Yvonne Dold-Samplonius

Yvonne Dold-Samplonius (2nd from right) with Albrecht Dold (right), John Milnor , Günther Frei (left), Zurich 2007

Yvonne Dold-Samplonius (born May 20, 1937 in Haarlem , † June 16, 2014 in Heidelberg , Germany ) was a Dutch mathematician who mainly dealt with Islamic mathematics of the Middle Ages .

Life

Dold-Samplonius graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a degree in mathematics (doctoral examination ) in 1966 , then studied at Harvard University with John Murdoch in 1966/67 and received his doctorate in 1977 with Evert Marie Bruins ( Book of Assumptions of Aquatun ). Since 1995 she has been an associated member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg . In 1985 she was visiting professor at the University of Siena . In 2000 she organized the 2000 Years of Transmission of Mathematical Ideas conference with Joseph Dauben .

Among other things, she dealt with the mathematical methods of Islamic architects and builders of the Middle Ages, for example in volume and surface measurements of sacred buildings or in the design of column capitals ( muqarnas ). In the 1960s she dealt with the geometer Abu Sahl al-Quhi . She has written articles on Islamic mathematicians in the Lexicon of the Middle Ages and the Dictionary of Scientific Biography .

Yvonne Dold-Samplonius was married to Albrecht Dold (1928–2011) since 1965 .

In 2002 she became a corresponding member of the International Academy for the History of Sciences. She was an honorary citizen of Kashan in Iran .

Web links

• Homepage in Heidelberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dauben, Dold-Samplonius, Menso Folkerts, Benno van Dalen (eds.): From China to Paris. 2000 years transmission of mathematical ideas. Boethius, 2002, ISBN 978-3-515-08223-5 . (Texts and treatises on the history of mathematics and natural sciences, vol. 46)
2. ^ Dold-Samplonius: Calculating Surface Areas and Volumes in Islamic Architecture. In: Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra (Ed.): The Enterprise of Science in Islam, New Perspectives. MIT Press, 2003, pp. 235-265.
3. ^ Dold-Samplonius: Practical Arabic Mathematics: Measuring the Muqarnas by al-Kashi . Centaurus, Volume 35, pp. 193-242; How al-Kashi Measures the Muqarnas: A Second Look. In: Menso Folkerts (Ed.): Mathematical Problems in the Middle Ages: The Latin and Arabic Language Area. Wolfenbütteler Medieval Studies, Volume 10, 1996, pp. 56-90.