A high-ranking mathematician at the University of the Free State says high-level of discipline is required to improve academic performance on the subject.
Renowned Professor Abdon Atangana is ranked as the second-best mathematician in Stanford University’s Top 2% of scientists in the world. Professor Abdon Atangana lives and breathes mathematics. The world-acclaimed scholar is also ranked 188th in all of science, technology and engineering in the world.
“And I told myself that one day I would like to see a name of an African person attached to a mathematical formula and that was my vision and that was my focus,” says Atangana. In 2021, Atangana was elected as a fellow of the World Academy of Science for the advancement of science in developing countries.
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