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Arthur Engel (born 1928) is a German mathematics teacher, educationalist and prolific author. His work has been translated into several languages. He has played a role in national and international mathematical competitions since 1970. Engel was one of the first to recognize the impact of electronic calculators and computers on mathematics teaching. In his view the focus should shift from learning how to apply algorithms, which could now be done by the machine, to learning how to build and test algorithms. He was also early to see the value of using computers to draw students into an interest and understanding of mathematics. ==Career== Arthur Engel was born in 1928. He graduated from the University of Stuttgart in 1952, and was a secondary school teacher for 18 years. In 1970 he became an associate professor at Ludwigsburg University, a teacher's training institution.〔 Engel is a former Professor of the ''Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik'' (Institute for teaching mathematics and computer science) of Goethe University Frankfurt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Personen ) (German "Ehemalige" = English "former")〕 Engel began to push for establishment of the ''Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik'' (Federal Mathematics Competition) as early as 1965. The first competition was held in 1970. He was leader of the first German team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), held in Belgrade in 1977. He was leader of the German IMO delegation until 1984.〔 Engel, then at Frankfurt University, chaired the jury of the 30th IMO in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony (13–24 July 1989). An IMO sets six problems for the participants to solve. Two of the 1979 problems were proposed by Arthur Engel, and one in each of 1981, 1983, 1986 and 1987.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/IMO_Problems_and_Solutions )〕 In 1990 Engel was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Minister of Education of West Germany.〔 In 1991 he was among the first three recipients of the David Hilbert Award given by the World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions (WFNMC). The award was given for an article he published in 1987 in the WFNMC Journal "Mathematics Competitions" that discussed creating Mathematical Olympiad Problems, covering the different aspects of the subject in detail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amt.edu.au/wfnmcaw.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Engel (mathematician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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