Mathematician:Joseph Steven Madachy
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Mathematician
American research chemist, technical editor and recreational mathematician.
Nationality
American
History
- Born: March 16, 1927 in Star Junction, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died: March 27, 2014 in Dayton, Ohio, USA
Publications
- 1963: Mathematical Diversions (with J.A.H. Hunter)
- 1966: Mathematics on Vacation
- 1972: The history and discovery of amicable numbers: part 1 (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 5: pp. 77 – 93) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- 1972: The history and discovery of amicable numbers: part 2 (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 5: pp. 153 – 173) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- 1972: The history and discovery of amicable numbers: part 3 (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 5: pp. 231 – 249) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- 1972: Consecutive-digit primes - again (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 5: pp. 253 – 254)
- 1973: Errata to The History and Discovery of Amicable Numbers, I-III (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 6: p. 53) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- 1973: Errata to The History and Discovery of Amicable Numbers, I-III (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 6: p. 164) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- 1973: Errata to The History and Discovery of Amicable Numbers, I-III (J. Recr. Math. Vol. 6: p. 229) (with Elvin J. Lee)
- Editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics for $30$ years, then served as editor emeritus
Critical view
- Such numbers had been much discussed by a guy called Joseph Madachy, who once upon a time had been the owner, publisher, and editor of a magazine called Journal of Recreational Mathematics.
- -- Lee Child: Never Go Back (2013)