From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sam Vandervelde
Sam Vandervelde
Sam Vandervelde Interests
His other interests include playing soccer, spending time
with his two young boys, and cooking. He received his
doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in June
2004. He currently resides in Canton, New York. He is
married to Eunice Cheung.[5]
Notes
[1] Think Swiss event calendar
[2] The Art of Problem Solving, page xii
[3] Stanford Math Circle
[4] http://www.sfmathcircle.org/team.html
[5] about Sam Vandervelde
Residence United States of America
Citizenship United States of America
See also
• Art of Problem Solving
Fields Mathematics
• Mandelbrot Competition
Institutions Art of Problem Solving
Alma mater University of Chicago External links
Known for Mandelbrot competition • Mandelbrot
• Art of Problem Solving
Influences Richard Rusczyk
Persondata
Sam Vandervelde is a mathematician who, along with Name Vandervelde, Sam
Sandor Lehoczky and Richard Rusczyk, is most notable Alternative names
for creating the Mandelbrot Competition.[1] and is listed
Short description
first under "Thanks" in the mathematical textbook The
Art of Problem Solving.[2] Date of birth
Place of birth
Contributions to Math Date of death
He contributes problems to the USA Math Olympiad. He Place of death
was a member of the 1989 US International Mathematics
Olympiad team. He was a grader at Math Olympiad Pro-
gram, a seminar that prepares kids for Math Olympiad.
Vandervelde founded the Stanford Math Circle.[3] He cur-
rently is a coordinator of the San Francisco Math Circle
[4] and gives classes at Mathpath as well.
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