Thomas Banchoff
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Thomas Francis Banchoff is an American mathematician specializing in geometry. He is a professor at Brown University, where he has taught since 1967. He is known for his research in differential geometry in three and four dimensions, for his efforts to develop methods of computer graphics in the early 1990s, and most recently for his pioneering work in methods of undergraduate education utilizing online resources.
Banchoff received his Ph.D from UC Berkeley in 1964, where he was a student of Shiing-Shen Chern. Before coming to Brown he taught at Harvard University and the University of Amsterdam.
[edit] External links
- Personal web page
- Critical Review evaluations of Professor Banchoff
- Thomas Banchoff at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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