David Gauld (mathematician)

David Barry Gauld ONZM (born 28 June 1942) is a New Zealand mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Auckland.

Gauld (right) in 2016, at his investiture as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae

Biography

Within mathematics, Gauld works in set-theoretic topology, with emphasis on applications to non-metrisable manifolds and topological properties of manifolds close to metrisability. Gauld has authored two monographs[1][2] and over 70 research papers.[3]

Gauld was born on 28 June 1942 in Inglewood[4] and grew up there. He was educated at Wanganui Technical College, Inglewood High School and New Plymouth Boys’ High School, and later obtained his BSc and MSc degrees with first-class honours in mathematics from the University of Auckland. Awarded a Fulbright Grant, he completed his PhD[5] in topology, in the University of California, Los Angeles. He was Head of the Department of Mathematics for 15 years and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) for two-and-a-half years at the University of Auckland.

Honours

In the years 1981–1982, Gauld served as president of the New Zealand Mathematical Society. He was the founding secretary of the New Zealand Mathematics Research Institute, and served in this position for 13 years, retiring in 2011. In 1997, he was awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology Medal by the Royal Society of New Zealand.[6] In 2015, he became an honorary life member of the New Zealand Mathematical Society.[7][8] In the 2016 New Year Honours, Gauld was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to mathematics.[9][10]

References
  1. "David Gauld, Non-metrisable Manifolds, Springer 2014". doi:10.1007/978-981-287-257-9.
  2. "David Gauld, Differential Topology: an introduction, Marcel Dekker 1982 (republished Dover 2006)".
  3. "David Gauld's homepage".
  4. Tee, Garry J. "David Gauld" (PDF). NZMS Newsletter (83). Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. David Gauld at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. "Newsletter of the New Zealand Mathematical Society 72 (1998), page 4" (PDF).
  7. "Newsletter of the New Zealand Mathematical Society 125 (2015), page 27" (PDF).
  8. "Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society 455 (2016), page 13" (PDF).
  9. "New Year honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  10. "New Years Honours: David Gauld finds perfect formula for 50-year career in maths". Stuff. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.


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