Antonella Cupillari (born 1955)[1] is an Italian-American mathematician interested in the history of mathematics and mathematics education. She is an associate professor of mathematics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.[2]

Education and career

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Cupillari earned a laurea at the University of L'Aquila in 1978, and completed her Ph.D. at the University at Albany, SUNY in 1984.[2] Her dissertation, A Small Boundary for   on a Strictly Pseudoconvex Domain, concerned functional analysis, and was supervised by R. Michael (Rolf) Range;[3] she also published it in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

Cupillari joined the faculty at Penn State Erie in 1984 and was promoted to associate professor in 1992.[2]

Books

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Cupillari is the author of books on mathematics and the history of mathematics including:

Recognition

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Cupillari was the 2008 winner of the Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics of the Allegheny Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Year of birth from German National Library catalog entry, retrieved 2021-04-04
  2. ^ a b c Antonella Cupillari, Pennsylvania State University, retrieved 2021-04-04
  3. ^ Antonella Cupillari at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Reviews of A Small Boundary for   on a Strictly Pseudoconvex Domain: Z. Binderman, Zbl 0594.32018; Alan V. Noell, MR0806077
  5. ^ Reviews of The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs: Edward J. Barbeau, Zbl 0974.00011; Georg Hein, Zbl 1288.00043; D. M. Hutton, Kybernetes, doi:10.1108/k.2006.35.3_4.595.5; Gizem Karaali, MAA Reviews, [1]; William Rogge, The Mathematics Teacher, JSTOR 27967159; P. N. Ruane, MAA Reviews, [2]; Walter Sanders, The Mathematics Teacher, JSTOR 20870962
  6. ^ Reviews of A Biography of Maria Gaetana Agnesi: Franka Miriam Bruckler, Zbl 1228.01037; Edith Prentice Mendez, Convergence, [3]; Luigi Pepe, MR2675954; P. N. Ruane, MAA Reviews, [4]
  7. ^ Allegheny Mountain Section Awards for Distinguished Teaching, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2021-04-04
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