Howard Eves

Howard Eves

Howard Whitley Eves (10 January 1911 New Jersey6 June 2004) was an American mathematician, known for his work in geometry and the history of mathematics.

Eves received his B.S. from the University of Virginia, the M.A. from Harvard University, and the Ph.D. in mathematics from Oregon State University in 1948. In 1936–1937, while at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, he befriended Albert Einstein. He then spent most of his career at the University of Maine, 1954–1976. In later life, he occasionally taught at University of Central Florida.

Eves was a strong spokesman for the Mathematical Association of America, which he joined in 1942, and whose Northeast Section he founded. For 25 years he edited the Elementary Problems section of the "American Mathematical Monthly". He solved over 300 problems proposed in various mathematical journals. His six volume "Mathematical Circles" series, collecting humorous and interesting anecdotes about mathematicians, was recently reprinted by the MAA, who also published his two volume "Great Moments in the History of Mathematics", and his autobiographical "Mathematical Reminiscences" in 2001.

Eves had 6 children.

Books by Eves

*1972. "Survey of Geometry" in 2 vols, 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
*1990. "Introduction to the History of Mathematics", 6th. ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College.
*1997. "Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics". Dover.

Quotation

Upon learning that that the University of Maine was to award him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters instead of the usual Doctor of Science, Eves, ever the modest man, is supposed to have said: "They must have seen me patting a dog."

References

*Dodge, Clayton, and Eves-Thomas, Cindy, 2004, " [http://www.providence.edu/mcs/fpf/maa/fall04/eves.pdf Tribute to Howard Eves.] "


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