Yutaka Nishiyama
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Born21 October 1948
OccupationsUniversity academic, author
KnownforMathematical study of Boomerangs
EducationKyoto University
Yutaka Nishiyama | |
|---|---|
西山豊 | |
| Born | 21 October 1948 |
| Occupations | University academic, author |
| Known for | Mathematical study of Boomerangs |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Kyoto University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | Osaka University of Economics |
Yutaka Nishiyama (西山 豊, Nishiyama Yutaka; born 21 October 1948) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Osaka University of Economics, where he teaches mathematics and information. He is known as the "boomerang professor".[1] He has written nine books about the mathematics in daily life.[2] The most recent one, The mystery of five in nature, investigates, amongst other things, why many flowers have five petals.
- 1967-1971: Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Science, Kyoto University
- 1971-1985: IBM Japan as a Systems Engineer
- 1985: Lecturer of Information Mathematics at Osaka University of Economics
- 1995–present: Professor at Osaka University of Economics
- 2005-2006: Visiting fellow at University of Cambridge, UK, joined for MMP.[3]
Books
- 50 Visions of Mathematics, Oxford University Press, May 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870181-1
- The Mysterious Number 6174: One of 30 Mathematical Topics in Daily Life, Gendai Sugakusha, July 2013, ISBN 978-4-7687-6174-8
Papers
- General Solution for Multiple Foldings of Hexaflexagons IJPAM, Vol. 58, No. 1, (2010). 113–124. "19 faces of Flexagons"
- Fixed Points in Similarity Transformations IJPAM, Vol. 56, No. 3, (2009). 429–438.
