Elaine Kasimatis
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Elaine Kasimatis | |
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| Born | May 25, 1952[1] |
| Died | September 7, 2021 (aged 69)[1] |
Elaine Ann Kasimatis (May 25, 1952 – September 7, 2021) was an American mathematician specializing in discrete geometry and mathematics education. She was a professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at California State University, Sacramento.[2]
Kasimatis was educated at the University of California, Davis.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics there in 1976, and a master's degree in mathematics education in 1979. She returned to Davis for graduate study in pure mathematics, earning a second master's degree in 1983 and completing her Ph.D. in 1986.[4] Her dissertation, Dissection of Regular Polygons into Triangles of Equal Areas, was supervised by Sherman K. Stein.[5]
She joined the faculty at California State University, Sacramento in 1986.[3]
