Paul Chester Kainen is an American mathematician, an adjunct associate professor of mathematics and director of the Lab for Visual Mathematics at

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. Kainen is the author of a popular book on the

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, and is also known for his work on

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Biography

Kainen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University in 1966 and was awarded the Ruggles Prize for Excellence in Mathematics. He went on to get his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1970 with

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as his thesis advisor. Kainen's father was the American artist Jacob Kainen.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Home page
at Georgetown
Paul Kainen's Page on Industrial Mathematics and BioPhotonics
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