Scott W. Williams

Scott Williams (born April 22, 1943 in Staten Island, New York) is a Professor of Mathematics at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. He was recognized by Mathematically Gifted & Black as a Black History Month 2017 Honoree.[1]

Education

He was raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Williams attended Morgan State University and earned his bachelor degree of Science in Mathematics.

Before earning his bachelor's degree he was already able to solve four advanced problems in The Mathematical Monthly and co-authored two papers on Non-Associative Algebra with his undergraduate advisor Dr. Volodymir Bohun-Chudyniv.[1] Scott Williams earned his Masters of Science in Mathematics from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1967, and in 1969, he earned his Ph.D and M.S from Lehigh University.

Career

Williams served as a Research Associate in the Department of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University - University Park, from 1969 to 1971. In 1971, he was chosen to be Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University at Buffalo and in 1985 was promoted to Full Professor at the University. In 1982, he won the New York Chancellor Award for Excellence in Teaching.[2] In 2004, he was named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science by Science Spectrum Magazine and Career Communications Group.[3]

He was the first one to use the notion of scales to the box product problem.

Williams is very well known for his studies in topology and his innovations in that field of mathematics. In 1975, he was the first topologist to apply the concept of scales (now known as b=d) to give a partial solution of the famous Box Product problem, which is still unsettled today. Dr. Williams is one of two founders[4] of Black and Third World Mathematicians, which in 1971 became the National Association of Mathematicians. Together with Willam Massey of Lucent Technologies, Dr. Williams founded the Committee for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences in 1997.[5]

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References
  1. "Black History Month: 2017, Scott Williams". Mathematically gifted and black. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  2. "Scott Williams". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. "National Magazine Names UB Mathematics Professor One of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ParksFeb. 4, Clinton; 2005; Am, 10:00 (2005-02-04). "A Mathematical Map for Success". Science | AAAS. Retrieved 2020-06-10.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Farmer, Vernon; Shepherd-Wynn, Evelyn; Brevard, Lisa Pertillar (2012). Voices of Historical and Contemporary Black American Pioneers. 2. Westport: Praeger. p. 38.
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