David Wolfe (mathematician)

David Wolfe
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley Gustavus Adolphus College Dalhousie University

David Wolfe is a mathematician and amateur Go player.

Education and career

Wolfe graduated from Cornell University in 1985, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.[1] He obtained a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994, with a dissertation Mathematics of Go: Chilling Corridors combining both subjects and supervised by Elwyn Berlekamp.[2]

After working as a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley from 1991 to 1996, as an associate professor at Gustavus Adolphus College from 1996 to 2008, and then as an adjunct faculty member at Dalhousie University, he moved from academia to the software industry.[1] Wolfe was a fan of Martin Gardner and in 2009 he teamed up with Tom M. Rodgers to edit a Gardner tribute book.[3]

Books

Wolfe is the author of books on combinatorial game theory, including:

• Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point (with Elwyn Berlekamp, A K Peters, 1994; also published as Mathematical Go Endgames: Nightmares for the Professional Go Player, Ishi Press, 1994)[4]
• Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory (with Michael H. Albert and Richard Nowakowski, A K Peters, 2007; 2nd ed., CRC Press, 2019)[5]

References

1. "David Wolfe", LinkedIn, retrieved 2020-07-07
2. David Wolfe at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
3. Puzzlers' Tribute: A Feast for the Mind (AK Peters) ISBN 9781568811215
4. Reviews of Mathematical Go:
   • Hentzschel, J., zbMATH, Zbl 0852.90149
   • Campbell, Paul J. (December 1994), Mathematics Magazine, 67 (5): 391–393, doi:10.2307/2691006, JSTOR 2691006
   • Loeb, Daniel Elliott (1995), Mathematical Reviews, MR 1274921
   • Guy, Richard K.; Nowakowski, Richard J. (1995), Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, New Series, 32 (4): 437–441, doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00601-4, MR 1568191
   • Hayes, Brian (July–August 1995), American Scientist, 83 (4): 381–382, JSTOR 29775500
   • You, Zhiping; Yorke, James A. (September 1996), SIAM Review, 38 (3): 543–544, doi:10.1137/1038104, JSTOR 2132518
5. Reviews of Lessons in Play:
   • Borchers, Brian (May 2007), "Review", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America; updated August 2019 for 2nd ed.
   • Campbell, Paul J. (December 2007), Mathematics Magazine, 80 (5): 399–400, doi:10.1080/0025570X.2007.11953519, JSTOR 27643070, S2CID 218541649
   • Ward, Michael (July 2009), The Mathematical Gazette, 93 (527): 382–383, doi:10.1017/S0025557200185080, JSTOR 40378761, S2CID 166040709