Kevin Houston (mathematician)
Kevin Houston is a Professor of Mathematics Education and Public Engagement in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds and was previously a lecturer there, a post he held since 2005.[1] Prior to that, he was a lecturer at Middlesex University and a research associate at the University of Liverpool.[2] His research is on singularity theory. He is education secretary of the London Mathematical Society.
Kevin Houston | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Warwick |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Liverpool, Middlesex University, University of Leeds |
| Thesis | Local Topology of Complex Analytic Maps (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Mond |
| Website | www |
Books
Houston is the author of the book
- Kevin Houston (2009). How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-71978-0.
In addition he is an editor of:
- Goryunov, Victor; Kevin Houston; Roberta Wik-Atique, eds. (2012). Real and Complex Singularities. Contemporary Mathematics. Vol. 569. American Mathematical Society. pp. 202 pp. ISBN 978-0-8218-5359-7.
- Speight, Martin R.; Roger Bielawski; Kevin Houston, eds. (2011). Variational Problems in Differential Geometry (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series). Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-521-28274-1.
References
- "Person page: Dr Kevin Houston". School of Mathematics, University of Leeds. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- "About". Kevin Houston. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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