

At the time of Ribenboim's visit, an International Conference and
Workshop on Valuation Theory will be held on the U of S campus,
which is dedicated to Professor Ribenboim on the occasion of his 70th
Birthday.


For more information, contact:

Dr. S. Kuhlmann
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-6129