Norman J. Wildberger

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Professor Norman Wildberger

Born	Canada
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Canadian & Australian
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of New South Wales
Alma mater	University of Toronto; Yale University
Known for	Rational Trigonometry

Norman J. Wildberger is currently an associate professor at the University of New South Wales in mathematics and is an outspoken critic of the various fundamental structures of mathematics, such as traditional trigonometry and set theory as well as real numbers (see Views). His beliefs that the methods of classical trigonometry are flawed, have led him to develop his modified rational trigonometry, which uses as its fundamental units quadrance (square of distance) and spread (square of sine of angle) instead of distance and angle.

Born and raised in Canada, Wildberger moved to Australia in 1990 in order to teach at the University of New South Wales. He was educated at Adam Scott High School in Peterboro Ontario, Richmond Hill High School in Richmond Hill, Ontario, University of Toronto (BSc 1979) and Yale University (PhD 1984). He has previously taught at Stanford University (1984-1986) and the University of Toronto (1986-1989). He is married to Kim Wildberger and they have a daughter Alexandra.

Wildberger's research interests lie in the fields of Lie groups, representation theory, hypergroups, geometry, rational trigonometry, foundations of mathematics and mathematical physics.