Alexander Bogomolny

Alexander Bogomolny
Bogomolny in 2017
Born	January 4, 1948 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	July 7, 2018 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	Israeli American
Alma mater	Moscow State University (MSc, Mathematics) Hebrew University (PhD, Mathematics)
Scientific career
Institutions	Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building (MIEM), Hebrew University, Ben Gurion University, University of Iowa
Thesis	A New Numerical Solution for the Stamp Problem  (PhD, 1981)
Doctoral advisor	Gregory Eskin
Website	cut-the-knot.org

Alexander Bogomolny (January 4, 1948  – July 7, 2018) was a Soviet-born Israeli-American mathematician. He was Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Iowa, and formerly research fellow at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, senior instructor at Hebrew University and software consultant at Ben Gurion University. He wrote extensively about arithmetic, probability, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and mathematical games.

He was known for his contribution to heuristics and mathematics education, creating and maintaining the mathematically themed educational website Cut-the-Knot for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Online.^[1] He was a pioneer in mathematical education on the internet, having started Cut-the-Knot in October 1996.^[2]