Dr. Ximena Catepillán (She/her/ella)
Ethnomathematics, Analysis, Operator Theory, Professor Emerita
Contact Information
- I serve as Associate Editor of the journal MAA Convergence: https://old.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence.
- The article Maya Numbers and Computations published in the archaeology Aztlander Magazine in January 2023. https://publuu.com/flip-book/288247/676281
- The video of the January 9, 2023, presentation to the archaeology group Aztlander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJdjI3rTREE
- Two of the courses that I developed for Millersville University were published in Chapter 19 of the book Mathematics Education, A Spectrum of Work in Mathematical Sciences Departments, by Springer https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-44950-0
- In this book, Chapter 22, I wrote about the freshman seminar I developed for Millersville University, Culture, Science, and Mathematics in the pre-Columbian Americas: Notes, Mathematical Themes in a First-Year Seminar, MAA PRESS https://old.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/pubs/books/members/NTE91.pdf
- The Ethnomathematics textbook Mathematics in a Sample of Cultures, co-authored with Waclaw Szymanski and Antonia Cardwell, 2nd edition published in 2022, Kendall-Hunt Publishing Co. https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/mathematics-sample-cultures
- Articles I have published in Convergence, in English and Spanish:
- The article Counting and Arithmetic of the Inca published in Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática
https://www.revista.etnomatematica.org/index.php/RevLatEm/article/view/45 - The article Computations Using Maya Numbers in the journal Mexicolore in UK published in May 2023. https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/maya/home/computations-using-maya-numbers
- The article Zero in the pre-Columbian Americas published in Maya Exploration Center, co-authored with Alonso Mendez from MEC. Zero in the Pre-Columbian Americas
- The Spanish translation of the article Computations Using Maya Numbers in the journal Mexicolore in UK, was published in September 2023 https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/maya/home/computos-usando-numeros-maya
- I am the Chair of the History of Mathematics Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America HOM SIGMAA https://homsigmaa.net