Norman J. Wildberger

Norman J. Wildberger

Infobox Scientist


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name = Professor Norman Wildberger
birth_date =
birth_place = Canada
residence = Sydney, Australia
nationality = Canadian & Australian
field = Mathematics
work_institution = University of New South Wales
alma_mater = University of Toronto; Yale University
known_for = Rational Trigonometry

Norman J. Wildberger is currently an associate professor at the University of New South Wales in mathematics and is an outspoken critic of the various fundamental structures of mathematics, such as traditional trigonometry and set theory as well as real numbers (see [http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~norman/views.htm Views] ). His beliefs that the methods of classical trigonometry are flawed, have led him to develop his modified rational trigonometry, which uses as its fundamental units "quadrance" (square of distance) and "spread" (square of sine of angle) instead of distance and angle.

Born and raised in Canada, Wildberger moved to Australia in 1990 in order to teach at the University of New South Wales. He was educated at Adam Scott High School in Peterboro Ontario, Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Ontario, University of Toronto (BSc 1979) and Yale University (PhD 1984). He has previously taught at Stanford University (1984–1986) and the University of Toronto (1986–1989). He is married to Kim Wildberger and they have a daughter Alexandra.

Wildberger's research interests lie in the fields of Lie groups, representation theory, hypergroups, geometry, rational trigonometry, foundations of mathematics and mathematical physics.

External links

* [http://profiles.unsw.edu.au/maths/nwildberg1 Norman Wildberger's UNSW Math page]
* [http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~norman/index.html Norman Wildberger's personal web page]
* [http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~norman/papers.htm Selected research papers by Wildberger]
* [http://www.physorg.com/news6555.html Article on Rational Trigonometry by Physorg.com]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1463334.htm Article on Rational Trigonometry by Anna Salleh, ABC Science Online]
* [http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1413173&messageID=4908462 Wildberger proposes a discussion on his discovery of the flaws of real numbers and set theory]
* [http://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/wildbergerrev.pdf Positive review of Wildberger's work by James Franklin.]


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