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TONY GARDINER

Reader in Mathematics and Mathematics Education
Pure Mathematics Group 

School of Mathematics
Watson Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
Tel:  +44 (0) 121 414 6580
Fax:  +44 (0) 121 414 3389
Email:  A.D.Gardiner (at) bham.ac.uk

QUALIFICATIONS:
PhD (Mathematics, Warwick 1973)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coordination of Schools Liaison, Open Days, Alumni, and Careers
Managing editor, Problem Solving Journal

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Algebraic combinatorics; mathematics education

PROFILE:
I trained as a group theorist (in infinite soluble and finite simple groups).  I have worked and published mainly in combinatorics and permutation groups.  I have also worked extensively with high school students and teachers and have an international reputation for work with able students.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED):
Plane euclidean geometry (with Christopher Bradley) (UKMT, 2005)

Understanding infinity: the mathematics of infinite processes (Dover 2005)

Discovering mathematics: the art of investigation (Dover, 2007)

Extension mathematics (4 books) (Oxford University Press, 2007)