Soifer elected president of World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions

Alexander Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies, was elected president of the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions during the 12^th International Congress of Mathematical Education July 8-15 in Seoul, South Korea.

The congress drew more than 3,500 delegates from more than 100 countries.

In addition to his election, Soifer made five presentations. They were: “What ‘Problem Solving’ Ought to Mean and How Combinatorial Geometry Answers this Question: Divertismento in Nine Movements” (plenary talk), “The Goal of Mathematics Education, Including Competitions Is to Let Student Touch ‘Real’ Mathematics: We Ought to Build that Bridge,” “Combinatorial Geometry Offers Gifted Students a Field for Doing Research: Concerto in Four Movements,” “Some of My Favorite Problems of Combinatorial Geometry, Solved and Unsolved: What Can Be Offered in Classroom,” and “How Creating Problems for the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: An Etude in Four Movements.”