Differential Geometry and Its Visualization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781032436661)

Eberhard Malkowsky is a Full Professor of Mathematics in retirement at the State University of Novi Pazar in Serbia. He earned his Ph.D. degree and habilitation at the Department of Mathematics of the Justus-Liebig Universit舩 Giessen in Germany in 1982 and 1988, respectively. He was a professor of mathematics at universities in Germany, South Africa, Jordan, Turkey and Serbia, and a visiting professor in the USA, India, Hungary and France. Furthermore, he participated as an invited or keynote speaker with more than 100 lectures in international scientific conferences and congresses. He is a member of the editorial boards of twelve journals of international repute. His list of publications contains 175 research papers in international journals. He is the author or co-author of nine books, and the editor or co-editor of six proceedings of international conferences. He supervised 6 Ph.D. theses and a great number of B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses in mathematics. His research and work areas include functional analysis, differential geometry and software development for the visualization of mathematics.

Ćemal Dolicanin is a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sciences and Mathematics at the State University of Novi Pazar in Serbia and a member of the Serbian Academy of Non-linear Sciences. He was dean of the Electro-Technical Faculty and the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Pristina, vice-rector of the University of Pristina and founder and rector of the State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia. He obtained his M.Sc. degree at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Belgrade in 1974, and his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Pristina in 1980. He published more than 20 books, 23 papers in national scientific journals, 41 papers in international scientific journals, and gave more than 50 lectures at international scientific conferences.

He was a visiting professor in Germany, Belorussia and Russia. He supervised 14 PhD theses and a great number of B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses in mathematics. His research and work areas include Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, differential geometry and applied mathematics. He is very active in promoting mathematics, and has established the Center for the Advancement and Popularization of Mathematics at the State University of Novi Pazar. He participated in the implementation of several national scientific projects TEMPUS projects and was the coordinator of Master's study programs with the World University Service Austria (WUS).

Vesna Veličkovic is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Nis, Serbia. She obtained her magister degree at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Belgrade in 1996, and her Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Nis in 2012. She published 3 books, 30 papers in international scientific journals, 12 papers in national scientific journals, and gave more than 50 lectures at international scientific conferences. She participated in 3 international scientific and 4 software projects, and 7 study visits in Serbia, Germany, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. Together with Professor Malkowsky, she is developing the software MV-Graphics for visualization of mathematics. With large-format graphics, they participated in three exhibitions of mathematical art. For ten years she worked with pupils talented in mathematics and programming. Her students won a number of medals at International Olympiads in Informatics. She is still very active in organizing contests in programming and promoting of mathematics. Her research areas are software development, computer graphics and visualization of mathematics.