Geoff Smith (mathematician)
Geoffrey Charles Smith (b. 1953) is a British mathematician and Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Bath. He is noted for his contributions to group theory.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1983[1]. His thesis, Zeta functions of torsion-free finitely generated nilpotent groups, was written under the direction of Dan Segal.
He has been the leader of the United Kingdom International Mathematical Olympiad team since 2002, a position which he has held for a longer continuous period than any other person. His time as leader has seen a considerable increase in training for the team: he has overseen annual training camps in Bath, Oundle, Hungary, and immediate pre-IMO training camps, in addition to the longer-established annual camp at Trinity College, Cambridge[2]. In his first five years 2002-2006 as leader, the UK team received 3 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals, compared to 1 gold, 9 silver and 15 bronze medals in the immediately preceding five years 1997-2001 [3].
As well as being a group theorist, he is well known for his interest in Euclidean geometry. He often collaborates with Christopher Bradley and/or David Monk and has published several papers on Forum Geometricorum[4].
References
- ^ Geoff Smith at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "IMO Squad Training Camps".
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Forum Geometricorum".
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