David E. Joyce | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Known for | Introducingquandles inknot theory Online edition ofEuclid'sElements |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Topology |
| Institutions | Clark University |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter J. Freyd |
David Edward Joyce is an American mathematician known for introducingquandles inknot theory,[1] and for his online interactive edition ofEuclid'sElements.[2][3] He is aprofessor emeritus of mathematics atClark University.[4]
Joyce completed his Ph.D. in 1979 at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, with the dissertationAn Algebraic Approach to Symmetry with Applications to Knot Theory supervised byPeter J. Freyd.[5] His doctoral dissertation introducedquandles, and his work in this area was published in 1982, the same year as the independent publication of these structures under another name bySergei Matveev [ru].[1]
He created his online edition of Euclid'sElements in 1996, usingJava applets to create interactive diagrams, with the dual purpose of creating more interest in Euclid's work and of showing off the capabilities ofthe Java programming language for mathematical illustration.[6]
